Ethyl 2-(<i>tert</i>-Butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-cyanoacetate (Boc-Oxyma) as Coupling Reagent for Racemization-Free Esterification, Thioesterification, Amidation and Peptide Synthesis
the synthesis and utility of ethyl2-(tert-butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-cyanoacetate (Boc-Oxyma) as an efficient coupling reagent for racemization-free esterification, thioesterification, amidation reactions and peptide synthesis that uses equimolar amounts of acids and alcohols, thiols, amines or amino acids, respectively. Its application to solid phase as well as solution phase peptide synthesis is also