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SUBMITTER: Fowler BS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832744 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20100301 9
We report a fundamentally unique approach to the catalytic kinetic resolution of amine derivatives based on formamide and thioformamide substrates. Readily accessible histidine-containing peptides mediate the kinetic resolutions with as little as 5 mol % catalyst. Selectivity factors (k(rel)) as high as 43.7 were observed under simple reaction conditions utilizing Boc(2)O as the reagent at room temperature. Mechanistic experiments were conducted that established a higher level of reactivity for ...[more]