Odorless Preparation of Thioglycosides and Thio‐Michael Adducts of Carbohydrate Derivatives

A general, odorless, one‐pot methodology has been developed for the preparation of 1,2‐trans‐thioglycosides and thio‐Michael addition products of carbohydrate derivatives through triphenyl phosphine‐mediated cleavage of disulfides and reaction of the thiolate formed in situ with glycosyl bromides and glycosyl conjugated alkenes.     

Acid‐Promoted Thioacetalization in Water using 2‐(1,3‐Dithian‐2‐ylidene)malonic Acid as an Odorless and Efficient Thioacetalization Reagent

Thioacetalization using 2‐(1,3‐dithian‐2‐ylidene)malonic acid 1 as a nonthiolic, odorless 1,3‐propanedithiol equivalent promoted by p‐dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid in water has been achieved. A range of selected carbonyl compounds 2 was converted into the corresponding dithioacetals 3 in high yields. Moreover, the thioacetalization showed high chemoselectivity between aldehydes and ketones.     

Regioselective deprotection of the monosaccharide‐bearing thiocyanomethyl group at the anomeric position monitored by reversed‐phase HPLC method

In the current work, the investigation and development of a chemo‐enzymatic approach for the synthesis of neo‐glycoproteins have been studied. This strategy is based on the regioselective enzymatic hydrolysis of peracetylated monosaccharide, functionalized at the anomeric position (C1) as 1‐thio‐(S‐cyanomethyl) group, a precursor of the 2‐ iminomethoxyethyl thioglycosides‐linker for protein glycosylation, catalyzed by immobilized enzymes to obtain selectively monodeprotected compounds. The use of this activation in C1 is the most frequently used strategy for glycoprotein preparation. The selected biocatalysts are the lipase from Candida rugosa and the acetyl xylan esterase from Bacillus pumilus. A reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid‐chromatographic (HPLC) method for monitoring the regioselective deprotection reaction has been developed. The developed HPLC method was used as a fingerprint to follow the hydrolysis of substrate 1 to substrate 1a and to determine its purity and yield. Moreover, the obtained compound was further purified by flash chromatography. The obtained compound 1a was further characterized using ¹H, ¹³C NMR, correlation spectroscopy (COSY) and heteronuclear multiple bond correlation. The resulting product can be used as an intermediate for the preparation of di‐ and more complex oligosaccharides aimed at protein conjugation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Direct Route to a New Class of Acrylamide Thioglycosides

The preparation of a new class of acrylamide thioglycosides via one‐pot reaction of the potassium 2‐cyanoethylene‐1‐thiolate salts with 2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐α‐D‐gluco‐ and galactopyranosyl bromides has been studied. The E‐configuration of these thioglycosides was proven by their transformations to the corresponding 5‐aminopyrazoles.     

Thiadiazole-based Thioglycosides as Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2(SGLT2)Inhibitors

A series of thiadiazole‐based thioglycosides were synthesized as SGLT2 inhibitors from D‐glucose, D‐galactose and a variety of phenylacetic acids via a convenient protocol in 8 steps and evaluated in vivo with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and 5‐benzyl‐1,3,4‐thiadiazol‐2‐yl 1‐thio‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside ( 1a ) was the most efficacious to suppress the blood glucose excursion during OGTT.     

Low‐Concentration 1,2‐trans β‐Selective Glycosylation Strategy and Its Applications in Oligosaccharide Synthesis

This study develops an operationally easy, efficient, and general 1,2‐trans β‐selective glycosylation reaction that proceeds in the absence of a C2 acyl function. This process employs chemically stable thioglycosyl donors and low substrate concentrations to achieve excellent β‐selectivities in glycosylation reactions. This method is widely applicable to a range of glycosyl substrates irrespective of their structures and hydroxyl‐protecting functions. This low‐concentration 1,2‐trans β‐selective glycosylation in carbohydrate chemistry removes the restriction of using highly reactive thioglycosides to construct 1,2‐trans β‐glycosidic bonds. This is beneficial to the design of new strategies for oligosaccharide synthesis, as illustrated in the preparation of the biologically relevant β‐(1→6)‐glucan trisaccharide, β‐linked Gb₃ and isoGb₃ derivatives.     

Studies towards a Conjugate Vaccine for Anthrax: Synthesis of the Tetrasaccharide Side Chain of the Bacillus anthracis Exosporium

The first synthesis of β‐L ‐glycoside 17 of the tetrasaccharide β‐Ant‐(1 → 3)‐α‐L ‐Rhap‐(1 → 3)‐α‐L ‐Rhap‐(1 → 2)‐L ‐Rhap is described (Schemes 1–3). Its spacer can be functionalized to make it amenable to conjugation to proteins by different conjugation methods. The synthesis was performed in a stepwise manner starting from the aglycon‐bearing terminal saccharide with thioglycosides as glycosyl donors. To attach the upstream terminal anthrose residue, the assembled linker‐equipped trisaccharide was glycosylated with ethyl 4‐azido‐3‐O‐benzyl‐2‐O‐(bromoacetyl)‐4,6‐dideoxy‐1‐thio‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 11 ). Further functionalization of the tetrasaccharide thus obtained, followed by deprotection gave the target substance 17 . Synthesis of substructures of 17 equipped with the same spacer, namely β‐L ‐Rhap‐1‐O‐(CH₂)₅COOMe ( 21 ), α‐L ‐Rhap‐(1 → 2)‐β‐L ‐Rhap‐1‐O‐(CH₂)₅COOMe ( 22 ), and α‐L ‐Rhap‐(1 → 3)‐α‐L ‐Rhap‐(1 → 2)‐β‐L ‐Rhap‐1‐O‐(CH₂)₅COOMe ( 23 ), is also described (Scheme 4).     

Synthesis of Disaccharide Nucleosides by the O‐Glycosylation of Natural Nucleosides with Thioglycoside Donors

Disaccharide nucleosides constitute an important group of naturally‐occurring sugar derivatives. In this study, we report on the synthesis of disaccharide nucleosides by the direct O‐glycosylation of nucleoside acceptors, such as adenosine, guanosine, thymidine, and cytidine, with glycosyl donors. Among the glycosyl donors tested, thioglycosides were found to give the corresponding disaccharide nucleosides in moderate to high chemical yields with the above nucleoside acceptors using p‐toluenesulfenyl chloride (TolSCl) and silver triflate (AgOTf) as promoters. The interaction of these promoters with nucleoside acceptors was examined by ¹H NMR spectroscopic experiments.     

Synthesis and Dehydration of Oxadithia and Trithiadioxime Crown Compounds

The reaction of 2,2‐oxydiethanethiol and 2‐[2‐mercaptoethyl) thio] ethanethiol with dichloroglyoxime (DCGO) in absolute EtOH led to crown compounds, oxadithia (5Z,6Z)‐1,4,7‐oxadithiadiononane‐5,6‐dionedioxime (1) and trithia (2Z,3Z)‐1,4,7‐trithionane‐2,3‐dionedioxime (2), respectively. The compounds 5,6,8,9‐tetrahydro [1,4,7]oxadithionine[5,6‐c][1,2,5]oxadiazole (3) and 5,6,8,9‐tetrahydro[1,4,7]trithionino[2,3‐c][1,2,5]oxadiazole (4) were prepared by dehydration of 1 and 2 in aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide at 170–180°C, respectively.     

Application of Odorless Thiols for the Cleavage of 2‐ and 4‐Nitrobenzenesulfonamides

Several odorless or faint‐smelling thiols were tested to cleave 2‐ and 4‐nitrobenzenesulfonyl groups, which are widely utilized for selective protection and activation of amines. p‐Mercaptobenzoic acid (7) was found to be the most useful thiol for cleaving the o‐ and p‐nosyl groups in terms of ease of separation of the product from the workup residue, reaction temperature, and reaction time.     

A Practical One‐Pot Synthesis of New S‐Glycosyl Amino Acid Building Blocks for Combinatorial Neoglycopeptide Synthesis

S‐Glycosyl L‐aspartic acid building blocks were synthesized starting from 1‐thiosugars by reaction with 5‐aminopentanol and suitably protected L‐aspartic acid pentafluorophenyl ester in a one‐pot procedure under Mitsunobu conditions using 1,1′‐azodicarbonyl dipiperidine and trimethyl phosphine. The method allowed for the preparation of S‐glycosyl amino acid building blocks in one step without protection of the amino function for the Mitsunobu condensation. Alternatively, the title compounds were prepared by a stepwise approach via 5‐aminopentyl 1‐thioglycosides.     

A Catalytic and Stereoselective Glycosylation with β‐Glycosyl Fluorides

A catalytic and stereoselective glycosylation of several glycosyl acceptors with β‐D ‐glycosyl fluoride was successfully performed in the presence of a catalytic amount of trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate (TrB(C₆F₅)₄) or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH). When TrB(C₆F₅)₄ was used as a catalyst in the solvent pivalonitrile/(trifluoromethyl)benzene 1 : 5, the glycosylation proceeded smoothly to afford the glycosides in high yields with high β‐D ‐stereoselectivities (see Table 3). Further, the glycosylation by the armed‐disarmed strategy in the presence of this catalyst was established (see Table 4). Similarly, glycosylation catalyzed by the strong protic acid TfOH afforded the corresponding β‐D ‐glycosides in good‐to‐excellent yields on treating β‐D ‐ glycosyl fluorides having a 2‐O‐benzoyl group with various glycosyl acceptors including thioglycosides (see Tables 6 and 7).     

Determination of the Influence of Side‐Chain Conformation on Glycosylation Selectivity using Conformationally Restricted Donors

The synthesis of a series of conformationally locked mannopyranosyl thioglycosides in which the C6?O6 bond adopts either the gauche,gauche, gauche,trans, or trans,gauche conformation is described, and their influence on glycosylation stereoselectivity investigated. Two 4,6‐O‐benzylidene‐protected mannosyl thioglycosides carrying axial or equatorial methyl groups at the 6‐position were also synthesized and the selectivity of their glycosylation reactions studied to enable a distinction to be made between steric and stereoelectronic effects. The presence of an axial methoxy group at C6 in the bicyclic donor results in a decreased preference for formation of the β‐mannoside, whereas an axial methyl group has little effect on selectivity. The result is rationalized in terms of through‐space stabilization of a transient intermediate oxocarbenium ion by the axial methoxy group resulting in a higher degree of S_N1‐like character in the glycosylation reaction. Comparisons are made with literature examples and exceptions are discussed in terms of pervading steric effects layered on top of the basic stereoelectronic effect.     

Non-isothermal Kinetics of the First-stage Decomposition Reaction of the Complex of Terbium p-Methylbenzoate with 1,10-Phenanthroline

The thermal behavior of Tb₂ (p‐MBA)₆(phen)₂ (p‐MBA=p‐methylbenzoate; phen=1,10‐phenanthroline) in a static air atmosphere was investigated by TG‐DTG, SEM and IR techniques. The thermal decomposition of the Tb₂(p‐MBA)₆(phen)₂ occurred in three consecutive stages at T_P of 354, 457 and 595 °C. By Malek method, RO (n<1) was defined as kinetic model for the first‐step thermal decomposition. The activation energy (E) of this step is 170.21 kJ·mol^‐1, the enthalpy of activation (ΔH^≠) 164.98 kJ·mol^‐1, the Gibbs free energy of activation (ΔG^≠) 145.04 kJ·mol^‐1, the entropy of activation (ΔS^≠) 31.77 J·mol^‐1·K^‐1, and the pre‐exponential factor (A) 10^15.21 s^‐1.     

Synthesis of New Tetrazole Derivatives of Spiro‐ and Bis‐barbiturates

This work described the synthesis of the first and unprecedented examples of 5‐aryl‐1H‐tetrazoles including spiro‐ and bis‐(thio)barbiturates, generated from the reaction between 4‐(1H‐tetrazol‐5‐yl)benzaldehyde with (thio)barbituric acids and cyanogen bromide (BrCN) in the presence of triethylamine, providing good overall yields. Tetrazoles based on bis‐(thio) barbiturates were also obtained in the absence of BrCN under the same conditions. The structures were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, X‐ray crystallography and mass analysis techniques. The reaction mechanism was proposed. The hydrogen bond strength (E_HB) versus d (O1?????O7 (w)) distance (kcal.mol^?1) and corresponding pKa value for the proton of H_3A (in water molecule) in 4b.H₂O were estimated to be 13.8 kcal.mol^?1 and 8.2, respectively.     

Modified One‐Pot Protocol for the Preparation of Thioglycosides from Unprotected Aldoses via S‐Glycosyl Isothiouronium Salts*

An efficient one‐pot protocol for the direct preparation of thioglycosides starting from unprotected reducing sugars via S‐glycosyl isothiouronium salts is reported. In this one‐pot methodology, BF₃ · OEt₂ has been used as a general catalyst for both per‐O‐acetylation of sugars and conversion of sugar per‐O‐acetates into S‐glycosyl isothiouronium salts, which was allowed to react with alkylating agents in the presence of a base to furnish thioglycosides in excellent yield.     

Generalized Method for the Production of 1,3‐Benzoxazine, 1,3‐Benzothiazine,and Quinazoline Derivatives from 2‐(Hydroxy,Thio, or Amino) Aromatic Acids Using Triphenylphosphine Thiocyanogen

Abstract

A modified one‐pot method was developed for the synthesis of 1,3‐benzoxazines, in which the preparation of unstable thiocyanogen was omitted. The method was found to be general for substituted (methyl, methoxy, halo, and hydroxy) 2‐hydroxy benzoic acids and 2‐hydroxy naphthoic acids. The method was extended to 2‐thio, 2‐amino, and N‐methyl aminobenzoic acid with which the synthesis of 1,3‐benzothiazine and quinazoline derivatives has been achieved, respectively. It was also found that 3‐hydroxypyridine‐2‐carboxylic acid and 2‐hydroxynicotinic acid using a modified method gave 2‐thioxo‐2,3‐dihydro‐4H‐pyrido[2,3‐e][1,3]oxazin‐4‐one and 2‐thioxo‐2,3‐dihydro‐4H‐pyrido[3,2‐e][1,3]oxazin‐4‐one, respectively. The structures of the new compounds were confirmed by the analysis of their IR, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR spectra.     

Facile Route for the Synthesis of Pyridazine Derivatives: Unexpected Pathway to Benzothiazole,Benzimidazole, and Triazole Derivatives

4‐Amino‐5‐arylmethylidene‐3‐phenyl‐pyridazin‐6‐ones 7 have been synthesized and reacted with selected nucleophile reagents such as phenyl hydrazine, semicarbazide, semithiocarbazide, cyanoacetohydrazide, 2‐aminothiophenol, and 2‐phenylenediamine in ethanol triethyl‐amine solution. An unexpected 1‐phenyl‐3‐arylaziridene 10, 3‐aryl‐5‐oxo(thio)‐1,2,4‐triazole 21, 4‐amino‐3‐aryl‐6‐hydroxy‐pridazine 27, 2‐arylbenzothiazole 30a–c, and 2‐arylbenzimidazole 30d–f have been obtained, respectively. Also, 2‐aminothiophenol and 2‐phenylenediamine were reacted with N‐phenylmethylidene‐2‐cyanoacetohydrazide 2, affording the new 1,4‐benzodiazepine derivatives 35.     

A Simple and Efficient Synthesis of N‐[2‐{(4‐Propionyloxyphenyl)thio}ethyl]propionamide (DIPCAP), a Tyrosine‐Dependent Cytotoxic Agent as a Topical Antimelanoma Therapy

Abstract

The synthesis of N‐[2‐{(4‐propionyloxyphenyl)thio}ethyl]propionamide (DIPCAP), a tyrosine‐dependent cytotoxic agent that is currently being evaluated as a topical antimelanoma treatment is described. Problems encountered in scaling up the original patent procedure have been eliminated and DIPCAP was obtained in an overall yield of 65% from commercially available starting materials.