Patent Application: US-7308893-A

Abstract:
the disclosure is concerned with providing phosphonic acid - containing derivatives of phenylalanine and optically active isomers thereof , which are functionalized in a manner which makes them suitable for facile incorporation into peptides using standard solid - phase or solution - phase techniques .

Description:
the following description and example sections are provided to further aid those desiring to practice the present invention . even so , the following sections are not to be construed as limiting to the scope of protection afforded to the present inventors in their discoveries . as indicated in the summary of the invention section hereof , the present invention is concerned with providing novel 4 - phosphonomethyl - dl - phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof , and also concerned with providing an advantageous one - step method for preparing benzylic α , α - difluorophosphonates of formula iv &# 39 ; from the corresponding benzylic ketophosphonates of formula iii &# 39 ;. general considerations concerning each of these inventions are provided below , and thereafter , examples relating to compounds of formula i and their preparation as well as the inventive methods hereof , are provided . in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 879 , 391 , filed jun . 12 , 1992 , and ser . no . 07 / 767 , 621 filed on sep . 30 , 1991 , methods are provided for preparing certain of the above formula i compounds ( wherein r 7 is tertiary butyl , and r 8 is fmoc ). the methods taught therein are thus applicable and are desirable in preparing certain of the present inventive compounds . this is , for example , true with respect to the compounds of formula i , wherein x is -- cf 2 --. this is due to the fact that the inventors have discovered a new and highly advantageous method for preparing such compounds . as shown in the summary of the invention section hereof , the present inventors can produce benzylic difluorophosphonates of formula iv &# 39 ; from benzylic α - oxophosphonates of formula iii &# 39 ;. the reaction method is simple and advantageous . specifically , a compound of formula iii &# 39 ; is fluorinated with a nucleophilic fluorinating agent such as ( diethylamino ) sulfur trifluoride . however , other nucleophilic fluorinating agents may also be used if desired . in one preferred embodiment of the present invention , compounds of formula iii &# 39 ; are reacted under neat conditions at room temperature ( about 20 °- 25 ° c .) with dast . however , these preferred reaction conditions should not be deemed to unduly limit the present inventive discovery . the following examples ii , iii and vi are exemplary of the advantageous fluorination process provided , when a compound of formula iii &# 39 ; is converted to a compound of formula iv &# 39 ; in a single step . each of the compounds of formula iii &# 39 ; and iv &# 39 ; may be substituted with substituents g and j as described above . each of these substituents must be a non - reaction interfering moiety . exemplary of such moieties are groups which do not adversely affect the presence of the r 7 lower alkyl groups substituting the phosphorous atom . for example , substituents g and j should not be acidic substituents , or hydroxy substituted alkyls or alcohols or ketones or aldehydes in their free form . however , ester moieties may be utilized if so desired , and exemplary of suitable non - interfering substituents for g and j are hydrogen , halogen ( f , cl , br and i ), c 1 - 8 alkyl , halogen substituted c 1 - 8 alkyl , and other accepted groups such as provided for in the examples hereof . regarding the preparation of compounds of formula iii &# 39 ;, α - oxophosphonates are normally prepared by the michaelis - arbuzov reaction of acyl chlorides with trialkyl phosphites , 17 , 18 . nonetheless , we found that high yields of the desired α - oxophosphonates of formula iii &# 39 ; can be obtained by the oxidation of corresponding α - hydroxyphosphonates of formula ii &# 39 ; employing a variety of oxidizing agents , but preferably mild oxidation conditions employing activated dmso methodologies such as swern oxidations , when r 7 is other than tert - butyl . ## str7 ## in formula ii &# 39 ; g and j are the same or different and are non - reaction interfering moieties as defined above with respect to formula iv &# 39 ;, however , with the additional consideration that g and j may contain an unprotected tertiary hydroxy substituent . in proceeding from a compound of formula ii &# 39 ; to iii &# 39 ;, mno 2 provided high yields of the desired α - oxophosphonates when r 7 was tertiary butyl . however , other oxidizing agents including pyridinium dichromate , pyridinium chlorochromate , dichloro dicyanobenzoquinone ( ddq ) and swern oxidation were also found to yield the desired α - oxophosphonates of formula iii &# 39 ;. swern oxidations are especially useful for preparing compounds wherein r 7 is ethyl , as well as other c 1 - 8 lower alkyl moieties . generally , we note that when phosphite esters other than tertiary - butyl ( i . e ., ethyl ) were utilized instead of the t - butyl substituent occurring on compounds of formula ii &# 39 ;, such groups were incompatible with the reaction transformation , unless mild oxidation conditions were utilized . specifically , when r 7 was methyl or benzyl , and mno 2 was the oxidizing agent utilized , a reversion of the hydroxyphosphonate to the aldehyde resulted . additionally , we note that an oxidizing method of preparing compounds of formula iii &# 39 ; requires that g and j not be hydroxy groups or hydroxy substituted moieties ( other than tertiary hydroxy ) during oxidation of the corresponding α - hydroxyphosphonate . however , g and j may contain protected hydroxy substituents if desired , which are later deprotected ( after oxidation of the α - hydroxyphosphonate ) to give a formula iii &# 39 ; compound having a g and / or j substituent comprising a hydroxy or hydroxy substituted moiety . the following examples are provided to illustrate certain embodiments and advantages associated with the present discoveries . specifically regarding each of the examples provided below , the following comments are thought appropriate . as indicated in the example , central to the synthesis of the compound provided is the aldol condensation of ethyl α - azidoacetate with 4 -[ bis ( tert - butyl ) phosphonomethyl ]- benzaldehyde to yield vinyl azide . the synthesis method provided in example i , as well as those provided in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 767 , 621 , filed on sep . 30 , 1991 , provide the basis for many of the other reactions set forth in the present application . this example provides a general process for the synthesis of benzylic difluorophosphonates . in the example , each of g and j are hydrogen . however , this should not be deemed to limit the present inventive discovery since g and j may be other non - reaction interfering moieties , if so desired . regarding the procedure utilized in example ii , we initially sought to prepare benzylic α , α - difluorophosphonates from the corresponding benzylic α - hydroxyphosphonates through the intermediacy of the α - fluorophosphates . while this appeared particularly appealing since benzylic α - hydroxyphosphonates are easily obtained by the reaction of aldehydes with dialkyl phosphites under alkaline conditions 12 , we were unable to convert the benzylic monofluoro to the difluorophosphonates by this approach . based on this fact , we postulated that it might be possible instead to convert benzylic α - oxophosphonates to the corresponding benzylic α , α - difluorophosphonates . accordingly , we arrived at the inventive method for preparing α , α - difluorophosphonates from the corresponding α - oxophosphonates shown in example ii . the example provides for the synthesis of a difluorophosphonomethyl phenylalanine compound ( compound 14 ). in proceeding from compound to compound 11 , the method utilizes the novel fluorination step discussed above . of the compounds shown in reaction scheme ii , provided in example iii , the compounds numbered 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 are novel . in this example , a hydroxy phosphonomethyl phenylalanine compound encompassed by formula ( i ) is prepared . the compound is prepared using a direct modification of the synthesis provided in example i . compounds 8 , 15 and 16 are novel compounds . in the example , a monofluorophosphonomethyl phenylalanine compound encompassed by formula i is prepared from the corresponding α - hydroxyphosphonate utilizing a nucleophilic fluorinating agent ( i . e ., dast ). this example provides an alternative synthesis method for preparing difluorophosphonomethyl phenylalanine compounds encompassed by formula ( i ). in the synthesis scheme provided ( i . e ., vi ), the synthesis of compound 27 is analogous to that outlined in scheme i for the preparation of difluorophosphonate 4 &# 39 ;, except that 4 - bromobenzaldehyde ( 24 ) is used rather than the benzaldehyde ( 1 &# 39 ;). each of the compounds shown in scheme vi is novel , except for starting compound 24 . compound 10 is prepared based on the inventors &# 39 ; discovery that the corresponding hydroxyphosphono methyl phenylalanine compound 9 can be oxidized to give compound 10 . previous methods of preparing ketophosphonates have relied on the reaction of an appropriate acid chloride with either a trialkylphosphite or the anion of a dialkyl phosphite . in this example , the compound diethyl 4 - bromo -( oxomethyl ) phenyl phosphonate ( 30 ) is prepared from the corresponding ( hydroxymethyl ) phenyl phosphonate ( 29 ) using swern oxidation procedures . in this example , the compound diethyl ( difluoromethyl ) phenyl phosphonate ( 32 ) is prepared from diethyl benzoyl phosphonate , using a nucleophic fluorinating agent ( i . e ., dast ). in this example , fluorinated phosphonomethyl phenylalanines are prepared utilizing intermediates having a di - ethoxy phosphono group thereon , and utilizing mild oxidation procedures . as disclosed in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 767 , 621 filed on sep . 30 , 1991 a specific example of the synthesis of a formula i compound wherein x = ch 2 is as follows . central to the synthesis of the title compound ( compound no . 4 in the synthesis below ) was the aldol condensation of ethyl α - azidoacetate 7 with 4 -[ bis ( tert - butyl ) phosphonomethyl ]- benzaldehyde ( compound 1 ) to yield vinyl azide ( compound no . 2 ) ( 74 %). the vinyl azide ( compound no . 2 ) was key to the synthetic route as the tert - butyl groups thereof are retained under the mild conditions ( 2 . 8 bar h 2 / 10 % pd . c ) employed to effect transformation to the amino ester ( compound no . 3 ). finally , hydrolysis of the methyl ester with concomitant introduction of the fmoc - amino protection to yield compound no . 4 was achieved by sequentially treating compound 3 with 1 n sodium hydroxide ( 20 min .) and thereafter adjusting the ph to 8 by introducing carbon dioxide and allowing the mixture to react overnight with 1 - benzotriazolyl - 9 - fluorenyl - methyl carbonate ( fmoc - obt ). 8 the final product ( compound no . 4 ) was obtained as a white powder ( 48 % overall yield ). ## str8 ## to a cold (- 30 ° c .) solution of 4 -[ bis ( tert - butyl ) phosphonomethyl ] benzaldehyde ( compound no . 1 , 3 . 12 g , 10 mmol ) and ethyl α - azidoacetate ( 12 . 90 g , 100 mmol , 10 equiv .) in anhydrous meoh ( 50 ml ) was added a solution of 5 . 4m naome ( 14 . 8 ml , 80 mmol , 8 equiv .) over 2 minutes under argon with stirring . the colorless reaction mixture was stirred at 2 ° c . for 1 hour , then diluted with brine ( 300 ml ); extracted with et20 ( 3 × 100 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and et 2 o removed . the resultant colorless oil was dissolved in pet . ether ( 30 ml ), cooled to - 78 ° c ., then warmed to 0 ° c . with mixing to yield a white crystalline solid . the solid was treated with ice - cold petroleum ether / et 2 o ( 30 : 1 , 30 ml ), filtered and dried ; yield 2 . 86 g ( 74 %); mp 109 °- 111 ° c . c 19 h 28 n 3 o 5 p mw 409 ( compound is too unstable for combustion analysis ). ir ( kbr ) v = 2980 , 2124 , 1707 , 1439 , 1369 , 1330 cm - 1 . 1 h - nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ = 1 . 42 ( s , 18h , 2t - c 4 h 9 ), 3 . 05 ( d , 2h , j = 22 hz , p -- ch 2 ), 3 . 90 ( s . 3h , och 3 ), 6 . 90 ( s , 1h , vinylic ), 7 . 28 ( dd , 2h , j = 2 hz & amp ; 8 hz , arh 3 & amp ; 5 ), 7 . 74 ( d , 2h , j = 8 hz , arh 2 & amp ; 6 ). a solution of compound 2 ( 4 . 50 g , 110 mmol ) in meoh ( 30 ml ) was shaken in a parr apparatus ( 2 . 8 bar h2 ) over 10 % pd . c ( 1 . 10 g ) for 1 hour at room temperature . filtration through celite filter and removal of solvent yielded compound no . 3 as an oil : 3 . 75 g ( 89 %). ______________________________________c . sub . 19 h . sub . 32 no . sub . 5 p . 3 / 4 h . sub . 2 o calc . c 57 . 20 h 8 . 46 n 3 . 51 ( 385 ) found c 57 . 23 h 8 . 14 n 3 . 55______________________________________ ir ( film ) v = 3853 , 3383 , 2979 , 1739 , 1653 , 1558 , 1540 , 1514 , 1456 , 1394 , 1369 cm - 1 . 1 h - nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ = 1 . 42 ( s , 18h , 2t - c 4 h 9 ), 1 . 66 ( br s , 2h , nh 2 ), 2 . 86 ( dd , 1h , j = 8 hz and 13 hz , h . sub . β1 ), 3 . 01 ( d , 2h , j = 21 hz , p -- ch 2 ), 3 . 06 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 hz and 13 hz , h . sub . β2 ), 3 . 70 ( s , 3h , och 3 ), 3 . 72 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 hz and 8 hz , h . sub . α ), 7 . 11 ( d , 2h , j = 8 hz , arh 2 and 6 ), 7 . 22 ( dd , 2h , j = 2 hz and 8 hz , arh 3 and 5 ). structural assignments were supported by 13 c - nmr and dept experiments . a solution of amine compound no . 3 ( 770 mg , 1 . 93 mmol ) in dioxane ( 10 ml ) was stirred at room temperature ( 20 min ) with aqueous 1 n naoh ( 10 ml , 10 mmol , 5 equiv .). carbon dioxide was then bubbled in ( resulting ph = 8 . 0 - 8 . 5 ) and fmoc - obt ( 857 mg . 2 . 40 mmol , 1 . 2 equiv ) was added as a suspension in dioxane ( 3 × 10 ml ) and stirred overnight at ambient temperature . the reaction mixture was partitioned between cold aqueous 5 % citric acid ( 200 ml ) and chcl 3 ( 3 × 100 ml ); the combined organic was washed with cold 5 % citric acid ( 1 × 100 ml ); brine ( 1 × 200 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and taken to dryness ( that is , the solvent is evaporated away under vacuum ) to yield a light yellow resin ( 1 . 92 ). the resin was taken up in chcl 3 and filtered through a silica pad . unreacted fmoc - obt and faster impurities were removed with chcl 3 ( 5 × 100 ml ) with product then being eluted ( 8 × 100 ml ); with 1 % etoh in chcl 3 and taken to dryness , providing a foam ( 953 mg ) which was dissolved in et 2 o ( 5 ml ) and cooled with petroleum ether ( 20 ml ) to yield compound no . 4 as a white powder : 835 mg ( 73 %); mp 65 °- 70 ° c . ( gas , dec .). ______________________________________c . sub . 33 h . sub . 40 no . sub . 7 p calc . c 66 . 77 h 6 . 79 n 2 . 36 ( 593 ) found 67 . 08 7 . 26 2 . 32______________________________________ 1 h - nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ = 1 . 31 ( s , 9h , t - c 4 hg ), 1 . 38 ( s , 9h , t - c 4 h 9 ), 3 . 01 ( dd , 1h , j = 14 hz and 22 hz , p -- c -- h . sub . α ), 3 . 13 ( dd , 1h , j = 14 hz and 22 hz , p -- c -- h . sub . β ), 3 . 18 ( m , 1h , h . sub . δ1 ), 3 . 29 ( m , 1h , h . sub . δ2 ), 4 . 22 ( t , 1h , j = 7 hz , oc -- h ), 4 . 32 ( dd a , 1h j = 7 hz and 10 hz , nco 2 c -- h . sub . β ), 4 . 48 ( dd a , 1h , j = 7 hz and 10 hz , nco 2 c -- h . sub . β ), 4 . 68 ( m , 1h , nc -- h ), 5 . 40 ( d , 1h , j = 7 hz , n -- h ), 7 . 12 ( d , 2h , j = 8 hz , arh 2 and 6 ), 7 . 20 ( dd , 2h , j = 2 hz and 8 hz , arh 3 and 5 ), 7 . 30 ( dt b , 2h j = 4 hz and 7 hz , fluor .- h 2 and 7 ) c , 7 . 39 ( t b , 2h , j = 7 hz , fluor .- h 3 and 6 ) c , 7 . 59 ( br dd a b , 2 h , j = 4 hz and 7 hz , fluor .- h 4 and 5 ) d , 7 . 76 ( br d , 2h , j = 7 hz , fluor .- h 1 and 8 ) d . structural assignments were supported by 1 h - 1 h cosy and 13 c - nmr . exemplary of our general process for the synthesis of benzylic difluorophosphonates is the synthesis of 5 &# 39 ;. the process is concerned with the preparation of protected benzylic difluorophosphonates ( i . e ., 4 &# 39 ;) by fluorinating the corresponding ketophosphonates ( 3 &# 39 ;). typical of fluorinating reagents which will accomplish this transformation is ( diethylamino ) sulfur trifluoride ( dast ), however , it is envisioned that other nucleophilic fluorinating agents would also be appropriate . the ketophosphonates can either be prepared by known procedures ( for example , the reaction of acid chlorides with either trialkyl phosphites or anions of dialkyl phosphites ) or can be prepared from hydroxyphosphonates ( 2 &# 39 ;) by oxidation with any of several oxidizing agents . we have found that mno 2 , pyridinium dichromate , dichlorodicyanoquinone ( ddq ) and the swern oxidation ( dimethyl sulfoxide , oxalyl chloride and triethylamine ) all accomplish this oxidation . it is anticipated that several other standard oxidizing agents would also work . our preparation herein of ketophosphonates by oxidation of the corresponding hydroxyphosphonate ( i . e ., 2 &# 39 ;→ 3 &# 39 ;) is novel , and is included as an inventive process in this disclosure . ## str9 ## typical conditions for the preparation of the benzylic difluorophosphonate 5 &# 39 ; are : to an ice - cold stirred suspension of nah ( 1 . 2 equiv . ; 0 . 3m in thf ) there was added a solution of di - tert - butyl phosphite ( 1 . 2 equiv . ; 0 . 3m in thf ) over 5 minutes and the mixture was stirred under argon at 0 ° c . ( 0 . 5 hr ). a solution of aldehyde 1 &# 39 ; ( 1 equiv . ; 1m in thf ) was rapidly added and the reaction was then stirred at room temperature ( 1 . 5 hr ). the reaction was quenched ( h 2 o ), subjected to an extractive workup ( brine / chcl 3 ) and purified by silica gel chromatography , yielding pure benzylic α - hydroxyphosphonate 2 &# 39 ; ( 86 %), mp 110 °- 113 ° c . ( gas ). a solution of benzylic α - hydroxyphosphonate 2 &# 39 ; ( 15 mm in toluene ) was stirred at reflux with activated mno 2 ( 10 equiv . ; 1 . 5 hr ). the reaction mixture was cooled ( 0 ° c . ), filtered through celite , taken to dryness and purified by silica gel chromatography to yield pure benzylic α - ketophosphonate 3 &# 39 ; ( 87 %), oil . a solution of benzylic α - ketophosphonate 3 &# 39 ; ( 0 . 5m in dast ) was stirred at room temperature overnight under argon . it was then cooled ( 0 ° c . ), diluted with chcl 3 , added dropwise to cold ( 0 ° c .) concentrated koh , then subjected to an extractive work up and purified by silica gel chromatography to yield pure benzylic difluorophosphonate 4 &# 39 ; ( 79 %), oil . a solution of di - tert - butyl difluorophosphonate 4 &# 39 ; [ 100 mm in trifluoroacetic acid ( tfa )] was stirred at room temperature ( 1 . 5 hr ) with anisole ( 5 equiv .). excess tfa was blown off under argon ( gentle warming ), with residual traces of tfa being removed under high vacuum . the resulting crude difluorophosphonic acid was crystallized from chcl 3 : pet . ether to yield benzylic α , α - difluorophosphonic acid 5 &# 39 ; ( 61 %), mp 109 °- 111 ° c . ( gas ; soften 106 ° c .). the general process of example i and the process for preparing benzylic difluorophosphonates outlined in scheme i of example ii , were applied to the preparation of the difluorophosphonomethyl phenylalanine 14 , as shown in scheme ii . in scheme ii &# 34 ; cbz &# 34 ; indicates a benzyloxycarbonyl group , and &# 34 ; fmoc &# 34 ; indicates a fluoren - 9 - yl - methyloxycarbonyl group . to a solution of 6 . 45 g ( 50 mmol ) of ethyl α - azidoacetate and 1 . 64 g ( 5 . 0 mmol ) of 4 -[ bis ( tert - butoxy )- phosphorylhydroxymethyl ) benzaldehyde 6 in meoh ( 20 ml ) at - 78 ° c . was added a total of 7 . 4 ml ( 40 mmol ) of naome , 5 . 4m in meoh , dropwise over 5 minutes . the mixture was stirred 5 minutes at - 78 ° c . then an additional 1 hour at 0 ° c . the resulting light yellow suspension was subjected to an extractive work up ( brine / etoac ) to yield a light yellow crystalline solid , which was triturated with chcl 3 / pet . ether ( 35 °- 60 ° c .) to yield 7 as light yellow crystals , 1 . 26 g ( 57 %), mp 111 °- 113 ° c . a solution of 7 ( 1 . 25 g , 2 . 85 mmol ) in meoh ( 50 ml ) was hydrogenated in a parr apparatus over 10 % pd . c ( 200 mg ) under 40 psi h 2 . the hydrogen was replenished after 10 minutes . the reaction was terminated after 3 hours , and catalyst removed by filtration . evaporation of solvent yielded 8 as a clear , colorless syrup , 1 . 17 g ( 100 % crude yield ). silica gel chromatography [ chcl 3 : meoh ( 25 : 1 )] provided pure 8 ( 92 %). to a solution of 8 ( 876 mg , 2 . 18 mmol ) in thf ( 22 ml ) at 0 ° c . was added net 3 ( 1 . 22 ml , 8 . 74 mmol ), followed by benzyl chloroformate ( 0 . 34 ml , 2 . 40 mmol ) dropwise via syringe . the reaction was stirred at 0 ° c . for 0 . 5 hours , then diluted with et 2 o ( 20 ml ) and quenched by dropwise addition of brine ( 1 ml ). additional brine ( 20 ml ) was added and the organic phase separated and combined with an et 2 o extract ( 2 × 20 ml ) of the residual brine . the combined et 2 o was dried ( mgso 4 ), filtered and solvent removed by rotary evaporation under reduced pressure to yield crude 9 ( 1 . 03 g , 88 %). silica gel chromatography [ etoac / hexanes ( 4 : 3 )] provided pure 9 ( 621 mg , 53 %). to a solution of 9 ( 125 mg , 0 . 23 mmol ) in chcl 3 ( 1 ml ) was added celite ( 200 mg ) and freshly activated 4a molecular sieves ( 230 mg ). pyridinium dichromate ( 219 mg , 0 . 58 mmol ) was added and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature ( 4 hours ). the reaction was diluted with etoac ( 5 ml ) and filtered through a pad of florisil ( tlc grade ). the florisil was rinsed with etoac ( 30 ml ) and combined filtrates taken to dryness by rotary evaporation under reduced pressure to afford crude 10 ( 85 mg , 70 %). silica gel chromatography [ etoac / hexanes ( 1 : 1 )] provided pure 10 ( 77 mg , 62 %). to ketophosphonate 10 ( 490 mg , 0 . 92 mmol ) was added ( diethylamino ) sulfur trifluoride ( dast ) ( 1 . 8 ml ) and the mixture stirred overnight at ambient temperature . the reaction mixture was cooled ( 0 ° c . ), diluted with chcl 3 ( 5 ml ) and added dropwise to a cold , well stirred solution of saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 20 ml ). the mixture was extracted with chcl 3 ( 2 × 20 ml ), dried ( mgso 4 ) and solvent removed by rotary evaporation under reduced pressure to yield crude 11 ( 665 mg ). the crude product was immediately purified by silica gel chromatography [ etoac / hexanes ( 1 : 2 )] to provide pure 11 ( 274 mg , 54 %). a solution of benzyloxycarbonyl - protected 11 ( 45 mg , 0 . 081 mmol ) in meoh ( 0 . 8 ml ) was stirred at ambient temperature under 1 atm of h 2 over 10 % pd , c ( 9 mg ). after 2 . 5 hours the reaction mixture was filtered through silica gel and taken to dryness in vacuo to yield crude 12 quantitatively . pure 12 ( 60 % yield ) was obtained by silica gel chromatography [ chcl 3 : meoh ( 20 : 1 )]. to a solution of amino ester 12 ( 15 mg , 0 . 036 mmol ) in dioxane ( 0 . 5 ml ) was added 1 n naoh ( 0 . 18 ml ) and the reaction was stirred at ambient temperature . after 20 minutes , co . sub . 2 gas was bubbled into the reaction for 5 minutes , then solid fmoc - obt ( 15 mg , 0 . 043 mmol ) was added and stirring continued for 1 hour . cold 5 % citric acid ( 10 ml ) was added and the mixture was extracted with chcl 3 ( 3 × 10 ml ); the combined extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ) and the solvent evaporated in vacuo to yield crude 14 ( 13 . 7 mg , 60 %). hydroxyphosphonomethyl phenylalanines were prepared using a direct modification of the synthesis provided in example i . specifically , compound 8 in reaction scheme iii was substituted for compound 3 in example i . ## str11 ## a solution of compound 8 ( 410 mg , 1 . 02 mmol ) in dioxane ( 10 ml ) was treated with 1 n naoh ( 5 . 1 ml , 5 eq .) and stirred at ambient temperature ( 0 . 5 h ), yielding a solution of crude 4 -[ bis ( tert - butoxy ) phosphorylhydroxymethyl ]- d , l - phenylalanine ( 15 ), which was not isolated . the ph was adjusted to 8 by bubbling in co 2 gas , fmoc - obt ( 402 mg , 1 . 12 mmol ) was added and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature ( 3 . 5 hours ). ice - cold 5 % citric acid ( 25 ml ) was added and the resultant solution was extracted with chcl 3 ( 3 × 30 ml ). the combined extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield crude 16 . purification by silica gel chromatography afforded pure 16 as a colorless foam ( 277 mg , 44 %). previously , benzylic α - fluorophosphonates have been prepared from α - hydroxyphosphonates using dast 13 . we have essentially applied this general chemical transformation to the specific compound 9 , leading to monofluorophosphonomethyl phenylalanines 20 - 23 ( scheme v ). ## str12 ## preparation of 23 proceeds from 20 as already described in example iii for the transformation of 11 to 14 . conversion of 9 to 20 applies to this specific case the known transformation of benzylic hydroxyphosphonates to the corresponding monofluorophosphonates . 13 to dast ( 0 . 15 ml , 1 . 1 mmol ) in anhydrous chcl 3 ( 0 . 6 ml ) at - 78 ° c . was slowly added compound 9 ( 536 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ) in chcl 3 ( 2 . 0 ml ). after 10 minutes , the reaction mixture was warmed to ambient temperature and stirred ( 20 minutes ). the mixture was slowly diluted with brine ( 10 ml ) then extracted with chcl 3 ( 2 × 10 ml ) and the combined extracts dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield crude 20 ( 629 mg ). purification by silica gel chromatography afforded pure 20 as a syrup ( 295 mg , 55 %). compound 20 ( 1 . 09 g , 2 . 03 mmol ) in anhydrous meoh ( 50 ml ) was hydrogenated over 10 % pd . c ( 436 mg ) under h 2 ( 45 psi ) in a parr apparatus . the vessel was evacuated and replenished with h 2 at approximately 30 minute intervals . after 4 hours , the mixture was removed , filtered through celite and solvent removed under reduced pressure , yielding crude 21 ( 813 mg ). purification by silica gel chromatography afforded pure 21 ( 694 mg , 85 %). to compound 21 ( 690 mg , 1 . 71 mmol ) in dioxane ( 17 ml ) was added 1 n naoh ( 8 . 6 ml , 5 eq .) and it was stirred at ambient temperature ( 25 minutes ), yielding a solution of crude 4 -[ bis ( tert - butoxy ) phosphorylfluoromethyl ]- d , l - phenylalanine ( 22 ), which was not isolated . the ph was adjusted to 8 by bubbling in co 2 gas , fmoc - obt ( 673 mg , 1 . 88 mmol ) was added and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature ( 3 hours ). ice - cold 5 % citric acid ( 30 ml ) was added and the resultant solution was extracted with chcl 3 ( 3 × 30 ml ). the combined extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield crude 23 ( 1 . 48 g ). purification by silica gel chromatography afforded pure 23 as a colorless foam ( 407 mg , 40 %). the synthesis of key intermediate 27 is similar to that already described for the synthesis of unsubstituted 4 &# 39 ; ( example ii ). it should be noted , however , that oxidation of bromo hydroxyphosphonate 25 to bromo ketophosphonate 26 must be conducted under milder conditions ( pyridinium dichromate 0 ° c . to room temperature ) than those used to oxidize unsubstituted hydroxyphosphonate 2 &# 39 ; ( mno 2 in refluxing toluene ) to avoid decomposition back to the starting aldehyde 24 . transformation of 27 to yield benzaldehyde 28 can be achieved by a number of literature procedures . 14 , 15 . once formed , aldehyde 28 can be converted to amino ester 12 using transformations similar to those reported herein ( scheme ii ) and as disclosed in u . s . application ser . no . 07 / 767 , 621 . to a stirred suspension of nah , 80 % in oil ( 3 . 60 g , 2 . 88 g nah , 120 mmol ) in anhydrous thf ( 100 ml ) at 0 ° c . there was added tert - butyl phosphite ( 23 . 3 g , 120 mmol ) dropwise over 5 minutes , and the mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . ( 30 minutes ). a solution of 4 - bromobenzaldehyde ( 14 . 52 g , 78 mmol ) in anhydrous thf was added rapidly and the mixture stirred at 0 ° c . ( 1 hour ). the reaction mixture was diluted with h 2 o ( 400 ml ), extracted with chcl 3 ( 1 × 100 ml ) then etoac ( 2 × 100 ml ) and the combined extracts washed with h 2 o ( 1 × 200 ml ), dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield crude 25 as a white crystalline solid . trituration with pet . ether provided 25 as white crystals ( 23 . 92 g , 81 %); mp 126 . 0 °- 126 . 5 ° c . to a solution of 25 ( 16 . 41 g , 43 . 3 mmol ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 300 ml ) at 0 ° c . was added pyridinium dichromate ( 40 . 7 g , 108 mmol , 2 . 5 eq .) and the suspension was stirred overnight , coming to ambient temperature gradually . the crude mixture was filtered through a 6 . 5 cm dia × 4 cm high pad of florisil having a layer of celite on top , and the pad washed with etoac ( 3 × 100 ml ). the combined filtrates were taken to dryness under reduced pressure to yield 26 as a clear , light brown oil ( 13 . 89 g , 86 %). to 26 ( 12 . 2 g , 32 . 4 mmol ) was added dast ( 8 . 6 ml , 10 . 4 g , 64 . 8 mmol , 2 eq . ) over 5 minutes at 0 ° c . the reaction was then stirred overnight , gradually coming to ambient temperature . the mixture was diluted with chcl 3 ( 30 ml ), cooled and added to a well - stirred solution of nahco 3 ( 32 . 7 g , 390 mmol ) in h 2 o ( 300 ml ) at 0 ° c . the resulting mixture was stirred ( 5 minutes ) , then extracted with chcl 3 ( 3 × 100 ml ); the combined organic washed with aqueous nahco . sub . 3 ( 1 × 300 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield crude 27 as a brown oil ( 12 . 20 g ). purification by silica gel chromatography afforded pure 27 as a light yellow oil ( 694 mg , 85 %). to compound 27 ( 50 mg , 0 . 12 mmol ) in anhydrous ether ( 0 . 63 ml ) at - 78 ° c . under argon was added n - buli ( 1 . 6m in hexanes , 0 . 12 ml , 0 . 19 mmol ) and the mixture was stirred at - 78 ° c . ( 20 minutes ). a solution of ethyl formate , 1m in ether ( 0 . 25 mmol , 2 eq .) was added and the mixture stirred ( 0 . 5 hours at - 78 ° c .). saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 1 ml ) was added and the mixture warmed to ambient temperature and extracted with ether ( 3 × 1 ml ). the combined extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ) and taken to dryness under reduced pressure , affording 43 mg of crude 28 , however , contaminated with starting material 27 . example vii ## str14 ## compound 10 is prepared based on the inventors &# 39 ; discovery that the corresponding hydroxyphosphono methyl phenylalanine compound 9 can be oxidized to give compound 10 . to nah ( 97 %, 103 mg , 4 . 3 mmol ) in thf ( 14 ml ) at 0 ° c . under argon was added diethyl phosphite ( 0 . 50 ml , 3 . 9 mmol ) in thf ( 4 ml ) dropwise . after stirring for 30 minutes , 4 - bromo benzaldehyde ( aldrich , 722 mg , 3 . 9 mmol ) in thf ( 2 ml ) was added slowly and the solution was stirred at room temperature ( 30 minutes ). the reaction was quenched with a few drops of brine , then partitioned between brine ( 50 ml ) and chcl 3 ( 50 ml ). the brine was acidified with 6 n hcl , the layers separated , and the aqueous layer was washed with chcl 3 ( 2 × 20 ml ). after drying the combined chcl 3 washes ( mgso 4 ) and removal of the solvent in vacuo , crude 29 was obtained ( 1 . 14 m ) as a colorless oil . purification via silica gel chromatography ( gradient elution with hexanes / etoac , 1 : 1 , 1 : 2 , 1 : 3 , 0 : 1 ) afforded 930 mg ( 74 %) of 29 as an oil which crystallized on standing . 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 7 . 47 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 5 hz , h 3 and h 5 ), 7 . 34 ( dd , 2h , j = 8 . 5 , 2 . 2 hz , h 2 and h 6 ), 4 . 96 ( d , 1h , j = 10 . 8 hz , pch ), 4 . 05 ( m , 4h , poch 2 ), 1 . 24 ( t , 6h , j = 7 . 2 hz , ch 3 ). this compound was prepared by exploiting an oxidation procedure as set forth in taber , d . f . ; amedio , j . c ., jr . ; jung , k - y . j . org . chem . 1987 , 52 , 5621 - 5622 . there was no indication in our prior experiments or the literature that any particular oxidative condition would work in the synthesis of this model compound , or of other diethylbenzylic phosphonates . surprisingly , the following set of conditions work in the synthesis of the compound . to compound 29 ( 25 mg , 0 . 077 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 0 . 4 ml ) at 0 ° c . under argon was added dmso ( 0 . 01 ml , 0 . 15 mmol ) and then p 2 o 5 ( 22 mg , 0 . 15 mmol ). after stirring for 20 minutes at room temperature , the solution was cooled to 0 ° c ., et 3 n ( 0 . 04 ml , 0 . 27 mmol ) was added dropwise , and stirring was maintained overnight . the reaction was partitioned between h 2 o ( 2 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml ), acidified with 1 n hcl , and the layers separated . the hcl layer was washed with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml ) and the combined ch 2 cl 2 washes were extracted with brine , dried ( mgso 4 ), and evaporated to give a crude mixture ( 20 mg ) of compound 29 , compound 30 , and decomposition material . the presence of 30 was confirmed by 1 h nmr and tlc analysis . to diethyl benzoyl phosphonate ( terauchi , k . ; sakurai , h . photochemical studies of the esters of aroyl - phosphonic acids . bull . chem . soc . jpn . 1970 , 43 , 883 - 890 ) 31 ( 242 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ) at rt under argon was slowly added dast ( 0 . 66 ml , 5 . 0mmol ) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight . after cooling to 0 ° c ., chcl 3 ( 1 ml ) was added and then the excess dast was quenched with ice cold brine ( 2 ml ). the brine was then washed with chcl 3 ( 2 ml ), the chcl 3 was dried ( mgso 4 ), and evaporated in vacuo to give 293 mg of crude 32 . silica gel chromatography ( hexanes / etoac , 3 : 1 ) afforded pure 32 ( 130 mg , 49 %) as a colorless , viscous oil . 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ) δ 7 . 60 ( m , 2h ), 7 . 45 ( m , 3h ), 4 . 16 ( m , 4h , poch 2 ), 1 . 29 ( t , 6h , j = 7 . 11 hz , ch 3 ). anal . calcd . for c 11 h 15 o 3 f 2 p : c , 50 . 01 ; h , 5 . 72 . found : c , 50 . 25 ; h , 5 . 77 . a total of 12 . 9 ml ( 13 . 8 g , 100 mmol ) of diethyl phosphite was added to a stirring suspension of 3 . 30 g ( 110 mmol ) of nah , 80 % in oil in 200ml dry thf under argon at 0 ° c ., and the reaction stirred at 0 ° c . ( 45 minutes ). to this was added aldehyde 36 ( 18 . 7 g , 90 mmol ) and the reaction continued on ice ( 1 hour ). the mixture was diluted with h 2 o ( 50 ml ) and 37 % hcl ( 20 ml ), then concentrated by rotary evaporation ( 30 ° c .). the resulting opaque oil was diluted with h 2 o ( 500 ml ); extracted with etoac ( 2 × 250 ml ); washed with brine ( 1 × 500 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and rotovapped ( 35 c ) to dryness . the resulting oil was crystallized from cold ether to yield 37 as white crystals ( 9 . 0 g ., 37 %), mp 78 . 5 °- 80 . 5 ° c . 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ : 10 . 01 ( s , 1h , cho ), 7 . 90 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 1 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 65 ( dd , 2h , j = 8 . 1 , 2 . 0 hz , aromatic ), 6 . 43 ( dd , 1h , j = 14 . 9 , 5 . 7 hz , oh ), 5 . 12 ( dd , 1h , j = 15 . 0 , 5 . 6 hz , p -- ch ), 3 . 98 ( m , 4h , och 2 ), 1 . 17 ( t , 6h , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); mp 78 . 5 °- 80 . 5 ° c . ; to a dry 1 l round bottom flask was added 10 . 9 g ( 40 mmol ) of 37 , 52 g ( 400 mmol , 10 equivalents ) of ethyl α - azidoacetate and 200 ml of anhydrous meoh and the solution stirred under argon at - 78 ° c . to this was added via syringe over 10 minutes , 59 ml ( 320 mmol , 8 equivalents ) of naome , 5 . 4m in meh . the reaction was stirred briefly ( 5 minutes ) at - 78 ° c ., then at 0 ° c . ( 1 hour ). the yellow suspension was partitioned between ice - cold brine ( 400 ml ) and etoac ( 3 × 250 ml ). the combined etoac was washed with brine ( 1 × 400 ml ); dried well ( mgso 4 ) and rotovapped ( 20 ° c .) to a light yellow solid . trituration with ether : petroleum ether ( 35 °- 60 ° c .) provided 38 as a light yellow solid ( 7 . 72 g , 52 %), mp 106 °- 110 ° c . 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ : 7 . 86 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 2 hz , aromatic ) , 7 . 48 ( dd , 2h , j = 8 . 2 , 1 . 8 hz , aromatic ), 6 . 95 ( s , 1h , vinylic ), 6 . 30 ( dd , 1h , j = 15 . 3 , 5 . 5 hz , oh ), 5 . 01 ( dd , 1h , j = 14 . 3 , 5 . 5 hz , p -- ch ), 3 . 98 ( m , 4h , och 2 ), 3 . 87 ( s , 3h , co 2 ch 3 ), 1 . 18 ( t , 3 , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ), 1 . 16 ( t , 3h , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); mp 106 °- 110 ° c . ( dec ). a total of 3 . 4 g ( 9 . 2 mmol ) of 38 in 100 ml meoh was hydrogenated at 40 psi h 2 over 300 mg 10 % pd . c . hydrogen was replenished at t = 15 , 60 , 135 , 210 and 255 minutes and 300 mg additional 10 % pd , c was added at t = 135 and 255 minutes and the reaction terminated at t = 6 hours . the mixture was filtered through celite and rotovapped ( 30 ° c .) to yield 39 as a clear colorless oil ( 2 . 97 g , 95 %). the oil crystallized from ether yielding white crystals , mp 94 °- 100 ° c . ( soften 77 ° c .). 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ : 7 . 34 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 5 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 15 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 5 hz , aromatic ), 6 . 16 ( br s , 1h , oh ) , 4 . 89 ( d , 1h , j = 13 . 0 hz , pch ), 3 . 93 ( m , 4h , och 2 ), 3 . 59 ( m , 1h , h . sub . α ), 3 . 57 ( s , 3h , co 2 ch 3 ), 2 . 87 ( dd , 1h , j = 13 . 4 , 6 . 7 hz , h . sub . β ), 2 . 76 ( dd , 1h , j = 13 . 4 , 7 . 2 hz , h . sub . β ) , 1 . 17 ( t , 3h , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ), 1 . 13 ( t , 3h , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ), mp 94 °- 100 ° c . ; fabms m / z 346 . 1 ( m + h )+. to a stirred suspension of 862 mg ( 2 . 5 mmol ) of 39 in anhydrous thf ( 15 ml ) was added a solution of di -[( tert - butoxy ) dicarbonyl ]( 654 mg , 3 . 0 mmol , 1 . 2 equivalents ) in 2 × 5 ml thf dropwise over 3 minutes at 0 ° c . argon . the suspension was then stirred on ice and allowed to come to room temperature and stirred overnight . the resulting mixture was rotovapped ( 20 ° c .) to a syrup , taken up in chcl 3 , applied to a 6 . 5 cm diameter × 3 cm high 5 - 25μ silica pad wet with petroleum ether ( 35 °- 60 ° c .) and eluted first with chcl 3 to remove unreacted reagent . product was then eluted with etoac , to yield after rotary evaporation , 40 as a white foam ( 1 . 03 g , 93 %). 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ : 7 . 36 ( dd , 2h , j = 8 . 1 , 2 . 0 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 07 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 1 hz , aromatic ), 4 . 93 ( dd , 1h , j = 10 . 7 , 4 . 8 hz , p -- ch ), 4 . 88 ( br s , 1h , nh ), 4 . 51 ( m , 1h , he ) , 3 . 96 ( m , 4h , och 2 ) , 3 . 64 ( s , 3h , co 2 ch 3 ), 3 . 31 ( dd , 1h , j = 10 . 0 , 4 . 8 hz , oh ), 3 . 02 ( m , 2h , h . sub . β ), 1 . 66 ( s , 9h , c ( ch 3 ) 3 ), 1 . 19 ( 2 t , 6h , j = 7 . 4 , 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); fabms m / z 446 . 1 ( m + h )+. to a solution of oxalyl chloride ( 371 μl , 548 mg , 4 . 32 mmol , 2 equivalents ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 8 ml ) at - 78 ° c . under argon was added anhydrous dmso ( 612 μl , 674 mg , 8 . 64 mmol , 4 equivalents ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 8 ml ) dropwise over 17 minutes . to the resulting clear , colorless solution was added 40 ( 961 mg , 2 . 16 mmol ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 8 ml ) dropwise at - 78 ° c . over 15 minutes . the reaction was stirred at - 78 ° c . ( 45 minutes ) then net 3 ( 3 . 00 ml , 2 . 18 g , 21 . 6 mmol , 10 equivalents ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 8 ml ) was added dropwise at - 78 ° c . over 10 minutes . the resulting clear , light yellow solution was stirred at 0 ° c . ( 50 minutes ), then shaken well with ice - cold 0 . 2 n hcl / brine ( 100 ml ); extracted with etoac ( 3 × 75 ml ); washed with ice - cold 0 . 2 n hcl / brine ( 2 × 50 ml ); brine ( 2 × 100 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and rotovapped ( 20 ° c .) once from chcl 3 , then twice from ch 2 cl 2 and placed under high vacuum , yielding 41 as an oil ( 962 mg , 100 %). 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ : 8 . 14 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 9 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 21 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 9 hz , aromatic ), 4 . 96 ( d , 1h , j = 7 . 7 hz , nh ), 4 . 56 ( m , 1h , h . sub . α ), 4 . 21 ( 2 q , 4h , j = 7 . 0 hz , och 2 ), 3 . 67 ( s , 3h , co 2 ch 3 ), 3 . 10 ( m , 2h , h . sub . δ ), 1 . 35 ( s , 9h , c ( ch 3 ) 3 ), 1 . 32 ( t , 6h , j = 7 . 0 hz , ch 3 ); fabms m / z 443 . 3 ( m ·)-. to a total of 935 mg ( 2 . 0 mmol ) of 41 at - 78 ° c . was added ice - cold dast ( 1 . 32 ml , 1 . 62 g , 10 . 0 mmol , 5 equivalents ) neat under argon . the mixture was then swirled at room temperature until homogeneous , then the light yellow solution was stirred on an ice bath and allowed to come to room temperature gradually while stirring overnight . the solution was diluted with chcl 3 ( 20 ml ), cooled and added dropwise under argon with stirring to an ice - cold saturated aqueous nahco . sub . 3 solution ( 200 ml ). the mixture was then extracted with etoac ( 150 ml ; 2 × 75 ml ); washed with ice - cold aqueous naco 3 ( 1 × 100 ml ); ice - cold 0 . 2 n hcl / brine ( 2 × 100 ml ); brine ( 2 × 100 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and rotovapped ( 20 ° c .) to yield crude 42 as clear yellow syrup ( 820 mg , 88 % crude yield ). the syrup was purified by silica gel chromatography using first chcl 3 , then 2 % etoac in chcl 3 to yield pure 42 as a light yellow syrup ( 583 mg , 62 %). 1 h nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ : 7 . 48 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 8 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 16 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 8 hz , aromatic ), 4 . 91 ( d , 1h , j = 7 . 7 hz , nh ), 4 . 53 ( m , 1h , h . sub . β ), 4 . 10 ( m , 4h , och 2 ), 3 . 64 ( s , 3h , co 2 ch 3 ), 3 . 06 ( m , 2h , h . sub . β ), 1 . 35 ( s , 9h , c ( ch 3 ) 3 ), 1 . 23 ( t , 6h , j = 7 . 2 hz , ch 3 ); fabms m / z 466 . 1 ( m + h )+. to a solution of 42 ( 536 mg , 1 . 15 mmol ) in thf ( 10 ml ) at 0 ° c . was added 0 . 2 n lioh ( 6 . 3 ml , 1 . 3 mmol , 1 . 1 equivalents ) at 0 ° c . dropwise over 15 minutes . the reaction was then stirred at 0 ° c . and monitored by tlc with four additions of 576 μl ( 0 . 115 mmol , 0 . 1 equivalents ) 0 . 2 n lioh over a 2 hour period . the reaction mixture was then partitioned between ice - cold 0 . 2 n hcl / brine and etoac ( 3 × 75 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and solvent removed by rotovap ( 20 ° c .) to yield 33 as a foam ( 500 mg , 96 %). 1h nmr ( 250 mhz , cdcl 3 + d 2 o ) δ : 7 . 46 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 1 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 21 ( d , 2h , j = 8 . 1 hz , aromatic ), 4 . 57 ( m , 1h , h . sub . α ), 4 . 10 ( m , 4h , och 2 ), 3 . 11 ( m , 2h , h . sub . β ), 1 . 36 ( s , 9h , c ( ch 3 ) 3 ), 1 . 23 ( 2 t , 6h , j = 7 . 1 hz , ch 3 ); fabms m / z 452 . 1 ( m + h )+. a solution of 33 ( 100 mg , 0 . 22 mmol ) in tfa ( 500 μl ) was stirred at 0 ° c . under argon ( 1 hour ), taken to dryness by rotary evaporation ( 20 ° c . ), then taken to dryness from 3 × 1 ml ch 2 cl 2 and placed under high vacuum to yield a foam . this was taken up in dioxane ( 1 ml ) to which was added fmoc - osu ( 67 mg , 0 . 2 mmol , 0 . 9 equivalents ) and a solution of nahco 3 ( 74 mg , 0 . 88 mmol , 4 equivalents ) in h 2 o ( 1 ml ) and the mixture stirred at room temperature 2 hours . the reaction was diluted with ice - cold 0 . 2 n hcl / brine ( 25 ml ) and extracted with etoac ( 3 × 50 ml ); washed with 0 . 2 n hcl / brine ( 2 × 25 ml ); dried ( mgso 4 ) and taken to dryness by rotary evaporation , then placed under high vacuum to yield crude 34 as a foam ( 131 mg ). the foam was purified by silica gel chromatography using first chcl 3 , then 2 % etoac and finally etoac , yielding 34 as a white foam ( 87 mg , 77 %). 1 h nmr 250 mhz , cdcl 3 &# 39 ; ) δ : 7 . 68 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 3 hz , fluorenyl h 1 &# 39 ; , h 8 &# 39 ; ), 7 . 49 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 3 hz , fluorenyl h 4 &# 39 ; , h 5 &# 39 ; ), 7 . 44 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 8 hz , aromatic ), 7 . 33 ( t , 2h , j = 7 . 3 hz , fluorenyl h 3 &# 39 ; , h 6 &# 39 ; ), 7 . 23 ( t , 2h , j = 7 . 3 hz , fluorenyl h 2 &# 39 ; , h 7 &# 39 ; ), 7 . 13 ( d , 2h , j = 7 . 8 hz , aromatic ) , 5 . 35 ( d , 1h , j = 7 . 7 hz , nh ), 4 . 62 ( m , 1h , h . sub . α ), 4 . 42 ( dd , 1h , j = 10 . 6 , 7 . 1 hz , fluorenyl h 9 &# 39 ; ), 4 . 30 ( dd , 1h , j = 10 . 6 , 7 . 1 hz , nco 2 ch ), 4 . 10 ( m , 5h , poch 2 & amp ; nco 2 ch ), 3 . 13 ( d , 2h , j = 5 . 5 hz , h . sub . β ), 1 . 21 ( 2 t , 6h , j = 7 . 1 hz , ch 3 ); fabms m / z 574 . 2 ( m + h )+. a total of 100 mg ( 0 . 22 mmol ) of 33 in 3 n hcl was stirred at reflux ( 4 hours ), then mixed briefly with a spatula tip of activated charcoal and filtered through celite . removal of solvent by rotary evaporation ( 45 ° c .) yielded 35 as a cream colored solid ( 66 mg , 93 %), mp & gt ; 300 ° c . 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