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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vong, Kenward King Ho
• Maeda, Satoshi
• Tanaka, Katsunori

Titel

Propargyl-Assisted Selective Amidation Applied in C-terminal Glycine Peptide Conjugation

Ist Teil von

• Chemistry : a European journal, 2016-12, Vol.22 (52), p.18865-18872

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Alkyl esters, such as propargyl esters, typically lack the electron‐withdrawing inductive effects needed to participate in nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions. Herein, we report an unusual observation in which glycine propargyl ester derivatives displayed selective, base‐independent reactivity towards linear alkylamines under mild, metal‐free conditions. Through global reaction route mapping (GRRM) modeling calculations, it is predicted that these observations may be governed by factors related to hydrogen‐bonding and intermolecular interactions, rather than electron‐withdrawing inductive effects. Based on this concept of propargyl‐assisted selective amidation, a direct application was made to develop a novel site‐specific C‐terminal glycine peptide bioconjugation technique as a proof‐of‐concept, which relies upon the selective reactivity of glycine propargyl esters over that of aspartate and glutamate side‐chain‐linked propargyl esters. Glycine propargyl esters show selective amidation activity with linear alkylamines, even in the absence of a base catalyst. Calculations suggest hydrogen‐bonding and intermolecular interactions play a central role for reactivity. Using these findings, applications to a site‐specific C‐terminal peptide conjugation technique is presented (see scheme).