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  • The Traceless Solid-Phase Synthesis of Organic Molecules
    Methods in enzymology, 2003
    Co-Authors: David Tumelty, Yijun Pan, Christopher P. Holmes
    Abstract:

    Publisher Summary This chapter discusses two approaches that illustrate different tactics used in the goal of synthesizing organic compounds in a traceless manner. In the first strategy, a linker and a scaffold combine synergistically to achieve a traceless synthesis of diverse substituted benzimidazole compounds and libraries. The traceless synthetic route to create such libraries delivers compounds in moderate yields but in high purity directly after cleavage from the solid support. In the second strategy, a novel linker is used in a more global fashion to synthesize target compounds by activation of chemically diverse phenols. The strategy is based on the well-known activation properties of Triflates (trifluoromethanesulfonyls) that are widely used as precursors for aryl and vinyl cations due to their excellent leaving Group properties. Once an oxygen atom on the phenol moiety is activated by the Triflate Group, it becomes possible to carry out a reductive cleavage (deoxygenating the phenol) or cross-coupling reactions. This gives rise to a variety of substituted aromatics, or olefins at the “inert” phenolic or vinyl oxygen position.