Tailor-Made Amino Acids in Pharmaceutical Industry: Synthetic Approaches to Aza-Tryptophan Derivatives

Over the recent years there has been a noticeable upsurge of interest in aza-analogs of tryptophan which are isosteric to the latter and found numerous applications in medicinal, bioorganic chemistry, and peptide research. In the present review article, five aza-tryptophan derivatives are profiled, including aza-substitution in the positions 2, on the five-membered ring, as well as in positions 4, 5, 6, and 7 on the six-membered ring. A detailed and comprehensive literature overview of the synthetic methods for the preparation of these aza-tryptophans is presented and general facets of the biological properties and most promising applications are discussed.     

Stereoisomerism of dihalodiaryl(acetylacetonato)-antimony(V) compounds

A series of dihalodiaryl(acetylacetonato)antimony(V) compounds, (p-Y-C₆H₄)₂SbX₂Acac (X=F, Cl, Br; Y=NO₂, Cl, H, CH₃, CH₃O), were prepared. All of these compounds are monomeric and exist in solution as a mixture of two isomers both with chelated hexacoordinate configurations. From the temperature- and solvent-dependent PMR spectra of these compounds, it is concluded that the two isomers are in equilibrium in solution. The assignments of the PMR signals to the isomers were made by considering the effects of solvent and the substituents X and Y on the spectra.     

Polymers having stable radicals. I. Synthesis of nitroxyl polymers from 4-methacryloyl derivatives of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine

Polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals, poly-4-methacryloylamino- and poly-4-methacryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyls, were synthesized from their precursor polymers by oxidizing them in a methanolic solution of hydrogen peroxide. The precursor polymers were prepared by radical polymerization of 4-methacryloyl-amino/oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines in various solvents. These polymerizations in acetic acid were found to yield polymers of high molecular weight. The copolymers of the precursor monomers with styrene and methyl methacrylate were also prepared as precursor copolymers. These precursor polymers of a piperidine type were converted to the polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals by the hydrogen peroxide method. In this report, it was assumed that the post-oxidation reaction introduced a nitroxyl group smoothly and quantitatively at room temperature. Elucidations of the stable radical formation and the electron spin behavior of the stable radical polymers were made in terms of elemental analyses, infrared, ultraviolet, and ESR spectroscopy.     

Preparation,properties and reactivities of novel platinum compounds containing a thiomethoxymethyl group

Oxidative addition of ClCH₂SCH₃ to PtL₄ afforded trans-PtL₂(CH₂SCH₃)Cl (Ia, L = Ph₃P;Ib, L = MePh₂P). Treatment of I with NH₄PF₆ or Et₃OBF₄ in CH₂C1₂ gave ionic species, [PtL₂(CH₂SCH₃)]X (II, L = Ph₃P, MePh₂P, X = BF₄, PF₆), while similar treatment with MeSO₃F in benzene yielded a new type of stable dimethylsulfonium methylide—platinum complex, trans-[PtL₂(CH₂SMe₂)Cl] SO₃F (IIIa, L = Ph₃P; IIIb, L = MePh₂P). Action of H₂O₂ on Ia gave [Pt(Ph₃P)(μ-CH₂SCH₃)C1]₂ (IV) and its triphenylarsine analog, [Pt(Ph₃As)(μ-CH₂SCH₃)C1]₂ (V) was prepared in one step by oxidative addition of ClCH₂SCH₃ to Pt(AsPh₃)₄. The structural difference between [Pt(Ph₃P)(μ-CH₂SCH₃)C1]₂ and Pd(Ph₃P)- (CH₂SCH₃)C1 is discussed in terms of the difference in the ionization potential from d¹⁰ to d⁸ electronic state of metals.     

Preparation of viologen polymers from alkylene dipyridinium salts by cyanide ion

Polymers of viologen structure were prepared by oxidation of quinoid polymers obtained by the dimerization of alkylene dipyridinium salts with cyanide ion as catalyst. These polymers showed the behavior of polyelectrolytes and redox polymers that turn a deep blue when reduced chemically or electrically.     

Directed 2-azonia-[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements. a convenient preparation of substituted 1-azaspiro[4,5]decanes

3-Acetylpyrrolidines are prepared from 5-methyl-5-vinyloxazolidines in a reaction which involves a directed 2-azonia-[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement.     

New synthetic reaction by electrolysis malonic acid as a ketone synthon

Malonic acid derivatives(gem-dicarboxylic acids) were converted to the corresponding ketones by the electrolysis. The reaction was employed for the synthesis of jasmones.     

Optically active N-hydroxytartrimides for enantioselective peptide synthesis

Preparations of optically active N-hydroxytartrimides were achieved. 1,3,4-Trihydroxysuccinimide ester of Z-L-alanine and 1-hydroxy-3,4-diacetoxysuccinimide ester of Z-D-alanine were allowed to react with D,L-alaninate to produce L-L form and D-D form of Z-Ala-Ala-OEt respectively (optical yield 100%).