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In order to obtain peptide analogues containing a central pyrrolide bond, as potential mechanism-based inhibitors of the HIV-1 proteinase, activated derivatives of amino acids were required. Treatment of a N,N-bis(Boc) amino acid pyridinium salt with cyanuric fluoride in dichloromethane furnished the correspondingbis(Boc) amino acid fluoride (Boc2AAF). Use of the Vilsmeier reagent in acetonitrile, instead of the cyanuric fluoride, led to a N-Boc amino acid N-carboxyanhydride (Boc-NCA). From a mixed N-Z,N-Boc amino acid salt a N-Z,N-Boc amino acid fluoride and a Z-NCA were respectively obtained. The very sensitive Young test showed that during the coupling of the N-benzoyl-L-Leucine N-carboxyanhydride or the N-benzoyl N-Boc-L-leucyl fluoride with ethyl glycinate the degrees of racemization were weak. Owing to the electronegativity and the small size of the fluorine atom, thebis(urethane) amino acid fluorides are efficient acylating agents for amines and pyrrole anions.
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Wakselman, M., Mazaleyrat, J.P. & Savrda, J. Urethane protected amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides and fluorides (U-NCAs and U2AAFs). Amino Acids 7, 67–77 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00808447
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