Phenylglycine racemization in Fmoc-based solid-phase peptide synthesis: stereochemical stability is achieved by choice of reaction conditions

Phenylglycine-containing peptides have broad applications in medicinal chemistry, but their synthetic accessibility is complicated by the risk of epimerization during solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Phenylglycine is therefore often considered a troublesome residue. This work studies the extent...

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Hauptverfasser: Liang, Chen (VerfasserIn) , Behnam, Mira A. M. (VerfasserIn) , Sundermann, Tom R. (VerfasserIn) , Klein, Christian D. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 21 April 2017
In: Tetrahedron letters
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 58, Heft: 24, Pages: 2325-2329
ISSN:1873-3581
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.04.047
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.04.047
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403917304872
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Verfasserangaben:Chen Liang, Mira A.M. Behnam, Tom R. Sundermann, Christian D. Klein
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Zusammenfassung:Phenylglycine-containing peptides have broad applications in medicinal chemistry, but their synthetic accessibility is complicated by the risk of epimerization during solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Phenylglycine is therefore often considered a troublesome residue. This work studies the extent of Phg racemization under different Fmoc-SPPS reaction conditions. It is shown that the base-catalyzed coupling of Fmoc-Phg is the critical step for racemization. However, racemization can be reduced to a negligible level if DEPBT or COMU combined with TMP or DMP are employed during this step. Resin-bound peptides are remarkably resistant against epimerization during extended incubation under basic conditions and the free peptides were stable in buffer solutions used for biological assays.
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ISSN:1873-3581
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.04.047