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Decarbonylative Radical Coupling of α‐Aminoacyl Tellurides: Single‐Step Preparation of γ‐Amino and α,β‐Diamino Acids and Rapid Synthesis of Gabapentin and Manzacidin A
Author(s) -
Nagatomo Masanori,
Nishiyama Hayato,
Fujino Haruka,
Inoue Masayuki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201410186
Subject(s) - chemistry , organic chemistry , decarbonylation , oxime , two step , amino acid , one step , radical , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , art , visual arts
A new radical‐based coupling method has been developed for the single‐step generation of various γ‐amino acids and α,β‐diamino acids from α‐aminoacyl tellurides. Upon activation by Et 3 B and O 2 at ambient temperature, α‐aminoacyl tellurides were readily converted into α‐amino carbon radicals through facile decarbonylation, which then reacted intermolecularly with acrylates or glyoxylic oxime ethers. This mild and powerful method was effectively incorporated into expeditious synthetic routes to the pharmaceutical agent gabapentin and the natural product (−)‐manzacidin A.