Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonic Acids using Stable Imino Phosphonate as a Universal Precursor
Tsubasa Inokuma1, Takuya Sakakibara1, Takatoshi Someno1
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan.
Abstract:
A practical method for synthesizing chiral α-amino phosphonic acid derivatives was developed. Readily available and stable N-o-nitrophenylsulfenyl (Nps) imino phosphonate was utilized as a substrate for a highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts-type addition of indole or pyrrole nucleophiles catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acid. The resulting adduct was easily converted into N-9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) amino phosphonic acid, which is useful for synthesizing peptides containing an amino phosphonic acid.
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