文摘
The conversion of a nitrile to an oxazoline group in an amino acid side chain promoted by platinum(II) was investigated. While benzyloxycarbonyl-β-cyano-alanine (Z-Ala(CN)-OH) did not give any evidence of coordination of the nitrile group to Pt(II) in different complexes, the corresponding methyl ester Z-Ala(CN)-OCH3 readily afforded the Pt(II)-nitrile complextrans -[Pt(CF3){Z-Ala(CN)-OCH3}(PPh3)2][BF4] in good yield by reaction with the cationic derivative trans-[Pt(CF3)(PPh32(solv)][BF4] (solv = CH2Cl2). The reactivity of the CN group in the complex trans-[Pt(CF3){Z-Ala(CN)OCH3}(PPh3)2][BF4] with ClCH2CH2O− to form the oxazoline ligand 2 was examined. The presence of the oxazoline ring in the final products was evidenced by IR, 1H and 13C NMR data and confirmed by FAB and MALDI mass spectra, but its isolation was hampered by the cleavage of the oxazoline ring under the chromatographic conditions applied.