title: Preparation, isolation, and characterization of Nalpha-Fmoc-peptide isocyanates: solution synthesis of oligo-alpha-peptidyl ureas.
abstract: The N(alpha)-Fmoc-peptide isocyanates 3a-q, 4a-c, and 5a-c were prepared by the Curtius rearrangement of N(alpha)-Fmoc-peptide acid azides in toluene under thermal, microwave, and ultrasonic conditions. All the N(alpha)-Fmoc-oligo-peptide isocyanates made were isolated as stable crystalline solids with 71 to 94% yield and were fully characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Their utility for the synthesis of oligo-alpha-peptidyl ureas 7a-f and 8a-c by the divergent coupling approach was demonstrated. The coupling of N(alpha)-Fmoc-dipeptide isocyanates with amino acid ester or with N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)amino acids resulted in N(alpha)-Fmoc-tripeptidyl urea ester and acids containing one each of peptide bond and urea bond. The divergent approach is extended to the synthesis of tetrapeptidyl ureas by the 2 + 2 strategy using bis-TMS-peptide acid as an amino component. To incorporate urea bonds in adjacent positions, N(alpha)-Fmoc-peptidyl urea isocyanates 9a-d were prepared and employed in the synthesis of three tetrapeptidyl ureas 10a-b and 11 containing one peptide bond and two urea bonds in series from the N-terminal end. The protocol was then employed for the synthesis of five urea analogues 13-15, 18, and 21 of [Leu5]enkephalin containing urea bonds at the 2, 3, 4 positions as well as at the 2, 4 and 2, 3, 4 positions. The analogue 2l was made by the convergent synthesis by the N --> C terminal chain extension. Finally, two urea analogues 22 and 23 of repeat units of bioelasto polymers, namely Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-OH and Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-Val-OH, were synthesized incorporating the urea bond by the concomitant isocyanate generation and urea bond formation under thermal conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560 001, India. hariccb@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Vommina V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Sureshbabu
authors.forename: Basanagoud S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Rao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkataramanarao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D017953:Isocyanates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012996:Solutions; D014508:Urea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005449:Fluorenes; D017953:Isocyanates; C016456:N(alpha)-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylamino acids; D009842:Oligopeptides; D012996:Solutions; D014508:Urea