title: Susceptibility of glycans to beta-elimination in Fmoc-based O-glycopeptide synthesis.
abstract: In order to investigate the possible extent of beta-elimination occurring in Fmoc-based continuous-flow solid-phase glycopeptide synthesis, the influence of the pKb of the base used for N alpha-deprotection has been studied. A glycosylated pentapeptide was synthesized using 50% morpholine, 10% piperidine or 2% DBU, respectively, in DMF for deprotection. The dehydropentapeptide N alpha-Ac-Thr-Thr-delta Aba-Val-Thr-NH2, which would be formed in the case of beta-elimination, was prepared independently and used as a control in HPLC analysis; however, this product was not formed under any of the deprotection conditions applied. Furthermore, a 23 amino acid long glycopeptide from human intestinal mucin was prepared using 2% DBU as a base for Fmoc cleavage, and similarly no beta-elimination was observed. The glycopeptide products were subjected to a prolonged treatment with sodium hydroxide in methanol/water without significant formation of byproducts, and the pure glycopeptides were isolated and characterized by 1H-NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Carlsberg Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meldal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bielfeldt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bock
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009077:Mucins / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D005449:Fluorenes; D006020:Glycopeptides; D009077:Mucins; C016456:N(alpha)-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylamino acids; D011134:Polysaccharides