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Synthesis Of Peptide-Α-Phenylthioesters Using A Solid Support With A Photoreactive Nitroindoline Moiety, Andrew Pardo
Synthesis Of Peptide-Α-Phenylthioesters Using A Solid Support With A Photoreactive Nitroindoline Moiety, Andrew Pardo
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Peptide-alpha-phenylthioesters are particularly reactive starting materials for Native Chemical Ligation. Here we present a new photochemical method for the synThesis of peptide-alpha-phenylthioesters under neutral reaction conditions with various C-terminal amino acids. The peptides were synthesized by Fmoc strategy on Sieber amide resin with a photoreactive nitroindoline linker. After cleavage of the photoreactive and fully protected peptide from the beads with dilute trifluoroacetic acid an auxiliary nucleophile such as N-hydroxybenzotriazole or N-hydroxysuccinimide is used to photochemically generate the activated peptide ester in situ. Then thiophenol is introduced in the dark. This new method enabled us to synthesize peptide-alpha-phenylthioesters up to 21 …