1. Palladium-Mediated Approach to Coumarin-Functionalized Amino Acids
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Christian Hedberg, Samy Chammaa, Lindon W. K. Moodie, and Tomas Kindahl
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Molecular Structure ,010405 organic chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Substrate (chemistry) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Single step ,Glutamic acid ,010402 general chemistry ,Coumarin ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,Amino acid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Coumarins ,Organic chemistry ,heterocyclic compounds ,Amino Acids ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Trifluoromethanesulfonate ,Palladium - Abstract
Incorporation of the fluorogenic l-(7-hydroxycoumarin-4-yl)ethylglycine into proteins is a valuable biological tool. Coumarins are typically accessed via the Pechmann reaction, which requires acidic conditions and lacks substrate flexibility. A Pd-mediated coupling is described between o-methoxyboronic acids and a glutamic acid derived (Z)-vinyl triflate, forming latent coumarins. Global deprotection with BBr3 forms the coumarin scaffold in a single step. This mild and scalable route yielded five analogues, including a probe suitable for use at lower pH.
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- 2017
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