Issue 26, 2013

The phenacyl group as an efficient thiol protecting group in a peptide condensation reaction by the thioester method

Abstract

One of the condensation methods for the preparation of long-chain peptides, the so-called thioester method requires protecting groups for amino and thiol groups for regioselective ligation. In this study, we demonstrated that the phenacyl (Pac) group acts as an efficient protecting group of cysteine side chains. We synthesized a cysteine derivative carrying the Pac group at the side chain sulfur atom, and Pac-containing peptides and peptide thioesters were synthesized using it by the ordinary 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-based solid-phase peptide synthesis strategy. Pac-containing peptide segments could be condensed by the thioester method. After the condensation reaction, Pac groups could be removed by Zn/AcOH treatment. In addition, the azido group, which was used for the protection of lysine side chains, was simultaneously converted into an amino group, demonstrating that this protecting group scheme simplified the deprotecting reaction after the peptide condensation reaction to a single step.

Graphical abstract: The phenacyl group as an efficient thiol protecting group in a peptide condensation reaction by the thioester method

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Apr 2013
Accepted
09 May 2013
First published
10 May 2013

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 4405-4413

The phenacyl group as an efficient thiol protecting group in a peptide condensation reaction by the thioester method

H. Katayama and H. Hojo, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 4405 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB40644J

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