Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Peptide-guided functionalization and macrocyclization of bioactive peptidosulfonamides by Pd(II)-catalyzed late-stage C–H activation

  • Jian Tang,
  • Hongfei Chen,
  • Yadong He,
  • Wangjian Sheng,
  • Qingqing Bai,
  • Huan Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05440-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Aryl sulfonamides and sultams are important pharmacophores in medicinal chemistry. Here, the authors report a practical palladium-catalyzed C–H activation assisted by amino-acid residues in the substrate leading to arylsulfonamides and bioactive peptidosulfonamide macrocycles.