title: Stereoselective synthesis of unsaturated and functionalized L-NHBoc amino acids, using Wittig reaction under mild phase-transfer conditions.
abstract: The stereoselective synthesis of a new amino acid phosphonium salt was described by quaternization of melting triphenylphosphine with the γ-iodo NHBoc-amino ester, derived from L-aspartic acid. The deprotection of the carboxylic acid function to afford the phosphonium salt with a free carboxylic acid group was achieved by a palladium-catalyzed desallylation reaction. This phosphonium salt was used in the Wittig reaction with aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes and trifluoroacetophenone, under solid-liquid phase-transfer conditions in chlorobenzene and in the presence of K(3)PO(4) as weak base, to afford the corresponding unsaturated amino acids without racemization. Thus, the reaction with substituted aldehydes allows to graft various functionalized groups on the lateral chain of the amino acid, such as trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, ferrocenyl, boronato, or azido. In addition, the reaction of the amino acid Wittig reagent with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes leads to amino acids bearing a diene on the lateral chain. Finally, this amino acid phosphonium salt appears to be a new powerful tool for the preparation of unsaturated and non-proteinogenic α-amino acids, directly usable for the synthesis of customized peptides.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB-StéréochIM-UMR CNRS 6302), 9 avenue A. Savary BP47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rémond
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bayardon
authors.forename: Marie-Joëlle
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ondel-Eymin
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jugé
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D044367:Phase Transition; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids