One-step protecting-group-free synthesis of azepinomycin in water?

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2015-02-03 DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00210A

Abstract

We report an efficient, atom economical general acid–base catalyzed one-step multi-gram synthesis of azepinomycin from commercially available compounds in water. We propose that the described pH-dependent Amadori rearrangement, which couples an amino-imidazole and simple sugar, is of importance as a potential step toward predisposed purine nucleotide synthesis at the origins of life.

Graphical abstract: One-step protecting-group-free synthesis of azepinomycin in water
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