The tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) group is one of the most widely used amine-protecting groups in multistep reactions in synthetic organic chemistry as well as in peptide synthesis. Tra- ditional methods to remove the Boc group have disadvantages in terms of high acidity, the use of expensive reagents, excessive amounts of catalysts and harmful solvents as well as high temperatures, making them environmentally unsustainable. Therefore, more efforts must be stepwise tightened to make Boc removal practical, clean, and minimize any potential impact. We describe an efficient and sustainable method for N-Boc deprotection by means of a choline chloride/p-toluenesulfonic acid deep eutectic solvent (DES), which is used as a reaction medium plus catalyst. The adopted conditions allow the deprotection of a wide variety of N-Boc derivatives in excellent yields. The strategy has found advantages in greening, simplicity, and short reaction times, resulting in a useful alternative to standard methods.

A Brønsted Acidic Deep Eutectic Solvent for N-Boc Deprotection

Procopio, D.
Conceptualization
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Siciliano, C.
Formal Analysis
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De Rose, R.
Investigation
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Trombino, S.
Resources
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Cassano, R.
Resources
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Di Gioia, M. L
Supervision
2022-01-01

Abstract

The tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) group is one of the most widely used amine-protecting groups in multistep reactions in synthetic organic chemistry as well as in peptide synthesis. Tra- ditional methods to remove the Boc group have disadvantages in terms of high acidity, the use of expensive reagents, excessive amounts of catalysts and harmful solvents as well as high temperatures, making them environmentally unsustainable. Therefore, more efforts must be stepwise tightened to make Boc removal practical, clean, and minimize any potential impact. We describe an efficient and sustainable method for N-Boc deprotection by means of a choline chloride/p-toluenesulfonic acid deep eutectic solvent (DES), which is used as a reaction medium plus catalyst. The adopted conditions allow the deprotection of a wide variety of N-Boc derivatives in excellent yields. The strategy has found advantages in greening, simplicity, and short reaction times, resulting in a useful alternative to standard methods.
2022
Boc protecting group, deprotection, catalytic deep eutectic solvents, p-toluenesulfonic acid, amines, amino acids, dipeptides
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