GENERATION OF THREONINE AND AZATHREONINE N-CARBOXY ANHYDRIDES FROM ALPHA-HYDROXY BETA-LACTAMS PROMOTED BY 2,2,6,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINYL-1-OXYL (TEMPO) IN COMBINATION WITH SODIUM-HYPOCHLORITE
C. Palomo et al., GENERATION OF THREONINE AND AZATHREONINE N-CARBOXY ANHYDRIDES FROM ALPHA-HYDROXY BETA-LACTAMS PROMOTED BY 2,2,6,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINYL-1-OXYL (TEMPO) IN COMBINATION WITH SODIUM-HYPOCHLORITE, Journal of organic chemistry, 61(13), 1996, pp. 4400-4404
A versatile one-pot oxidation-Baeyer-Villiger reaction sequence applie
d to alpha-hydroxy beta-lactams and promoted by 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpip
eridinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) leads to alpha-amino acid N-carboxy anhydrides
. The examples reported constitute the first application of TEMPO in a
Baeyer-Villiger reaction and provide a way for peptide coupling from
non alpha-amino acid precursors.