Nonnatural Amino Acid Synthesis by Using Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Functionalization Methodology

Abstract

Taking direction well: Substituted phenylalanine derivatives were prepared by CH bond functionalization (see scheme). The syntheses are highly convergent and employ an N-phthaloylalanine with a 2-thiomethylaniline directing group. The use of an 8-aminoquinoline directing group allows for the diarylation of methyl and the diastereoselective arylation of methylene groups. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.