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SUBMITTER: Makley DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4059254 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Makley Dawn M DM Johnston Jeffrey N JN
Organic letters 20140514 11
We report that N-(trimethylsilyl)imines serve in the Bis(AMidine)-catalyzed addition of bromonitromethane with a high degree of enantioselection. This allows for the production of a range of protected α-bromo nitroalkane donors (including Fmoc) for use in Umpolung Amide Synthesis (UmAS). Hence, peptide homologation with nonnatural aryl glycine amino acids is achieved in three steps from aromatic aldehydes, which are plentiful and inexpensive. Epimerization during the homologation step is circumv ...[more]