Unprotected amino/hydroxy acids

As shown by Sato et al. N-phthaloyl derivatives of C-unprotected amino acids efficiently undergo decarboxylation upon irradiation [248,249]. In this case, the iV-phthaloyl a-amino acid of methionine 310 represents an exception, because the normal decarboxylation route is not followed. Two main products are obtained, the trans-hydroxy acid 313 and the tetracyclic lactone 314 [250, 251]... 

Scheme 60). Griesbeck et al. assume that in a non-polar solvent such as benzene the intramolecular electron transfer from the methionic sulfur group is much faster than the abstraction of hydrogen from the hydroxyl group of the unprotected amino acid. C-Hydrogen abstraction leads to 313, whereas previous lactonization of the zwitterionic biradical 311 yields 314. Since the cis-hydroxy acid is not detected it is conceivable that it cyclizes immediately to the lactone 314. Photolysis of the corresponding methyl ester under the same conditions attains improved yields (84% combined) of two diastereomeric tricyclic products in a ratio of 48 52. 

The y-amino-p-hydroxy acid derived oxazolidinones 55 are prepared from the corresponding N-unprotected y-amino-p-hydroxy ester derivatives by reaction with phosgene,1119,391 carbonyl diimidazole,[41] or benzyl chloroformate.[86] Alternatively, cyclization is obtained from the N-carbamate protected derivatives, i.e. from the TV-isopropenyloxycarbonyl derivatives under heating,[381 or from the TV-Boc or N-Z derivatives under basic conditions. [68 81 87] By analogy, the p,y-diamino acid analogue is converted into the imidazolidinone 57 by treatment of the unprotected compound with phosgene.[83 88]... 

The classical method for tert-butyl esterification involves nnineral add catalyzed addition of the amino acid to isobutene. Both, N-protected, e.g. Z-Xaa-OH, and unprotected amino acids form tert-butyl esters with isobutene in the presence of catalytic amounts of sulfuric acid or TosOH. " Another efficient method is the transesterification of an acetic acid tert-bvXy ester catalyzed by perchloric acid. " Amide tert-butylation was recognized as a side reaction in the presence of perchloric acid, but could be completely suppressed by using sulfuric acid. Both methods, acid-catalyzed addition to isobutene and the transesterification of acetic add terf-butyl esters, result in simultaneous terf-butyl-ation of hydroxy and sulfanyl groups. A synthetic route to Z-Thr-OtBu, Z-Ser-OtBu, and Z-Hyp-OtBu without conconnitant O-alkylation involves the hydroxy protection by the acetoacetyl group, which is readily cleaved by treatment with 2 equivalents of hydrazine in EtOH for 30 minutes. ... 

Under the conditions used in peptide synthesis, unprotected aliphatic hydroxy groups can undergo two types of side reactions they can be acylated or dehydrated, the latter leading to dehydroamino acids. The hydroxy group of serine is a primary alcoholic function and therefore exhibits the highest reactivity. The secondary alcoholic functions of threonine, hydroxyproline, (3-phenylserine, hydroxynorvaline, and hydroxynorleucine, as well as of other noncoded amino acids, are less reactive and thus more suited for use in the unprotected form. The aromatic hydroxy group of tyrosine is more acidic than the ahphatic hydroxy groups nevertheless, it can be acylated to form esters. These are active esters which in turn can react with primary amines to form amide bonds. 

X = 0 R derived from a-amino acids secondary aralkylamines indolyl (unprotected), aromatic hydroxy, tert-amino [31]... 

Moreover, Kim and coworkers have shown that a-amino-butyrolactones can be synthesized by a related process employing the amino acid homoserine with an unprotected hydroxy functionality [31]. In a more recent publication by the same research group, morpholin-2-one derivatives of type 9-37 have been prepared (Scheme 9.6) [32]. Herein, glycolaldehyde dimer 9-32 acts as a bifunctional compound, which first reacts with the a-amino acids 9-33 to give the iminium ions 9-34,... 

Amino acid derivatives and symmetric derivatization of (3-cyclodextrin that allows the selective replacement of all the primary hydroxy groups are predominant in literature but compared to a- and y-cyclodextrin, (3-cyclodextrin exhibits a rather low water solubility.174 In view of the methodology of chemoselective ligation, which allows the condensation of completely unprotected peptide fragments in aqueous buffer solution, symmetric derivatization of a- and y-cyclodextrin should be favorable. 28 ... 

Synthesize the peptides with side-chain-unprotected hydroxy amino acids (see Note 14) or amino acids with selectively cleavable side-chain-protecting groups (such as trityl cleaved with 1 to 5% TFA in dichloromethane at room temperature for 1 h [11]) in each position to be modified. 

Threonine contains a sterically hindered and therefore less reactive hydroxy group. The O-acylation of unprotected threonine during coupling reactions is therefore less problematic, but can nevertheless occur. Noncoded hydroxy amino acids containing a secondary hydroxy group have a reactivity similar to threonine. These hydroxy amino adds contain an additional asymmetric center at the (3-carbon atom. In the case of reactions on the secondary hydroxy group, this center is accessible to racemization, e.g. threonine can be converted into allo-threonine. 

Reagent (I) proved to be especially useful in the case of unprotected hydroxy amino acids as examplified by the synthesis of Boc-L-Serine and Boc-L-Tyrosine [See table 3-26]. 

By a combination of chemical and enzymatic reaction steps, as shown in Scheme 9, cytidine fi-acetylneuraminic acid 5 -phosphate (41) is available from 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose on a multigram scale. Phospholipase D catalyses the regiospecific transfer of alkylphosphoryl residues from alkylphosphorylcholines to primary carbohydrate hydroxy groups. This allowed the efficient, one-step synthesis of D-glucose 6-stearylphosphate and various nucleoside 5 -alkylphosphates from unprotected starting materials. " In the... 

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