title: Disulfide bond rearrangement during regioselective oxidation in PhS(O)Ph/CH3SiCl3 mixture for the synthesis of alpha-conotoxin GI.
abstract: Rearrangement of disulfide bonds during the synthesis of alpha-conotoxin GI using PhS(O)Ph/CH(3)SiCl(3) oxidation procedure was observed. We have demonstrated that the protecting scheme (order of acetamidomethyl (Acm) and (t)Bu protecting groups) of the Cys residues as well as the reaction time influenced the ratio of the native and the mispaired compounds, while the temperature of the reaction mixture had no significant effect. However, in all cases the nonnative derivative was produced in high amount. The structure of the isomers was identified by the combination of enzymatic digestion and mass spectrometry measurements. We conclude that the air oxidation followed by the application of Tl(tfa)(3) for the regioselective formation of disulfide bonds leads up to the appropriate compound in the case of the synthesis of alpha-conotoxin GI, while the oxidation procedure using PhS(O)Ph/CH(3)SiCl(3) system resulted in the nonnative disulfide isomer.
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös L. University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: Gitta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hudecz
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mezo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D020916:Conotoxins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D012821:Silanes; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D020916:Conotoxins; D004220:Disulfides; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D012821:Silanes; C029960:conotoxin GI; D003545:Cysteine; C049552:methyltrichlorosilane