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Unprotected Aziridine Aldehydes in Isocyanide-based Multicomponent Reactions

While unprotected amino aldehydes are typically not isolable due to imine formation and consequent polymerization, stable unprotected aziridine aldehydes are useful and available reagents. Moreover, reversible hemiacetal and hemiaminal formation enable these compounds to reveal both their electrophilic and nucleophilic functional groups. This exceptional arrangement allows for aziridine aldehyde dimers to participate in and disrupt the mechanisms of an array of well-known organic reactions, including isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions. The scope and selectivity patterns of aziridine aldehyde induced amino acid or peptide macrocyclization have been investigated. A small library of constrained tri-, tetra-, and penta-peptide macrocycles – representing the most difficult cyclic peptides to synthesize – has been prepared. The scope of aziridine aldehyde participation in multicomponent reactions was also expanded to Ugi and Passerini reactions that do not employ tethered amine and acid functional groups. In order to facilitate cellular imaging of peptide macrocycles a fluorescent isocyanide reagent was prepared and applied to prepare mitochondrial targeting macrocycles. Thioester isocyanide reagents were synthesized to enable rapid assembly of cycle-tail peptides through ligation technology.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/34869
Date19 December 2012
CreatorsRotstein, Benjamin Haim
ContributorsYudin, Andrei
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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