Synthesis 2020; 52(07): 1076-1086
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690774
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Green One-Pot Asymmetric Synthesis of Peptidomimetics via Sequential Organocatalyzed Aziridination and Passerini Multicomponent Reaction

Deborah A. dos Santos
a   Centre of Excellence for Research on Sustainable Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil   Email: agcorrea@ufscar.br
b   Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Allan R. da Silva
a   Centre of Excellence for Research on Sustainable Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil   Email: agcorrea@ufscar.br
b   Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Javier Ellena
c   São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, 13560-570, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Cecilia C. P. da Silva
b   Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
,
Marcio W. Paixão
a   Centre of Excellence for Research on Sustainable Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil   Email: agcorrea@ufscar.br
b   Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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a   Centre of Excellence for Research on Sustainable Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil   Email: agcorrea@ufscar.br
b   Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
› Author Affiliations
The authors gratefully acknowledge Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (grants 2013/07600-3, 2014/50249-8, 2017/23867-0 and 2018/09961-7), GlaxoSmithKline, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Finance Code 001), and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (grants 302634/2016-9, 305190/2017-2 and 429748/2018-3) for funding and fellowships.
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Publication History

Received: 05 November 2019

Accepted after revision: 01 December 2019

Publication Date:
16 December 2019 (online)


Abstract

Peptidomimetics containing an aziridine moiety have been reported as potent cysteine protease inhibitors. In this sense, the development of stereoselective and sustainable synthetic strategies to obtain three-membered N-heterocyclic compounds has gained importance in the last decades. In this work, an efficient method was designed to achieve highly functionalized aziridine peptidomimetics via a sequential reaction, which involves the organocatalytic aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes followed by the Passerini multicomponent reaction in an environmentally friendly solvent mixture (ethanol: water).

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