The Ugi reaction offers an effective method for preparing chromophore-appended DOTA-monoamide ligands, which can readily be elaborated to their lanthanide complexes.

Ugi reaction offers opportunities to facilely access unprecedented sequence control and sequence-driven properties in polypeptoids.

The marine natural product dysibetaine was synthesized in racemic form from a levulinic acid derivative using a convertible isocyanide and an ammonium acetate in the Ugi 4-center-3-component condensation reaction.

Endothiopeptides can easily be obtained via Ugi reaction using thio acids as acid components. If isonitriles with an acetal group are applied, the endothiopeptides can directly be converted into thiazoles using TMSCl-NaI under microwave irradiation.

Apoptosis is a biological process important to several human diseases; it is strongly regulated through protein-protein interactions and complex formation. We previously reported the synthesis of apoptosis inhibitors bearing an exocyclic triazole amide isoster by using an Ugi four-component coupling reaction (Ugi-4CC), followed by a base-promoted intramolecular cyclization. Depending on the sub...

Background Nitrogen-13 has a 10-min half-life which places time constraints on the complexity of viable synthetic methods for its incorporation into PET imaging agents. In exploring ways to overcome this limitation, we have used the Ugi reaction to develop a rapid one-pot method for radiolabelling peptidic molecules using [13N]NH3 as a synthetic precursor. Methods Carrier-added [13N]NH3 (50 μ...

Two syntheses of natural viridic acid, an unusual triply N-methylated peptide with two anthranilate units, are presented. The first one is based on peptide-coupling strategies and affords the optically active natural product in 20% overall yield over six steps. A more economical approach with only four steps leads to the similarly active racemate by utilizing a Ugi four-component reaction (Ugi-...

The well-known aminoazoles, 3-amino-5-methylisoxazole and 5-amino-N-aryl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamides, were studied as an amine component in Ugi and Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé multicomponent reactions. The first example of an application of aminoazoles in an Ugi four-component reaction was discovered and novel features of a Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé cyclocondensation are established and discusse...