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. 2016 May 11;21(5):615. doi: 10.3390/molecules21050615

Scheme 11.

Scheme 11

Synthetic scheme for generating NG-(2-methoxyethyl)-l-arginine carboxylate bioisosteres. Reagents and Conditions: (i) i-BuCOCl, N-methylmorpholine, NH4OH (30%), THF, −10 °C-RT, 3 h, 99%; (ii) TFAA, TEA, THF, 0 °C-RT, 16 h, 47%; (iii) 4 M HCl/1,4-dioxane, DCM, RT, 30 min, 99%; (iv) DIPEA, DCM, RT, 24 h, 40%; (v) NaN3, ZnBr2, H2O/2-propanol, reflux, 16 h, 30%; (vi) (1) NH2OH·HCl, NaHCO3, DMSO, reflux, 16 h; (2) CDI, DBU, THF, reflux, 30 min, 73%; (vii) TFMSA/TFA, DCM, RT, 30 min, 99%. Reproduced in part from [117] with permission of the Royal Society of Chemistry.