Dithiocarbamate-, dithiobenzoate-, and nitroxyl- based free radicals in dynamic combinatorial chemistry: Library generation and deconvolution

ORGN 631

David Crich, dcrich@uic.edu, Albert A. Bowers, abower2@uic.edu, and Daniel Grant, dgrant4@uic.edu. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St., Room 4500, Chicago, IL 60607
Two methods for the generation of pre-equilibrated dynamic combinatorial libraries (pDCLs) via radical exchange reactions will be described. In the first, alkyl substituents are traded between imidazolone dithiocarbamates and dithiobenzoates under action of a catalytic amount of azo-initiator. The effectiveness of the process is demonstrated by NMR characterization of the library itself and by GC-MS analysis of the individual compounds. In the second method, cyclic and acyclic alkoxylamines undergo equilibration in accord with the persistent radical effect (Fischer-Ingold effect). Deconvolution is achieved by means of a fluorous tagging/fluorous chromatography strategy that is compatible with conditions of library preparation. The later compounds represent analogues of the new class of HIV integrase inhibitors (e.g. NBD 556/557 and BMS 378806).