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AUTHOR
Jürgen Schulz
Macrocyclic (1,3)- and (1,4)-benzena-(1,4)-piperazinacyclophanes
New large, up to 45-membered macrocycles were synthesised from piperazine and m- and p-2,6-bis(bromomethyl)xylene under high dilution conditions. X-ray structures of compounds 3a, 4a, 5a, and 8b were determined. Surprisingly, none of the macrocycles prepared showed any inclusion properties towards small guest molecules. Instead, the compounds were found to self-organize during the packing process into larger structures due to the complementary of the molecular skeletons. In the crystalline state 3a forms nets, where the macrocycles are bound by HCH…N interactions to each other. 4a exits in a dimeric structure, which, in turn, further extends to a sheet structure. The positively charged phan…
Designing Silylatedl-Amino Acids using a Wittig Strategy: Synthesis of Peptide Derivatives and18F-Labelling
An efficient semisynthesis of silylated l-amino acids by reaction of silylated benzaldehydes with a phosphonium l-amino acid used as a Wittig reagent is described. The efficiency of the silylated l-amino acids in peptide synthesis was investigated by coupling both the carboxylic acid and the amino moiety with l-alanine and phenylalanine derivatives, respectively. The silylated derivatives were treated with KF or tetrabutylammonium fluoride to give the corresponding fluorosilyl derivatives without racemization. The hydrolysis of the fluorosilylated derivatives in phosphate buffer at pH 7.2 was checked. Finally, the 18F-labelling of di-tert-butylsilylated saturated and unsaturated dipeptides …