Cyclic Thioanhydrides: Linchpins for Multicomponent Coupling Reactions Based on the Reaction of Thioacids with Electron-Deficient Sulfonamides and Azides

Electrophilic Sulfonium-Promoted Peptide and Protein Amidation in Aqueous Media

A novel amidation strategy using electrophilic sulfonium, which is soluble and stable in aqueous conditions, was developed. The sulfoniums could activate thioacid and carboxyl acid to efficiently react with amines to afford amides. This method enables applications in amidation in both aqueous media and solid-phase peptide synthesis, peptide/protein modifications, and reactive lysines of a proteome at pH 10 with activity-based protein profiling. A peptide ligand-directed labeling of the USP7-UBL2 domain was also performed using this method.

Unlocking Amides through Selective C-N Bond Cleavage: Allyl Bromide-Mediated Divergent Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Functional Groups

We report a new set of reactions based on the unlocking of amides through simple treatment with allyl bromide, creating a common platform for accessing a diverse range of nitrogen-containing functional groups such as primary amides, sulfonamides, primary amines, N-acyl compounds (esters, thioesters, amides), and N-sulfonyl esters. The method has potential industrial applicability, as demonstrated through gram-scale syntheses in batch and in a continuous flow system.

Thioacids – synthons for amide bond formation and ligation reactions: assembly of peptides and peptidomimetics

The synthesis of α-amino thioacids and peptide thioacids and their applications in chemoselective amide bond formation, ligation of peptides/proteins/glycopeptides and synthesis of peptidomimetics are reviewed.

Nonclassical Routes for Amide Bond Formation

The present review offers an overview of nonclassical (e.g., with no pre- or in situ activation of a carboxylic acid partner) approaches for the construction of amide bonds. The review aims to comprehensively discuss relevant work, which was mainly done in the field in the last 20 years. Organization of the data follows a subdivision according to substrate classes: catalytic direct formation of amides from carboxylic and amines ( section 2 ); the use of carboxylic acid surrogates ( section 3 ); and the use of amine surrogates ( section 4 ). The ligation strategies (NCL, Staudinger, KAHA, KATs, etc.) that could involve both carboxylic acid and amine surrogates are treated separately in section 5 .

N-Tosyl-1,5,2,6-dithiadiazocane: a waste-free electrophilic sulfur reagent for the efficient synthesis of medium-ring S,N-heterocycles

Medium-ring S,N-heterocycles can be easily accessed in a one-pot procedure using an eight-membered dimeric sulfenamide annulation reagent.

Copper-catalyzed ring expansion of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with alkynyl carboxylic acids to 1,4-benzothiazines

A novel copper-catalyzed ring expansion of 2-aminobenzothiazoles to 1,4-benzothiazines is described.

Synthesis of β-Glycosyl Amides from N-Glycosyl Dinitrobenzenesulfonamides

The N-glycosyl-2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamides were accessed via benzoyl-protected β-glycosyl azides. The azides were reduced with Adams' catalyst to the corresponding amines. The glycosylamines were sulfonated with 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride to form N-glycosyl-2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamides in moderate yields. β-Glycosyl amides were then prepared in 67 - 81 % yields by treatment of the sulfonamides with thioacetic acid and cesium carbonate. The conversion of the glycosylsulfonamide to the glycosyl amide proceeded with high stereoselectivity.

Dihydro-3-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)-2,5-thiophendione: A Convenient Synthon for the Preparation of Substituted 1,4-Thiazepin-5-ones and Piperidinones via the Intermediacy of Thioacids

Reaction of thiomaleic anhydride with triphenylphosphine gives the title compound which undergoes reaction with a variety of aldehydes to give a range of alkylidene thiomaleic anhydrides (substituted monothio itaconic anhydrides). Subsequent treatment with tert-butoxycarbonylamino-substituted thiols, or under radical conditions with tert-butoxycarbonylamino-substituted alkyl halides results in a series of substituted monothiomaleic anhydrides, that on exposure to trifluoroacetic acid and then base lead to thiocarboxyl substituted 1,4-thiazepin-5-ones and piperidinones, respectively, that are ultimately trapped by reaction with 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamides to give the corresponding amides.

A novel regiospecific cascade synthesis of sulfonamide derivatives from N-(2-polychloroethyl)sulfonamides via chloroaziridine intermediates in the presence of mercaptoethanol

N-(1-Aryl-2-polychloroethyl)arenesulfonamides obtained on the basis of N,N-dichlorosulfoamides and polychloroethenes or phenylacetylene undergo a reaction cascade in the presence of mercaptoethanol. The reaction cascade opens a new route to the series of cyclic or open-chain sulfonamide derivatives. The process includes cyclization to aziridine intermediates, their further recyclization, and isomerization to imidoylchlorides or chloroimines, followed by substitution or reduction under the action of mercaptoethanol or hydrolysis. The final sulfonamide structures depend on the starting N-(polychloroethyl)sulfonamides. N-(2,2-Dichloroethyl)sulfonamides were transformed into sulfonamide-containing 1,4-oxathians while N-(2,2,2-trichloroethyl)sulfonamides were converted to N-(2-arylacetyl)arenesulfonamides. N-(2-Phenyl-2,2-dichloroethyl)sulfonamides form enamide derivatives that were transformed into aromatic ketones.

Thiomaleic anhydride: a convenient building block for the synthesis of alpha-substituted gamma- and delta-lactones through free-radical addition, nucleophilic ring opening, and subsequent thiocarboxylate manipulation

Iodoalkyl tert-butyl carbonates and carbamates undergo clean free-radical addition to thiomaleic anhydride to give substituted thiosuccinic anhydrides in high yield on treatment with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and a radical initiator. After removal of the tert-butyloxycarbonyl group, cyclization then affords lactones or lactams substituted in the alpha-position by a thiocarboxylic acid residue. This group is converted to amides through reaction with electron-deficient sulfonamides or to aldehydes and/or ketones by the reaction of derived thioesters with either thiophenol, an electron-deficient allyl phenyl sulfide, or phenylboronic acid.

Reaction of thioacids with isocyanates and isothiocyanates: a convenient amide ligation process

Thiocarboxylates, prepared conveniently by cleavage of 9-fluorenylmethyl or trimethoxybenzyl thioesters, react at room temperature with isocyanates and isothiocyanates to give amide bonds in good to excellent yield. A carboxylate salt is also shown to react with an electron-deficient isocyanate to give the corresponding amide in excellent yield at room temperature.

A Simple Method for the Conversion of Carboxylic Acids into Thioacids with Lawesson's Reagent

A one-step protocol for the conversion of carboxylic acids to thioesters, using Lawesson's Reagent, has been developed.

Epimerization-free block synthesis of peptides from thioacids and amines with the Sanger and Mukaiyama reagents

Highly activated thioesters formed by the rapid reaction of C-terminal thioacids derived from protected amino acids and peptides with the Sanger reagent and other electron-deficient aryl halides in the presence of a free amine immediately form a peptide bond with the amine. This essentially epimerization-free method was used for the 4+4 block synthesis of a hindered octapeptide (see scheme; Boc, Pbf, and Trt are protecting groups).