Solid-phase peptide synthesis and solid-phase fragment coupling mediated by isonitriles.

Wang, Ting; Danishefsky, Samuel J · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The synthesis of polypeptides on solid phase via mediation by isonitriles is described. The acyl donor is a thioacid, which presumably reacts with the isonitrile to generate a thio-formimidate carboxylate mixed anhydride intermediate. Applications of this chemistry to reiterative solid-phase peptide synthesis as well as solid-phase fragment coupling are described.

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