Peptides from RuAAC- Derived 1,5-Disubstituted Triazole Units
Journal article, 2014

Non-natural peptides with structures and functions similar to natural peptides have emerged lately in biomedical as well as nanotechnological contexts. They are interesting for pharmaceutical applications since they can adopt structures with new targeting potentials and because they are generally not prone to degradation by proteases. We report here a new set of peptidomimetics derived from -peptides, consisting of n units of a 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole amino acid (5Tzl). The monomer was prepared using ruthenium-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) chemistry using [RuCl2Cp*](x) as the catalyst, allowing for simpler purification and resulting in excellent yields. This achiral monomer was used to prepare peptide oligomers that are water soluble independent of peptide chain length. Conformational analysis and structural investigations of the oligomers were performed by 2D NOESY NMR experiments, and by quantum chemical calculations using the B97X-D functional. These data indicate that several conformations may co-exist with slight energetic differences. Together with their increased hydrophilicity, this feature of homo-5Tzl may prove essential for mimicking natural peptides composed of -amino acids, where the various secondary structures are achieved by side chain effects and not by the rigidity of the peptide backbone. The improved synthetic method allows for facile variation of the 5Tzl amino acid side chains, further increasing the versatility of these compounds.

Cycloaddition

Conformation analysis

Foldamers

Nitrogen heterocycles

Click chemistry

Peptidomimetics

Author

Johan Johansson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

Elin Linnea Hermansson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

Bengt Nordén

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

Nina Kann

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Organic Chemistry

Tamas Beke-Somfai

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

1434-193X (ISSN) 10990690 (eISSN)

Vol. 2014 13 2703-2713

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

DOI

10.1002/ejoc.201400018

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10/8/2017