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SUBMITTER: Mandal PK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156243 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mandal Pijus K PK Birtwistle J Sanderson JS McMurray John S JS
The Journal of organic chemistry 20140821 17
We report a very mild synthesis of N-protected α-methylamines from the corresponding amino acids. Carboxyl groups of amino acids are reduced to iodomethyl groups via hydroxymethyl intermediates. Reductive deiodination to methyl groups is achieved by hydrogenation or catalytic transfer hydrogenation under alkaline conditions. Basic hydrodehalogenation is selective for the iodomethyl group over hydrogenolysis-labile protecting groups, such as benzyloxycarbonyl, benzyl ester, benzyl ether, and 9-fl ...[more]