The present invention discloses a new method for synthesizing an amide based on a fundamental mechanistic revision of the reaction of thio acids and organic azides. Moreover, the application of this method to the selective preparation of several classes of complex amides in nonpolar and polar solvents, including water, is provided.
The Reaction of Thio Acids with Azides: A New Mechanism and New Synthetic Applications
作者:Ning Shangguan、Sreenivas Katukojvala、Rachel Greenberg、Lawrence J. Williams
DOI:10.1021/ja0294919
日期:2003.7.1
A new amide synthesis strategy based on a fundamental mechanistic revision of the reaction of thioacids and organic azides is presented. The data demonstrate that amines are not formed as intermediates in this reaction. Alternative mechanisms proceeding through a thiatriazoline intermediate are suggested. The reaction has been applied to the preparation of simple and architecturally complex amides
Peptide ligation by chemoselective aminonitrile coupling in water
作者:Pierre Canavelli、Saidul Islam、Matthew W. Powner
DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1371-4
日期:2019.7
N-to-C peptide ligation. Our model unites prebiotic aminonitrile synthesis and biological α-peptides, suggesting that short N-acyl peptide nitriles were plausible substrates during early evolution.Prebiotic peptide formation is achieved through chemoselective, high-yielding ligation of α-aminonitriles in water, showing selectivity for α-peptide coupling and tolerance of all proteinogenic amino acid residues