Carbodiimide peptide synthesis

Carbodiimide peptide synthesis. 1 -Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) is frequently used to suppress racemization in peptide syntheses using carbodiimides. Copper(II) chloride decreases racemization, but also depresses the yield markedly. By judicious use of both additives, racemization can be prevented with only slight effect on the yield. 

Carbodiimide peptide synthesis. Racemization often presents a problem in the carbodiimide method (1, 233). Several additives have been recommended, such as N-hydroxysuccinimide and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (3, 156 5, 342). Some Levris acids have also been found to suppress racemization SbCls is very effective, but yields of peptides are low. The most useful additive appears to be ZnClj, and this salt also increases the yield. ... 

Scheme 9. N-Ras peptide synthesis employing choline esters as C-terminal protecting group. EDC 1-ethyl-3 (dimethylamino)propyl-carbodiimide hydrochloride, HOBt 1-hydroxybenzo-tri azole...

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The utility of carbodiimide reagents was too important to consider abandoning them. Instead, it rapidly became obvious that carbodiimide activation could be used to prepare in situ active esters. Numerous nucleophilic additives were discovered and prepared for use in these reactions. The most important of these additives was 1,2,3-benzotriazol-l-ol (HOBt, 1), first reported for use in peptide synthesis by Konig and Geiger in 1970.[2(l As an example of a typical result, 1.2 equivalents of HOBt was added to the DCC coupling of Boc-Leu-Phe-OH to H-Val-OtBu in DMF as a solvent. Less than 1% of the l-d-l epimerized tripeptide was formed. When the reaction was carried out in the absence of HOBt, the amount of l-d-l product formed was 14.3%. Addition of HOBt to DCC reactions converts the intermediate G-acylisourea (2) (and any symmetrical anhydride) into the HOBt active ester 3 (Scheme 8). 

Unfortunately, A-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)aziridine-2-carboxylic acid cannot be used in peptide synthesis, since N-deprotection of the respective peptides with secondary amines leads to oxazoline or dehydroamino acid side products. Similarly, N-(tert-butoxy-carbonyl)aziridine-2-carboxylic acid is inappropriate due to the instability of the aziridine moiety to TFA treatment. Attempts to convert A-tritylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid into homogenous and stable active esters as useful intermediates in peptide synthesis leads to positive results only in the case of the pentafluorophenyl ester. 47 Consequently, this active ester seems to be the method of choice for acylating peptides. The related Abhydroxysuc-cinimide and A-3-hydroxy-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-l,2,3-benzotriazine ester could not be isolated in pure form and have therefore been used as crude products. 47 Access to 2-carbonylazir-idine peptides is also possible by carbodiimide-mediated coupling. Additionally, alkylamides of A-tritylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid are prepared by the azide method,1 5 yet this method fails in peptide coupling steps. 85 ... 

In solution-phase peptide synthesis, acylation of amino acids or peptides with N-protected azetidine-2-carboxylic acid is performed via the active esters, e.g. A-hydroxysuccin-imide 100 111-112 or pentachlorophenyl ester, m 117 as well as by the mixed anhydride 101114 or carbodiimide 118 methods. An attempt to prepare the A-carbonic acid anhydride by cycli-zation of A-(chloroformyl)azetidine-2-carboxylic acid with silver oxide in acetone or by addition of triethylamine in situ failed, presumably due to steric hindrance. 111 In SPPS, activation of the Fmoc-protected imino acid by HBTU 119,120 is reported. In solution-phase peptide synthesis, coupling of N-protected amino acids or peptides to C-protected azetidine-2-carboxylic acid or related peptides may be performed by active esters, 100 118 121 mixed anhydrides, 95 or similar methods. It may be worth mentioning that the probability of pip-erazine-2,5-dione formation from azetidine-2-carboxylic acid dipeptides is significantly reduced compared to proline dipeptides. 111 ... 

Dicyclohexyl carbodiimide (DCC) is one of the most frequently used coupling agents, especially in organic synthesis applications. It has been used for peptide synthesis since... 

The carbodiimide acts as an acid activating reagent (peptide synthesis). 

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