a Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045-7582, USA b Neogenesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Abstract:
Application of a capture-ROMP-release strategy for the chromatography-free purification of Mitsunobu reaction products is described. Norbornenyl-tagged reagents are utilized for standard solution phase Mitsunobu chemistry. Post-reaction phase-switching is accomplished via in situ ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) followed by precipitation of the polymer with methanol. Release of the product from the polymer affords amines and alkyl hydrazine derivatives with good yields and purities.