201353-89-1Relevant articles and documents
General Fmoc-Based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Complex Depsipeptides Circumventing Problematic Fmoc Removal
Lobo-Ruiz, Ariadna,Tulla-Puche, Judit
supporting information, p. 183 - 192 (2020/01/24)
Development of an Fmoc-based solid-phase depsipeptide methodology has been hampered by base-promoted fragmentation and diketoperazine formation upon Fmoc group elimination. Such a strategy would be a useful tool given the number of commercially available Fmoc-protected residues. Herein we report that the addition of small percentages of organic acids to the Fmoc-removal cocktail proves effective to circumvent these drawbacks and most importantly, allowed the development of an exclusively solid-phase stepwise methodology to prepare a highly complex depsipeptide with multiple and consecutive esters bonds. Alongside, the optimal protecting group scheme for residue incorporation, which is not as straightforward as it is for traditional peptide synthesis, was explored. The developed stepwise strategy proved effective for the synthesis of a highly complex cyclodepsipeptide, being comparable to the yields obtained when using traditional combined chemistry approaches.
A mild removal of Fmoc group using sodium azide
Chen, Chun-Chi,Rajagopal, Basker,Liu, Xuan Yu,Chen, Kuan Lin,Tyan, Yu-Chang,Lin, Fui,Lin, Po-Chiao
, p. 367 - 374 (2014/03/21)
A mild method for effectively removing the fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) group using sodium azide was developed. Without base, sodium azide completely deprotected Nα-Fmoc-amino acids in hours. The solvent-dependent conditions were carefully studied and then optimized by screening different sodium azide amounts and reaction temperatures. A variety of Fmoc-protected amino acids containing residues masked with different protecting groups were efficiently and selectively deprotected by the optimized reaction. Finally, a biologically significant hexapeptide, angiotensin IV, was successfully synthesized by solid phase peptide synthesis using the developed sodium azide method for all Fmoc removals. The base-free condition provides a complement method for Fmoc deprotection in peptide chemistry and modern organic synthesis. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Total synthesis of the large non-ribosomal peptide polytheonamide B
Inoue, Masayuki,Shinohara, Naoki,Tanabe, Shintaro,Takahashi, Tomoaki,Okura, Ken,Itoh, Hiroaki,Mizoguchi, Yuki,Iida, Maiko,Lee, Nayoung,Matsuoka, Shigeru
supporting information; scheme or table, p. 280 - 285 (2010/09/03)
Polytheonamide B is by far the largest non-ribosomal peptide known at present, and displays extraordinary cytotoxicity (EC50 =68 pg ml -1 , mouse leukaemia P388 cells). Its 48 amino-acid residues include a variety of non-proteinogenic d- and l-amino acids, and the absolute stereochemistry of these amino acids alternate in sequence. These structural features induce the formation of a stable β-strand-type structure, giving rise to an overall tubular structure over 30A? in length. In a biological setting, this fold is believed to transport cations across the lipid bilayer through a pore, thereby acting as an ion channel. Here, we report the first chemical construction of polytheonamide B. Our synthesis relies on the combination of four key stages: syntheses of non-proteinogenic amino acids, a solid-phase assembly of four fragments of polytheonamide B, silver-mediated connection of the fragments and, finally, global deprotection. The synthetic material now available will allow studies of the relationships between its conformational properties, channel functions and cytotoxicity.
