Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
Abstract:
Hydroxyapatite-bound Pd catalyst was found to be highly effective for the deprotection of N-benzyloxycarbonyl group from amino acids in the presence of molecular hydrogen. The catalyst was also applicable to the hydrogenolysis of a sterically encumbered core-Z-protected poly(amido amine) dendrimer, affording the dendritic amino compound in 99% yield.