title: On the use of N-dicyclopropylmethyl aspartyl-glycine synthone for backbone amide protection.
abstract: To prevent aspartimide formation and related side products in Asp-Xaa, particularly Asp-Gly-containing peptides, usually the 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl (Hmb) backbone amide protection is applied for peptide synthesis according to the Fmoc-protocols. In the present study, the usefulness of the recently proposed acid-labile dicyclopropylmethyl (Dcpm) protectant was analyzed. Despite the significant steric hindrance of this bulky group, N-terminal H-(Dcpm)Gly-peptides are quantitatively acylated by potent acylating agents, and alternatively the dipeptide Fmoc-Asp(OtBu)-(Dcpm)Gly-OH derivative can be used as a building block. In contrast to the Hmb group, Dcpm is inert toward acylations, but is readily removed in the acid deprotection and resin-cleavage step.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Röder
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henklein
authors.forename: Hardy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weisshoff
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mügge
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pätzel
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: Louis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Carpino
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henklein
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D004151:Dipeptides