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Cesium effect: high chemoselectivity in direct N-alkylation of amines

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The results demonstrated this methodology was highly chemoselective to favor mono-N-alkylation over dialkylation, offering wide applications in peptidomimetic syntheses.
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A novel method for the mono-N-alkylation of primary amines, diamines, and polyamines was developed using cesium bases in order to prepare secondary amines efficiently. A cesium base not only promoted alkylation of primary amines but also suppressed overalkylations of the produced secondary amines. Various amines, alkyl bromides, and alkyl sulfonates were examined, and the results demonstrated this methodology was highly chemoselective to favor mono-N-alkylation over dialkylation. In particular, use of either sterically demanding substrates or amino acid derivatives afforded the secondary amines exclusively, offering wide applications in peptidomimetic syntheses.

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Regioselective N1-alkylation of 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-ones: Screening of their biological activities against Ca2+-ATPase

TL;DR: In inhibitory action of both the 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones and the N1-alkylated derivatives were tested on Ca( 2+)-ATPase, which revealed that the parent compounds can act as Ca(2+)- ATPase inhibitors whereas the N 1-alkYLated derivatives are inefficient for this purpose.
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Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Locked Carbocyclic Analogues of 1,3-Diazepinone Riboside, a High-Affinity Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor

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Copper catalysed synthesis of indolylquinazolinone alkaloid bouchardatine

TL;DR: In this paper, the total synthesis of indolylquinazolinone alkaloid bouchardatine and some of its quinazolone derivatives is described.
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Dialkyl phosphite as a highly selective mono-N-alkylating agent using indium triflate under microwave irradiation

TL;DR: Indium triflate catalyzed selective mono-N-alkylation of primary amines using dialkyl phosphite as an alkylating agent under microwave irradiation was reported in this article.
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Computational study of carbon–hydrogen bond deprotonation by alkali metal superbases

TL;DR: In this article, the role of alkali metal amide superbases in the degradation of hydrocarbon C-H bonds is analyzed with the use of density functional theory calculations.
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An assessment of the causes of the cesium effect

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of this effect on macrocyclization by means of nucleophilic substitution is discussed. But it is concluded that the cesium ion is virtually completely solvated and that carboxylates are essentially free and highly reactive.
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