CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Synlett 2022; 33(02): 109-115
DOI: 10.1055/a-1499-8679
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Photoredox-Enabled Decarboxylative Synthesis of Unnatural α-Amino Acids

Andrey Shatskiy
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Financial support from the Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2019-01269), the Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council, 2020-04764), the Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse (Magnus Bergvall foundation), and the Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) are gratefully acknowledged. The Olle Engkvist Foundation is kindly acknowledged for a postdoctoral fellowship to A. S.


Abstract

Recently, development of general synthetic routes to unnatural α-amino acids has gained significant momentum, driven by the high demand for such building blocks in fundamental research within molecular and structural biology, as well as for development of new pharmaceuticals. Herein, we highlight the recent progress in employing photoredox-mediated synthetic methods for accessing unnatural α-amino acids with a focus on various decarboxylative radical-based strategies.



Publication History

Received: 08 April 2021

Accepted after revision: 05 May 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
05 May 2021

Article published online:
23 June 2021

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