Trifluoroacetylation of unhindered primary and secondary amines and polymer-bound trifluoroacetylation reagents

Claim 1

A process for the solid phase synthesis of N-substituted trifluoroacetamides which comprises the steps of reacting (1) a trifluoroacetylthio- or trifluoroacetylthioalkyl-substituted divinyl benzene costyrene polymer containing from about 1 to about 20% by weight of polymerized divinyl units and containing at least about 0.5 milliequivalents per dry gram of polymer of a group ##STR22## on the phenyl rings of the polymerized styrene units thereof, wherein n is 0 to 7, and (2) a primary or secondary amine selected from phenylamine, a phenylalkylamine, an alkylamine, a dialkylamine, an aminoalkanol, an amino acid, a polypeptide, an aminoglycoside, a substituted phenylamine or a substituted phenylalkylamine, said substituted phenylamine or substituted phenylamine or substituted phenylalkylamine being substituted with from 1 to 5 groups each independently selected from halo, NO 2 alkyl or alkoxy, (a) said unhindered primary amine being an unhindered primary amine in which the carbon atom attached to the amino nitrogen either is a carbon atom of a phenyl ring or has at least one hydrogen bonded thereto or (b) said unhindered secondary amine being an unhindered secondary amine in which one of the two carbon atoms attached to the amino nitrogen either is a carbon atom of a phenyl ring or has at least one hydrogen bonded thereto and the other carbon atom attached to the amino nitrogen has at least two hydrogens bonded thereto, to form a mixture of the N-substituted trifluoroacetamide of the amine and a trifluoroacetyl-depleted polymer; and recovering said N-substituted trifluoroacetamide from said mixture.