作者:Ju Wu、Bing Ma、Yuehui Wang、Yue Zhang、Shenghu Yan、Steven L. Castle
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.04.008
日期:2014.5
tau-Histidinoalanine, with an unusual cross-link between His and Ala, is the central component of theonellamides, a family of bioactive peptidic natural products. Previous syntheses of this residue were plagued with low regioselectivity in the alkylation step. Herein, we report two novel routes to tau-histidinoalanine, involving alkylation of Boc-His-OMe with a serine-derived beta-lactone and beta-bromoalanine, respectively, as the electrophiles. The use of Mg(OTf)(2) as a catalyst was found to be essential to ensure high regioselectivity for the tau-isomer, presumably due to the formation of a six-membered ring chelation involving the pi-nitrogen atom of histidine. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.