Multicomponent solution phase synthesis of dehydroamino acid derivatives based on the Passerini reaction

Ugi and Passerini reactions enable the incorporation of ΔAA into N-alkylated peptides and depsipeptides

Isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions enable the incorporation of different dehydroamino acids under mild conditions.

A novel and green version of the Passerini reaction in an ionic liquid ([bmim][BF4])

The Passerini three-component condensation among a carboxylic acid (1), an aldehyde or ketone (2), and an isocyanide (3) was carried out for the first time in an ionic liquid, [bmim][BF4], and a series of acyloxycarboxamides were obtained through this reaction. The method presented herein has the advantages of high efficiency, a greener nature, and a simple operational procedure. Moreover, the ionic liquid can be easily recovered and reused for several runs without obvious loss of efficiency.Key words: Passerini reaction, acyloxycarboxamides, ionic liquid, green synthesis.

Multicomponent Reactions with Isocyanides

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) are fundamentally different from two-component reactions in several aspects. Among the MCRs, those with isocyanides have developed into popular organic-chemical reactions in the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of compound libraries of low-molecular druglike compounds. With a small set of starting materials, very large libraries can be built up within a short time, which can then be used for research on medicinal substances. Due to the intensive research of the last few years, many new backbone types have become accessible. MCRs are also increasingly being employed in the total synthesis of natural products. MCRs and especially MCRs with isocyanides offer many opportunities to attain new reactions and basic structures. However, this requires that the chemist learns the "language" of MCRs, something that this review wishes to stimulate.