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Memory of Chirality in 1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-ones

Abstract

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Memory of chirality (MOC) is an emerging strategy in asymmetric synthesis. It has been applied to enolate chemistry, reactions involving carbocation intermediates, and to radical systems. In this strategy the chirality of an enantiopure reactant is transferred to the dynamic chirality of a reactive intermediate to produce stereospecific product. 1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-ones have been described as a "privileged" structure in medicinal chemistry. In addition to their uses as anxiolytics (Valium ®) and anti-epileptic agents (Clonopin ®), they have shown activity as HIV Tat antagonist, ras farnesyltransferase inhibitors in cancer cells, and antiarrhythmic agents. Because of the utility of this scaffold in the area of medicinal chemistry, it has served as a template in libraries for tens of thousands of compounds. Despite the vast diversity of 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones, there are few routes to enantiomerically enriched 3,3-disubstituted benzodiazepines containing a "quaternary" stereogenic center. This research will discuss the stereochemical properties of 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones, and provide a novel approach to synthesize enantiomerically enriched "quaternary" benzodiazepines with stereogenic centers through MOC, without the use of external chiral sources.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Department dc:contributor.department
Chemistry
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2006

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • DeGuzman, Joseph Christopher
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Carlier, Paul R.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Tanko, James M.
  • Kingston, David G. I.
  • Hanson, Brian E.
  • Etzkorn, Felicia A.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-06192006-161356
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/28079

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citation

DeGuzman, Joseph Christopher. Memory of Chirality in 1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-ones. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28079