Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 1517-1524.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202209018 Previous Articles     Next Articles

Special Issue: 有机氟化学虚拟合辑

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可见光促进的含色氨酸寡肽与YlideFluor试剂的直接三氟甲基化反应研究

刘静a, 郝健a,*(), 沈其龙b,*()   

  1. a 上海大学化学系 上海 200444
    b 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 有机氟化学重点实验室 上海 200032
  • 收稿日期:2022-09-14 修回日期:2022-11-14 发布日期:2022-11-21
  • 通讯作者: 郝健, 沈其龙
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2021YFF0701700)

Visible-Light-Promoted Direct Trifluoromethylation of Tryptophan-Containing Oligapeptides with YlideFluor

Jing Liua, Jian Haoa(), Qilong Shenb()   

  1. a Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444
    b Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032
  • Received:2022-09-14 Revised:2022-11-14 Published:2022-11-21
  • Contact: Jian Hao, Qilong Shen
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF0701700)

A photosensitizer-free visible-light-promoted method for site-selective trifluoromethylation of tryptophan- containing oligopeptides using YlideFluor as the trifluoromethyl radical source under mild conditions was developed. Mechanistic studies showed that a donor-acceptor between 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) and YlideFluor is generated. Upon irradiation with blue LEDs, the S—CF3 bond in the adduct undergoes homolytic cleavage to give trifluoromethyl radical, which attacks the electron-rich C-2 position of the indole moiety in the tryptophan-containing oligopeptide.

Key words: fluorine, trifluoromethyl, tryptophan, oligapeptide, visible light