Synthesis of α‐Aryl Esters and Nitriles: Deaminative Coupling of α‐Aminoesters and α‐Aminoacetonitriles with Arylboronic Acids

Transition‐metal‐free synthesis of α‐aryl esters and nitriles using arylboronic acids with α‐aminoesters and α‐aminoacetonitriles, respectively, as the starting materials has been developed. The reaction represents a rare case of converting C(sp³)? N bonds into C(sp³)? C(sp²) bonds. The reaction conditions are mild, demonstrate good functional‐group tolerance, and can be scaled up.     

Intramolecular 1,5-Hydride Shift in Products of Stevens 3,2-Rearrangement of Ammonium Salts Containing 3-Phenyl-2-propynyl Group

In products of Stevens 3,2-rearrangement of ammonium salts containing alongside alkoxycarbon- ylmethyl also 3-phenyl-2-propynyl group an intramolecular 1,5-hydride shift is observed resulting in immonium salts which transform into aminoesters of enamine structure. The hydrolysis of the latter provides the lower aliphatic aldehydes and the corresponding aminoesters. An acid treatment of the reaction mixture affords a mixture of hydrogenated and nonhydrogenated esters of α-ketoacids originating from the mixture of 1,3-diene aminoesters. At treating with concn. HCl of the obtained mixture the nonhydrogeneted ketoester undergoes cyclization into 4-methyl-3-phenyl-2-buten-1,4-olide.     

Researches on atropine-like compounds

Transesterification of ethyl esters of phenyl-2-thiazolyl and phenyl-p-chlorophenylglycolic acid by N-methyl-4-hydroxypiperidine gives N-methyl-4-piperidyl esters of phenyl-2-thiazolyl- and phenyl-p-chlorophenylglycolic acid. Transesterification of the alkyl esters gives aminoesters of disubstituted glycolic acids in lower yield than reaction of the corresponding acids with halogenoalkylamines.     

Inverse Peptide Synthesis via Activated α‐Aminoesters

A mild, practical, and simple procedure for peptide‐bond formation is reported. Instead of activation of the carboxylic acid functionality, the reaction involves an unprecedented use of activated α‐aminoesters. The method provides a straightforward entry to dipeptides and was effective when a sensitive cysteine residue was used, as no epimerization was detected in this case. The applicability of this method to iterative peptide synthesis was illustrated by the synthesis of a model tetrapeptide in the challenging reverse N→C direction.     

New method for synthesis of carbalkoxyalkylamidodialkyl phosphates

Conclusions A method is proposed for the preparation of N-phosphorylated aminoacid derivatives by reaction between dialkyl phosphites and aminoacid esters in the presence of carbon tetrachloride.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1180–1182, May, 1969.     

5-氟尿嘧啶N1-甲酰基氨基酸、短肽的合成及抗肿瘤活性

5-氟尿嘧啶N¹-甲酰氯分别与Gly、Val、Leu、Ile、Phe、Asp和Glu的苄酯反应,制备了7种5-氟尿嘧啶-N¹-甲酰基氨基酸苄酯。氢解后得到了相应的5-氟尿嘧啶N¹-甲酰氨基酸。将其进一步与氨基酸甲酯或二肽甲酯缩合,制备了5-氟尿嘧啶N¹-甲酰基二肽甲酯和三肽甲酯。5-氟尿嘧啶-N¹-甲酰基二肽甲酯也可采用5-氟尿嘧啶-N¹-甲酰氯与二肽甲酯直接反应制备。     

Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Malonate Esters to α,β‐Unsaturated N‐Sulfonyl Imines: An Expeditious Route to Chiral δ‐Aminoesters and Piperidones

The asymmetric conjugate addition of malonate esters to α,β‐unsaturated N‐sulfonyl imines is catalyzed by PyBOX/La(OTf)₃ complexes in the presence of 4 Å MS. The reaction gives the corresponding E enamines bearing a stereogenic center at the allylic position with good yields and enantiomeric ratios up to 97:3. This reaction provides a synthetic entry to chiral δ‐aminoesters and piperidones.     

Novel applications of the modified polonovski reaction. A biomimetic synthesis of quinuclidines.

Suitably substituted aminoesters can be transformed to the corresponding α-aminonitriles and in the case of piperidino-acetic ester derivatives, into the biochemically important quinuclidine ring system.     

Activated C,H-Acids: N-Alkyl-9-fluorenimines. Preliminary communication

N-Substituted 9-fluorenimines 1 are easily prepared from primary amines or aminoesters and 9-fluorenimine: their conjugate carbanions 2 are formed by the action of alkoxides and are reprotonated to 1 or to the tautomeric 9-alkylidenamino-fluorenes 3 depending upon substituents.     

Synthesis of Some New Chiral Sulfonamide Ligands

Synthesis of new chiral sulfonamide ligands derived from isatoic anhydride by reaction with trans-(R,R)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane and chiral aminoacid esters.     

Influence of steric parameters on the synthesis of tetramates from α-amino-β-alkoxy-esters and Ph3PCCO

α-Aminoesters react with Ph₃PCCO in a domino addition–Wittig cyclization sequence affording enantiomerically pure tetramates. In the case of β-oxo functionalized α-aminoesters, e.g., esters of serine, threonine or β-hydroxyornithine the yields of this reaction depend heavily on the bulkiness of the β-OR group and on the configuration of β-carbon atom C-3. Smaller residues and 2R/3R-configured aminoesters give better yields. The alkoxycarbonyl group of the ester moiety and the residue on the N-atom are less important. These findings can be accounted for by assuming an early puckered transition state for the intramolecular ring-closing Wittig reaction. The addition of sub-stoichiometric amounts of benzoic acid or N-hydroxysuccinimide (for acid-sensitive compounds) is advantageous in some cases as it accelerates the formation of the intermediate amide ylides.     

Relative reactivities of isopropyl,ethyl and methyl groups in the gas-phase side-chain deprotonation of alkylaromatic radical cations

The relative reactivity of isopropyl, ethyl and methyl groups in the gas-phase side-chain deprotonation of alkylaromatic radical cations by some pyridines has been determined by using Fourier transform mass spectrometry.     

The role of the mobile phase in the resolution of racemic esters of aminoacids by normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography

Summary The work in this paper demonstrates the effect of the mobile phase composition on interactions involving racemic esters of aminoacids and a chiral stationary phase derived from N-formylisoleucine. Aprotic solvents have been employed to test the resolution of these racemates. An increase in the alcohol concentration of the mobile phase results in the deterioration of selectivity. These solvents seem to favour high separation factors. The solvent 1,1,2-trichlorotri fluoroethane is a suitable mobile phase modifier for normal phase liquid chromatographic resolution of enantiomers of aminoacid esters.     

Coordination interactions of alkyl-substituted 2,2′-dipyrrolylmethene derivatives with copper(II) aminoacid complexes

Using the method of electron spectroscopy we showed that reaction of alkyl-substituted 2,2′-dipyrrolylmethene derivatives with copper(II) aminoacid complexes led to the formation of heteroligand complexes with two chelated metallocycles forming their coordination sphere. Formation constants of the heteroligand complexes were established and their interrelations with the structure of the aminoacid residue side group were elucidated. It was found that alongside the ability to the primary solvolytic dissociation of aminoacid complex, the main effect on the formation of combined coordination sphere of the chelate is defined by the steric factor depending on the structure of substituent in the aminoacid.     

The transition state shape-selective aromatic alkylation over MnAPO-11 molecular sieve catalysts

MnAPO-11 molecular sieves with medium size elliptical pore are synthesized and characterized. Transition state shape-selective catalysis of these molecular sieves are studied. Methylation of alkylaromatic compounds were efficiently catalyzed by these molecular sieves while aromatic ethylation was almost negligible. The size of the alkylating agents was the key factor for the transition state dimension in the aromatic alkylation, not the size of aromatic compounds. The mole fraction of o-isomer for methylation of alkylaromatic compounds was dependent on the size of the alkyl groups.     

Highly enantioselective decarboxylative protonation of alpha-aminomalonates mediated by thiourea cinchona alkaloid derivatives: access to both enantiomers of cyclic and acyclic alpha-aminoacids

Thiourea derived cinchona alkaloids promote the asymmetric decarboxylative protonation of cyclic, acyclic, or bicyclic alpha-aminomalonate hemiesters under mild and metal-free conditions to afford enantioenriched aminoesters in high yields and enantioselectivities up to 93%. Both enantiomers of the aminoesters have been synthesized with the same selectivity when using organic base 3 and its pseudoenantiomer 6 derived from quinine.     

The thermodynamics of phosphate versus phosphorothioate ester hydrolysis

Phosphorothioate esters are phosphate esters in which one of the nonbridging oxygen atoms has been replaced by sulfur. In the comparative hydrolysis reactions of phosphorothioate and phosphate esters, the sulfur substitution accelerates the rates of the monoesters while slowing the rates of diesters and of triesters. Previously measured enthalpies and entropies of activation for the hydrolysis reactions of the monoesters, p-nitrophenyl phosphate and p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate, were compared to the activation parameters measured herein for the diesters, ethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate and ethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate, and the triesters, diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate and diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate. A consistent trend of a greater DeltaH++ for the phosphorothioate analogue was found in all three classes of ester. In the monoester case, a more positive DeltaS++ arising from a mechanistic difference (D(N) + A(N) for the phosphorothioate versus A(N)D(N) for the phosphate) compensates, resulting in a lower DeltaG++ for the phosphorothioate monoester. Spectroscopic investigations indicate there is no significant difference in bond order to the leaving group in phosphates, as compared to their phosphorothioate analogues, ruling this out as a contribution to the consistently higher enthalpies of activation.     

Synthesis and structure of 4-O,6-O-glycosylidene glycosides

Interglycosidic spiro ortho esters (9-20) were efficiently prepared from methyl 2,6-di-O-benzylgluco- or galactopyranoside and various sugar lactones in the presence of methoxytrimethylsilane and a catalytic amount of trimethylsilyl triflate. All of the prepared sugar ortho esters possess perhydrospiro[2H-pyran-2,2'-pyrano[3,2-d][1,3]dioxin] ring systems commonly in their molecules and, remarkably, were afforded as single isomers. The configurations of the spiro centers in their molecules were determined or estimated by X-ray single crystallographic analysis and molecular modeling studies. By comparing the conformations of prepared ortho esters, we revealed that the difference in the stability between two possible isomers was principally caused from that between the spiro ring systems in their molecules in each case.     

Snytheses and Reactions of O,N,N′-Trisubstituted Isoureas

The CuCl₂-catalysed addition of alcohols to aliphatic caribodiimides (particularly diisopropylcarbodiimide) to form O,N,N′-trialkylisoureas may, in the case of bifunctional hydroxy compounds (esters of α-hydroxycarboxylic acids, diols, halogeno alcohols, amino alcohols, and cyclic hydroxy ethers), continue to give 5-, 6-, and 7-membered 1,3-O,N or 1,3-N,N heterocycles. O,N,N′-Trialkylisoureas are selective alkylating agents. Thus alcohols with allyl structures can be etherified with diisopropylcarbodiimide; a new method of esterification via O,N,N′-trialkylisoureas has been applied to mesitylenecarboxylic acid.     

Practical Synthesis of N‐Alkyl‐N‐alkyloxycarbonylaminomethyl Prodrug Derivatives of Acetaminophen,Theophylline, and 6‐Mercaptopurine

We report a novel synthesis of N‐alkyl‐N‐alkyloxycarbonylaminomethyl (NANAOCAM) prodrugs of acetaminophen, theophylline, and 6‐mercaptopurine by alkylation of the corresponding drug molecule with N‐alkyl‐N‐alkyloxycarbonylaminomethyl chlorides in good yield. Most of the alkylating agents were efficiently synthesized by chloromethylation of N‐alkyl carbamic acid alkyl esters, which in turn were made from alkyl amines and alkyl chloroformates. In cases where the alkyl chloroformates were not available, synthesis of N‐alkyl carbamic acid alkyl esters was accomplished by converting an alcohol to a chloroformate or to an activated acylating agent such as acyl imidazoles or p‐nitrophenylcarbonate esters, followed by their reaction with alkyl amines.