Yl. Dory et al., APPLICATIONS OF PENTAFLUOROPHENYLESTER COUPLING IN THE SYNTHESIS OF CYCLODEPSIPEPTIDES RELATED TO VALINOMYCINS, Tetrahedron, 52(4), 1996, pp. 1343-1360
A number of strategies of synthesis of cyclic depsipeptides are examin
ed including cyclisation protocols based on pentafluorophenyl esters.
The alternatives of amine protection as benzyloxycarbonl or t-butoxyca
rbonyl derivatives are examined and optimum results are obtained by re
lease of the amino functionality by in situ hydrogenolysis. Tile value
of these protocols in relation to the ring size of tile target peptid
e is studied.