Illa, Ona and Porcar-Tost, Oriol and Robledillo, Carme and Elvira, Carlos and Nolis, Pau and Reiser, Oliver and Branchadell, Vicenc and Ortuno, Rosa M. (2018) Stereoselectivity of Proline/Cyclobutane Amino Acid-Containing Peptide Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Aldol Additions: A Rationale. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 83 (1). pp. 350-363. ISSN 0022-3263,
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Several alpha,beta,alpha- or alpha,gamma,alpha-tripeptides, consisting of a central cyclobutane beta- or gamma-amino acid being flanked by two D- or L-proline residues, have been synthesized and tested as organocatalysts in asymmetric aldol additions. High yields and enantioselectivities have been achieved with alpha,gamma,alpha-tripeptides, being superior to peptides containing a cydobutane beta-amino acid residue. This is probably due to their high rigidity, which hinders some of the peptide catalysts to adopt the proper active conformation. This reasoning correlates with the major conformation of the peptides in the ground state, as suggested by H-1 NMR and computational calculations. The configuration of the aldol products is controlled by the proline chirality, and consequently, the R/S configuration of aldol products can be tuned by the use of either commercially available D- or L-proline. The enantioselectivity in the aldol reactions is reversed if the reactions are carried out in the presence of water or other protic solvents such as methanol. Spectroscopic and theoretical investigations revealed that this effect is not the consequence of conformational changes in the catalyst but rather caused by the participation of a water molecule in the rate determining transition state, in such a way that the preferential nucleophilic attack is oriented to the opposite enantiotopic aldehyde face.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ALPHA/BETA-PEPTIDES; CIS/TRANS STEREOCHEMISTRY; AMPHIPHILES INFLUENCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; CONFORMATIONAL BIAS; SYNTHETIC ENZYMES; PROLINE CATALYSIS; SEQUENCE SPACE; CYCLOBUTANE; EFFICIENT; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Organische Chemie > Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2020 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2020 11:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15217 |
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