Synthesis of peptide thioesters via an N–S acyl shift reaction under mild acidic conditions on an N-4,5-dimethoxy-2-mercaptobenzyl auxiliary group
✍ Scribed by Ken'ichiroh Nakamura; Tomoki Kanao; Tomoya Uesugi; Toshiaki Hara; Takeshi Sato; Toru Kawakami; Saburo Aimoto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-2617
- DOI
- 10.1002/psc.1164
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
An efficient method of peptide thioester synthesis is described. The reaction is based on an N‐4,5‐dimethoxy‐2‐mercaptobenzyl (Dmmb) auxiliary‐assisted N‐S acyl shift reaction after assembling a peptide chain by Fmoc‐solid phase peptide synthesis. The Dmmb‐assisted N‐S acyl shift reaction proceeded efficiently under mildly acidic conditions, and the peptide thioester was obtained by treating the resulting S‐peptide with sodium 2‐mercaptoethanesulfonate. No detectable epimerization of the amino acid residue adjacent to the thioester moiety in the case of Leu was found. The reactions were also amenable to the on‐resin preparation of peptide thioesters. The utility was demonstrated by the synthesis of a 41‐mer peptide thioester, a phosphorylated peptide thioester and a 33‐mer peptide thioester containing a trimethylated lysine residue. Copyright © 2009 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.