Total synthesis of cyclosporin O by convergent approach employing Fmoc-amino acid chlorides mediated by zinc dust

An epimerization free and efficient total synthesis of immunosuppressant cyclosporin O (CsO) by step-by-step assembly of amino acids in solution phase is reported. The couplings were performed by employing Fmoc-amino acid chlorides and were mediated by zinc dust under neutral conditions. The yield and purity of the coupling of sterically hindered N-methylamino acids to N-methylamino acids at positions 8, 9, 10, and 11 were enhanced by repeating the coupling thrice at these particular junctures. All the 10 intermediate peptides pertaining to CsO and the final CsO were isolated and completely characterized through IR, 1H NMR, mass spectrometry, and HPLC techniques.     

Novel immonium type peptide coupling reagent: 5‐(1H‐benzotriazol‐1‐yloxy)‐3,4‐dihydro‐1‐methyl 2H‐pyrrolium hexachloroantimonate (BDMP® )

A novel immonium type coupling reagent, 5‐(1H‐benzotriazol‐1‐yloxy)‐3,4‐dihydro‐1‐methyl 2H‐pyrrolium hexachloroantimonate (BDMP) has been designed, synthesized and utilized to synthesize oligopeptides and biologically active peptide both in solution and solid phase with satisfactory yield, low racemization and fast reaction rate. The estimation of racemization and the influence of several reaction parameters were studied by HPLC method using the model reaction: Z‐Gly‐Phe‐OH + Val‐OMe·HCl·Z‐Gly‐D/L‐Phe‐Val‐OMe. It was shown that the reactivity of BDMP was much higher and the racemization was much lower than those of HOBt‐based ‘onium’ reagents, even though its analogues BOMI. To further verified me effectiveness of BDMP, Leu‐enkephalin was synthesized both in solution and solid phase using BDMP as coupling reagent. The proposed mechanism was also speculated.     

Improved procedure for the synthesis of thiazolium-type peptide coupling reagents: BMTB as a new efficient reagent

An efficient scalable synthesis of 2-halothiazolium-type peptide coupling reagents has been developed. The key step is the formation of the 2-bromothiazole scaffold through cyclization of α-thiocyanato ketones with hydrogen bromide. Using this method, the new coupling reagent 2-bromo-N-methylthiazolium bromide (BMTB) was synthesized. BMTB was tested in a difficult model coupling reaction of two sterically hindered N-methylated amino acids and showed higher activity than the well-established peptide coupling reagent HATU.     

Short synthesis of carbazole alkaloids: Ekeberginine,murrayaquinone A,and glycozoline

Three differently substituted, naturally occurring, biologically active carbazole derivatives (viz. ekeberginine, murrayaquinone A, and glycozoline) were synthesized in good yield using short and simple routes. The prenyl group was selectively introduced at the C4 position using a Stille coupling reaction in the synthesis of ekeberginine. Murrayaquinone A was synthesized using Raney nickel–mediated desulfurization of dithiane as a key step. Synthesis of glycozoline was achieved in two steps from 3-methyl carbazole via an intermediate 3-bromo-6-methyl carbazole.     

4个新型有机磷缩合试剂的合成及其在生物活性肽合成中的应用

报道了4个新型有机磷化合物：N-二乙氧基磷酰苯并唑酮(DEPBO)、N－(2-氧-1,3,2-二氧杂磷杂环乙烷基)-苯并唑酮(DOPBO)、3－(2'-氧-1',3',2'-二氧杂磷杂环己烷基)-氧-1,2,3-苯共三嗪-4(3H)-酮(DOPBT)和3－(二乙氧基磷酰基)-氧-1,2,3-苯并三嗪-4(3H)-酮(DEPBT)的合成,并研究了它们作为缩会试剂在多肽合成中的应用. 研究结果表明,它们可以成功地用于固相法和溶液法合成多肽,其中DEPBT还可用于环肽的合成. 应用DEPBO和DEPBT合成了促睡眠肽的类似物及从云南中草药繁缕中分离鉴定的一个环七肽等生物活性肽.     

A total synthesis of (-)-hemiasterlin using N-Bts methodology.

A total synthesis of (-)-hemiasterlin has been accomplished in nine steps from 25(8) (>35% yield overall). An improved enantiocontrolled route to the tetramethyltryptophan subunit 32 was developed using an asymmetric Strecker synthesis (five steps, 50% yield from 25), and the dipeptide 22 was prepared in seven steps, 37% yield from valinol. The synthesis exploits the high reactivity of a Bts-protected amino acid chloride in the difficult peptide coupling of sterically hindered amino acid residues 18 and 20 to form 21 (70%, recrystallized) and also uses N-Bts intermediates for the high-yielding N-methylations of 14 and 31. In addition, the Bts-protected di-tert-butyl N-acylimidodicarbonate 33 is shown to undergo efficient coupling with 22 to form 34 (97% in the coupling step; 79% over the activation; coupling sequence from 32).     

N-triazinylammonium tetrafluoroborates. A new generation of efficient coupling reagents useful for peptide synthesis

A new generation of triazine-based coupling reagents (TBCRs), designed according to the concept of "superactive esters", was obtained by treatment of 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium (DMTMM) chloride with lithium or silver tetrafluoroborate. The structure of 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium tetrafluoroborate was confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Activation of carboxylic acids by using this reagent proceeds via triazine "superactive ester". The coupling reagent was successfully used for the synthesis of Z-, Boc-, and Fmoc-protected dipeptides derived from natural and unnatural sterically hindered amino acids and for fragment condensation, in 80-100% yield and with high enantiomeric purity. The manual SPPS of the ACP(65-74) peptide fragment (H-Val-Gln-Ala-Ala-Ile-Asp-Tyr-Ile-Asn-Gly-OH) proceeded significantly faster than with TBTU or HATU, as well as the automated SPPS of the same fragment gave a purer product than by using TBTU or PyBOP. The reagent was also demonstrated to be efficient in on-resin head-to-tail cyclization of constrained cyclopeptides, in SPPS synthesis of Aib peptides, and in the synthesis of esters from appropriate acids, alcohols, and phenols. The high efficiency and versatility of this new generation of TBCRs confirm, for the first time, the usefulness of the concept of "superactive esters" in rational design of the structure of coupling reagents.     

3-Nitro-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl-tris(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyNTP) as a condensing reagent for solid-phase peptide synthesis

Solid-phase oligopeptide synthesis has been well developed and most short oligopeptides can now be easily synthesized. However, when a desired oligopeptide forms a secondary structure or includes less reactive amino acids such as aminoisobutyric acid, its terminal amino groups become less reactive and synthesis of the desired oligopeptides becomes difficult. To expand the number of synthetic peptide sequences, we have developed efficient coupling conditions using 3-nitro-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl-tris(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyNTP) as a highly reactive condensing reagent on an unswellable solid support. PyNTP demonstrated higher reactivity than conventional condensing reagents and the optical purity of the synthesized oligopeptides was sufficiently high for application to general oligopeptide synthesis.     

Peptide synthesis using pentafluorophenyl diphenylphosphate (FDP) as coupling reagent

Comparison of the reaction speed and yield with its analogues and some conventional peptide coupling reagents, pentafluorophenyl diphenylphosphate (FDP) was shown to be a more preferable "active ester" type reagent for the peptide synthesis. The synthesis of oligopeptides using FDP was achieved with high yields. The influences of several reaction parameters such as solvent, base, additive and temperature on the coupling reaction were studied using HPLC method. The degree of racemization with FDP determined by HPLC or Young test was shown to be lower than that of DCCI. Octapeptide Gly-Cys(Bzl)-Ser-Gly-Lys-Leu-Ile-Cys(Bzl)-OH, corresponding to the amino acid sequence of gp41 of HIV-1, was successfully synthesized by 5+3 approach using FDP with high yield.     

Enabling routine fluorous capping in solid phase peptide synthesis

We describe here the use of polyfluorinated trivalent iodonium salts as efficient and robust capping reagents during solid phase peptide synthesis using either t-Boc or Fmoc chemistry. Standard protocols established for solid phase peptide synthesis can be utilized without any change in solvent or reagent conditions. The capping reaction was carried out at sites where amino acid coupling steps failed. At the termination of the synthesis, the crude peptide mixture obtained from release of materials from the resin, is either simply centrifuged in aqueous solution to yield pure peptide, or purified by passage through fluorous silica gel in solvents with high water content. We envision that the chemistry and reagents described here will find wide use in peptide and protein chemistry, and also in combinatorial library synthesis where terminal amines are coupled to reaction partners.     

6-溴-3-[2-(6-溴-2-甲氧基喹啉-3-基)-1,2-二苯乙基]-2-甲氧基喹啉的合成

以6-溴-3-(氯苯基甲基)-2-甲氧基喹啉(2)为起始原料,经过偶合对接反应合成了新型喹啉类抗结核药物TMC-207的衍生物6-溴-3-[2-(6-溴-2-甲氧基喹啉-3-基)-1,2-二苯乙基]-2-甲氧基喹啉,其结构经1H NMR和HR-MS确证.最佳反应条件:2 10 mmol,Et_3N 5 mL,KI 0.17 g,乙腈150 mL,于80 ℃反应6 h,收率73%.     

Synthesis of cyclosporine. Total syntheses of ‘cyclosporin A’ and ‘cyclosporin H’, two fungal metabolites isolated from the species Tolypocladium inflatum GAMS

The heptapeptide H-MeBmt-Abu-Sar-MeLeu-Val-MeLeu-Ala-OBzl ( 20 ) was synthesized for coupling with the previously described cyclosporine tetrapeptide sequence Boc-D -Ala-MeLeu-MeVal-OH ( 21 ). The product of the coupling, the undecapeptide Boc-D -Ala-MeLeu-MeLeu-MeVal-MeBmt-abu-Sar-MeLeu-Val-MeLeu-Ala-OBzl ( 22 ), was then deprotected and cyclized to cyclosporine ( 1 ). The tetrapeptide diastereoisomer Boc-D -ala-MeLeu-MeLeu-D -MeVAl-OH ( 23 ) could also be used as a starting material to produce selectively the desired undecapeptide 22 . In this case, the N-methyl-D -valine unit, was selectively isomerized to the L-from by using the appropriate condensing agent. The diastereoisomeric undecapeptide Boc-D -ala-MeLeu-MeLeu-D -MeVal-MeBmt-Abu-Sar-MeLeu-Val-MeLeuAla-OBzl ( 24 ) was also synthesized starting from 21 by using the mixed pivalic anhydride method to selectively invert the configuration of the N-methyl-L -valine. The structure of the undecapeptide 24 was confirmed by deprotection and cyclization to ‘cyclosporin H’, a natural product known to have the structure [D -MeVal¹¹]cyclosporine ( 2 ).     

Peptide synthesis in room temperature ionic liquids

We demonstrate that chemical peptide coupling using modern coupling agents is efficient in rt ionic liquids. This new approach presents some advantages, especially in the case of hindered amino acids, which are not easy to couple under standard conditions, since high purities for the crude peptides were observed with respect to coupling in classical solvents.     

Palladium-phosphinous acid-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl and acyl halides with aryl-, alkyl-, and vinylzinc reagents

Several palladium-phosphinous acids have been prepared and employed in cross-coupling reactions of aryl or acyl halides with aliphatic and aromatic organozinc reagents. The POPd7-catalyzed reaction of aryl halides, including electron-rich aryl chlorides, and arylzinc reagents was found to afford biaryls exhibiting alkoxy, alkylthio, amino, ketone, cyano, nitro, ester, and heteroaryl groups in 75-93% yield. Excellent results were obtained with sterically hindered substrates which gave di- and tri -ortho-substituted biaryls in up to 92% yield. Aryl halides also undergo POPd7-catalyzed aryl-vinyl and aryl-alkyl bond formation under mild conditions. Styrenes and alkylarenes were prepared in 79-93% yield from aryl halides and vinyl or alkylzinc reagents. The replacement of aryl halides by acyl halides provides access to ketones which were produced in up to 98% yield when POPd was used as catalyst. This approach overcomes the limited substrate scope, reduced regiocontrol, and low functional group tolerance of traditional Friedel-Crafts acylation methods.     

Microwave-assisted, zinc-mediated peptide coupling of N-benzyl-α,α-disubstituted amino acids

Incorporation of the extremely hindered amino acid N-benzylaminoisobutyric acid into dipeptides under microwave irradiation with commercial zinc dust is described. A comparative survey of various methodologies for hindered peptide couplings was undertaken. The optimised coupling conditions were free from racemisation and applicable to other hindered amino acids.     

An improved and practical route for the synthesis of enzalutamide and potential impurities study

An improved and practical synthesis of enzalutamide was accomplished in five steps. Starting from 4-bromo-2-fluoro-benzonic acid, a methyl esterification, Ullmann ligation, methyl esterification, ring closing reaction and final methyl amidation provided the target in 35% total yield with 99.8% purity. Five identified impurities were also synthesized. This efficient and economical procedure avoids the use of highly toxic reagents and multiple recrystallization operations, which is suitable for further industrialization.     

BCL-2选择性抑制剂——ABT-199的合成工艺改进

以3,3-二甲基环己酮(2)为原料,经5步反应制得中间体1-氯-4-［2-(氯甲基)-5,5-二甲基环己基-1-烯］苯（5）;以5-溴-7-氮杂吲哚为原料,经3步反应制得制得5-羟基-1-三异丙基硅基-7-氮杂吲哚（8）; 8与4-［3-氟-4-(甲氧基羰基)苯基］哌嗪-1-甲酸叔丁酯（9）经取代反应制得4-｛3-［(7-氮杂吲哚)氧］-4-(甲氧基羰基)苯基｝哌嗪-1-甲酸叔丁酯（10）;10脱保护后与5进行S_N2取代反应,所得中间体与3-硝基-4-｛［（四氢-2H-吡喃-4-基)甲基］氨基｝苯磺酰胺经缩合反应合成了BCL-2选择性抑制剂ABT-199,总收率28.4%,其结构经¹H NMR和ESI-MS确证。     

Synthesis of the reported structure of crassiflorone, a naturally occurring quinone isolated from the African ebony Diospyros crassiflora, and regioisomeric pentacyclic furocoumarin naphthoquinones

A synthesis of the structure reported for the natural product crassiflorone, a furocoumarin naphthoquinone, is described. The key steps are a Diels-Alder reaction to form 2-bromo-8-hydroxy-6-methylnaphthoquinone, followed by O-protection and copper(II) mediated coupling to 4-hydroxy-5-methylcoumarin to establish the pentacyclic framework whose structure was unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Since the spectroscopic data of the synthetic material did not match those reported for the natural product, three further regioisomeric furocoumarin naphthoquinones were prepared by copper(II) mediated coupling of 4-hydroxy-5- or 8-methyl coumarins with 5-benzyloxy-2-bromo-7-methyl- or 8-benzyloxy-2-bromo-6-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. Again the spectroscopic data did not match those of the natural material and therefore the true structure of crassiflorone remains unknown.     

Iminophosphine-palladium(0) complexes as highly active catalysts in the Suzuki reaction. Synthesis of undecaaryl substituted corroles

The iminophosphine-palladium(0) complex [Pd(dmfu)(P-N)] [dmfu=dimethyl fumarate; P-N=2-(PPh₂)C₆H₄-1-CHNC₆H₄-4-OMe] is a very efficient catalyst for the Suzuki coupling. In the reaction of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid, turnover numbers up to ca. 200,000 are obtained at 110 °C in 2 h. Good rates are obtained also with the sterically hindered and electronically deactivated 2-bromo-1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. The complex is able to catalyze the exhaustive arylation of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15-triphenylcorroleCu(III) to yield the corresponding undecaaryl substituted derivative.     

Enantioselective synthesis of methyl 2-[1-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]ethyl]-4-methyloxazole-5-carboxylate by a one–pot enamide cyclization

Methyl 2-[1-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]ethyl]-4-methyloxazole-5-carboxylate (1) was synthesized with high optical purity via a Pd–catalyzed amide coupling with vinyl triflate with subsequent oxazole formation. The latter reaction proceeds via bromination of an enamide with NBS and DBU-promoted cyclization. The oxazole subunit positional isomer in a macrocyclic azole peptide was obtained in a good yield without racemization. The scope and limitations of this reaction were also investigated.