Enantiopure 1,2,3-triazolyl-β-amino acids via click cycloaddition reaction on racemic alkynyl precursors followed by separation of stereoisomers

Curr Top Med Chem. 2014;14(10):1257-70. doi: 10.2174/1568026614666140423110420.

Abstract

In recent years, peptidomimetics have gained enormous importance in drug design aiming to achieve increased drug metabolic stability and higher selectivity. In the field of peptidomimetics, β-peptides incorporating β2- and β3-amino acids (the higher homologs of natural α-amino acids) provide a powerful method for the synthesis of peptidomimetics with particular secondary structures. In this regard, 1,2,3-triazole-modified peptidomimetics can act as effective peptide surrogates, and therefore have gained considerable attention. In the present report, 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles attached to β-amino acids were prepared selectively from the corresponding alkynyl-β2-amino acids according to Huisgen's copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (CuAAC), under mild conditions and with very high efficiency. Different azide derivatives, including some incorporating α-amino acids, were employed in this cycloaddition reaction. The enantiopure compounds were obtained via diastereomeric salt formation with chiral adjuvants, and subsequent separation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry*
  • Amino Acids / chemical synthesis*
  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Amino Acids / isolation & purification*
  • Click Chemistry*
  • Cyclization
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptidomimetics
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triazoles / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Amino Acids
  • Peptidomimetics
  • Triazoles