title: Study of the alkylation propensity of cations generated by acidolytic cleavage of protecting groups in Boc chemistry.
abstract: The alkylation of cysteine residue by different classes of carbonium ions, derived from the cleavage of side chain protective groups in anhydrous HF, was investigated. It was found that side chain protection as beta-2,4-dimethylpent-3-yl ester (Dmp) or 2,4-dimethylpent-3-yloxycarbonyl (Doc) groups resulted in more than seven-fold lower level of alkylated byproducts. This makes Dmp and Doc protection of amino acid side chain during solid phase synthesis particularly valuable in the synthesis of peptides containing cysteine residues or other functional groups prone to alkylation by carbonium ions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry and Neurotoxicology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karlström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Undén
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D002412:Cations; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D010455:Peptides; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D003545:Cysteine