0000000000313964
AUTHOR
Grzegorz Pietrzynski
Synthesis of peptides with α,β‐dehydroamino acids, V. coupling experiments with C‐terminal dehydrophenylalanine and dehydroalanine residues
N-Protected model dipeptides of C-terminal (Z)-ΔPhe and ΔAla couple with glycine esters after activation with either diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA), N-cyclohexyl-N′-[2-(N-methylmorpholinio)ethyl]carbodiimide p-toluenesulfonate (WSC), N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide + 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (DCC + HOBt), or the mixed anhydride (MA) with isobutyl chlorocarbonate to give in good or mostly moderate yields the (Z)-ΔPhe-containing tripeptides 1 – 9 and ΔAla-containing tripeptides 11 – 19, respectively. In the MA and DPPA methods, further acylation products 20a – d are formed to a great extent, expecially during the ΔAla peptide syntheses. (E)-TFA-Gly-ΔPhe and Gly-OtBu, irrespective of the activati…
Synthesis, crystal structure and molecular conformation of the tBuCO-D,L-Ala-Δz-Phe-NhiPr α,β-unsaturated dipeptide
The crystal structure of the tBuCO-D,L-Ala-delta Z-Phe-NHiPr dipeptide has been solved by X-ray diffraction. The peptide crystallizes in monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with a = 13.445 (3) A, b = 35.088 (4) A, c = 14.755 (3) A, beta = 116.73 (1) degree, Z = 12 and dc = 1.151 g.cm-3. The three independent molecules per asymmetric unit accommodate a beta II-folded conformation, but only one of them contains the typical i + 3----i interaction characterizing a beta-turn. In the other two molecules, the N...O distance exceeds 3.2 A, a value generally considered the upper limit for hydrogen bonds in peptides. In solution, the beta II-turn conformation is largely predominant.
Conformational investigation of α,β-dehydropeptides. XVI. β-turn tendency in Ac-Pro-ΔXaa-NHMe: crystallographic and theoretical studies
The crystal structures of two diastereomeric alpha,beta-dehydrobutyrine peptides Ac-Pro-(Z)-DeltaAbu-NHMe (I) and Ac-Pro-(E)-DeltaAbu-NHMe (II) have been determined. Both dehydropeptides adopt betaI-turn conformation characterized by the pairs of (phi(i+1), psi(i+1)) and (phi(i+2), psi(i+2)) angles as -66, -19, -97, 11 degrees for I and -59, -27, -119, 29 degrees for II. In each peptide, the betaI turn is stabilized by (i + 3) --> i intramolecular hydrogen bonds with N...O distance of 3.12 A for I and 2.93 A for II. These structures have been compared to the crystal structures of homologous peptides Ac-Pro-DeltaVal-NHMe and Ac-Pro-DeltaAla-NHMe. Theoretical analyses by DFT/B3LYP/6-31 + G** …
Conformational investigation of α, β-dehydropeptides
The crystal structure of Ac-Pro-delta Val-NHCH3 was examined to determine the influence of the alpha,beta-dehydrovaline residue on the nature of peptide conformation. The peptide crystallizes from methanol-diethyl ether solution at 4 degrees in needle-shaped form in orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with a = 11.384(2) A, b = 13.277(2) A, c = 9.942(1) A, V = 1502.7(4) A3, Z = 4, Dm = 1.17 g.cm-3 and Dc = 1.18 g.cm-3. The structure was solved by direct methods using SHELXS-86 and refined to an R value of 0.057 for 1922 observed reflections. The peptide is found to adopt a beta-bend between the type I and the type III conformation with phi 1 = -68.3(4) degrees, psi 1 = -20.1(4) degrees, p…