title: Practical preparation and deblocking conditions for N-alpha-(2-(p-biphenylyl)-2-propyloxycarbonyl)-amino acid (N-a-Bpoc-Xxx-OH) derivatives.
abstract: Reproducible preparations are given for salts of the following L-amino acid derivatives: Bpoc-Ala-OH, Bpoc-Arg(Mtr)-OH, Bpoc-Asn-OH, Bpoc-Asp(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Cys(Acm)-OH, Bpoc-Cys(S-tBu)-OH, Bpoc-Gln-OH, Bpoc-Glu(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Gly-OH, Bpoc-Ile-OH, Bpoc-Leu-OH, N-alpha-Bpoc-Lys(epsilon-Boc)-OH, Bpoc-Met-OH, Bpoc-Phe-OH, Bpoc-Pro-OH, Bpoc-Ser(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Thr(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Tyr-OH, Bpoc-Val-OH. A study of the deblocking of N-alpha-Bpoc peptides in dichloromethane containing 0.5% trifluoroacetic acid revealed that a rapid equilbrium is established between the first-formed monomeric alkene 2-p-biphenylylpropene and the hindered dimer 2,4-bis(p-biphenylyl)-4-methyl-1-pentene. Thioethers were found to be inefficient carbocation scavengers for the deblocking reaction. The most efficient scavengers were found to be thiophenol and benzyl mercaptan, and the following approximate reactivity order was established: benzyl mercaptan approximately thiophenol greater than indole much greater than 1,3-dimethoxybenzene approximately resorcinol greater than 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene approximately dimethyl sulfide approximately thioanisole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fotouhi
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ashton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoare
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D007202:Indicators and Reagents