Li X, Danishefsky SJ. New chemistry with old functional groups: on the reaction of isonitriles with carboxylic acids--a route to various amide types.
J Am Chem Soc 2008;
130:5446-8. [PMID:
18370392 PMCID:
PMC2580817 DOI:
10.1021/ja800612r]
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Abstract
Thermolysis of isonitriles with carboxylic acids provides, in one step, N-formyl imides (see, for example, 8 + 19 --> 21). The resultant N-formyl group can be converted to N-H, NCH2OH, or NCH3. This chemistry allows for a new route for synthesizing beta-N (asparagine)-linked glycosyl amino acids.
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