Late‐Stage Peptide Macrocyclization by Palladium‐Catalyzed Site‐Selective C−H Olefination of Tryptophan

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (34) ◽  
pp. 14686-14692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengbing Bai ◽  
Chuangxu Cai ◽  
Wangjian Sheng ◽  
Yuxiang Ren ◽  
Huan Wang
2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (34) ◽  
pp. 14794-14800
Author(s):  
Zengbing Bai ◽  
Chuangxu Cai ◽  
Wangjian Sheng ◽  
Yuxiang Ren ◽  
Huan Wang

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. eaaw0323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiantao Tan ◽  
Jie Wu ◽  
Shu Liu ◽  
Hequan Yao ◽  
Huan Wang

Peptide macrocycles often display diverse bioactivities and self-assembly properties, which lead to a variety of applications in medicinal and material sciences. Transition metal–catalyzed C▬H activations are emerging strategies for site-selective functionalization of amino acids and peptides, as well as the construction of cyclic peptides. Here, we report the development of a peptide-directed method for the macrocyclization of peptidoarylacetamides by Pd(II)-catalyzed late-stage C(sp2)▬H olefination. In this protocol, peptide backbones act as internal directing groups and enable facile preparation of diverse cyclic peptides that are difficult to synthesize by conventional macrolactamization. Furthermore, we show that the incorporation of aryl-alkene cross-link in the backbone constrains cyclic peptides into conformations for self-assembly.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Ge ◽  
Lei Pan ◽  
Piaoping Tang ◽  
Ke Yang ◽  
Mian Wang ◽  
...  

Transition metal-catalyzed selective C–H bond functionalization enabled by transient ligands has become an extremely attractive topic due to its economical and greener characteristics. However, catalytic pathways of this reaction process on unactivated sp<sup>3</sup> carbons of reactants have not been well studied yet. Herein, detailed mechanistic investigation on Pd-catalyzed C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H bond activation with amino acids as transient ligands has been systematically conducted. The theoretical calculations showed that higher angle distortion of C(sp2)-H bond over C(sp3)-H bond and stronger nucleophilicity of benzylic anion over its aromatic counterpart, leading to higher reactivity of corresponding C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H bonds; the angle strain of the directing rings of key intermediates determines the site-selectivity of aliphatic ketone substrates; replacement of glycine with β-alanine as the transient ligand can decrease the angle tension of the directing rings. Synthetic experiments have confirmed that β-alanine is indeed a more efficient transient ligand for arylation of β-secondary carbons of linear aliphatic ketones than its glycine counterpart.<br><br>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Duchemin ◽  
Roberto Buccafusca ◽  
Marc Daumas ◽  
Vincent Ferey ◽  
Stellios Arseniyadis

We report here a general method that allows a highly straightforward access to tertiary difluoromethylated compounds. The strategy relies on a two-step sequence featuring a C-selective electrophilic difluoromethylation and an unprecedented palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative protonation. Considering the generality of the method and the attractive properties offered by the difluoromethyl group, this approach provides a valuable tool for late-stage functionalization and drug development.<br>


Synthesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Korkit Korvorapun ◽  
Ramesh C. Samanta ◽  
Torben Rogge ◽  
Lutz Ackermann

Synthetic transformations of otherwise inert C–H bonds have emerged as a powerful tool for molecular modifications during the last decades, with broad applications towards pharmaceuticals, material sciences and crop protection. Consistently, a key challenge in C–H activation chemistry is the full control of site-selectivity. In addition to substrate control through steric hindrance or kinetic acidity of C–H bonds, one important approach for the site-selective C–H transformation of arenes is the use of chelation-assistance through directing groups, therefore leading to proximity-induced ortho-C–H metalation. In contrast, more challenging remote C–H activations at the meta- or para-positions continue to be scarce. Within this review, we demonstrate the distinct character of ruthenium catalysis for remote C–H activations until March 2021, highlighting among others late-stage modifications of bio-relevant molecules. Moreover, we highlight important mechanistic insights by experiments and computation, highlighting the key importance of carboxylate-assisted C–H activation with ruthenium(II) complexes.


Chem ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Zhao ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Tobias Ritter

ChemInform ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Lei ◽  
Liang Gao ◽  
Qiuping Ding ◽  
Yiyuan Peng ◽  
Jie Wu

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