Abstract:A concise and inexpensive route to 2-cyano aziridine-2-carboxylates and 2,2-dicyano aziridines is reported by reaction of the easily obtainable corresponding a,b-unsaturated nitriles with sulfonyloxycarbamates in the presence of calcium oxide.
Starting from a library of 2-L-alpha-amino acyl (E)-acrylonitriles, different short 2-cyano and 2-amino aziridinyl peptides, potential protease inhibitors. were obtained under parallel solution-phase conditions. The transformations include careful selection of conditions for aziridine deprotection and cyano group partial hydrolysis. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Starting from a library of 2-L-alpha-amino acyl (E)-acrylonitriles, different short 2-cyano and 2-amino aziridinyl peptides, potential protease inhibitors. were obtained under parallel solution-phase conditions. The transformations include careful selection of conditions for aziridine deprotection and cyano group partial hydrolysis. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
“…Their synthesis was obtained by direct amination reaction of the corresponding (E)-acrylonitriles (Fioravanti et al 2004) using ethyl nosyloxycarbamate (NsONHCO 2 Et, Ns = 4-NO 2 C 6 H 4 SO 2 ) as the aminating agent under heterogeneous conditions (Pellacani et al 2011). The aziridination reactions take place with total retention of the starting alkene configuration.…”
Starting from commercially available N-protected L-α-amino acids, N,N'-protected gem-diaminic units were obtained by a two-step methodology. A Hofmann reaction performed using a primary alcohol as the solvent to trap the isocyanate intermediate represents the key step of the new synthetic procedure. Then, the methodology was applied to α-carbamoyl α'-carboxyl aziridines, also functionalized with L-α-amino esters and stable gem-diaminic units characterized by an aziridine ring and by a retro-peptide modification were obtained. The use of the latter units in the retro-peptide chemistry allows to obtain modified peptides containing an aziridine ring able to behave as an electrophilic site and as a biomimetic structural analog of proline.
“…For example, in the presence of calcium oxide, ethyl nosyloxycarbamate (46) functions as a nitrogen source that engages Knoevenagel adducts (e.g., 47) in aziridination (Scheme 2.13), presumably via nitrene intermediates [88]. Modest diastereoselectivities have been achieved by incorporating a menthol-derived chiral auxiliary into the carbamate reagent.…”
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