Diprotected triflylguanidines: A new class of guanidinylation reagents
Diprotected triflylguanidines: A new class of guanidinylation reagents
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DOI:
10.1021/jo980425s
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发表时间:
1998-06-12
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Goodman, M
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作者:
Feichtinger, K;Zapf, C;Goodman, M
The guanidino group is an important structural component in many biologically active compounds. 1 Because of their strongly basic character, guanidines are fully protonated under physiological conditions. The positive charge thus imposed on the molecule forms the basis for specific interactions between ligand and receptor or enzyme and substrate, mediated by hydrogen bonds and/or electrostatic interactions. Consequently, synthetic procedures that allow the preparation of guanidines with high yield and under mild conditions are of great interest in medicinal chemistry. Typically, the synthesis of guanidines involves treatment of an amine with an electrophilic amidine species. The most commonly used reagents include derivatives of pyrazole-1-carboxamidine, S-alkylisothioureas, and protected thiourea derivatives, the latter mostly used in conjunction with mercury salts or Mukaiyama’s reagent. 2-11 We now wish to report N, N′-di-Boc-N′′-triflylguanidine 1 and N, N′-di-Cbz-N′′-triflylguanidine 2 as two examples of diprotected triflylguanidines, a new class of guanidinylation reagents. Both compounds are stable crystalline substances that allow the preparation of protected guanidines with exceptional ease and efficiency. The starting material guanidine hydrochloride is cheap and readily available in large quantities.Reagent 1 is obtained in two steps from guanidine hydrochloride 3 in 51% overall yield (Scheme 1). Reaction of 3 with Boc-anhydride under strongly alkaline conditions produces intermediate 4, which is easily converted to target compound 1 with triflic anhydride. In a similar sequence of reactions, the synthesis of reagent 2 commences with the conversion of guanidine hydrochloride to N, N′-di-Cbz-guanidine 5. Contrary to the synthesis of reagent 1, the final sulfonation step is carried out with sodium hydride as a base in place of triethylamine. Both 1 and 2 are stable, crystalline substances which have been stored at room temperature for at least three months with no apparent loss of activity; hence, these compounds should remain stable indefinitely if refrigerated.