Clickable glycopeptoids for synthesis of glycopeptide mimic

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo401720s

Structurally diverse novel glycopeptoids were synthesized which can be attached to biologically important peptides by click reaction to improve their potential to be used in medicinal chemistry. Triazole-linked αβ-hydrid glycopeptoids were synthesized that mimic the conserved linkage region of N-linked glycoproteins in eukaryotes. The amide bonds were replaced with triazole rings, and αβ-hybrid peptoids were introduced as the backbone modification in peptidomimetics. In addition to their facile synthesis, these modifications have the possibility of introducing otherwise impossible conformations in the peptide backbone.

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Clickable Glycopeptoids for Synthesis of Glycopeptide Mimic
Anadi Singhamahapatra, Laxminarayan Sahoo, and Duraikkannu Loganathan
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Anadi Singhamahapatra,* Laxminarayan Sahoo and Duraikkannu Loganathanƚ
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 600036, India
Email: singhaindia@gmail.com
August 2013
 Correspondence: Anadi Singhamahapatra, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, Chennai – 600036, India; Tel.: +91-44-22575221, +91-9884242732; Fax:
091-44-22570509; E-mail: singhaindia@gmail.com
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Deceased on 9th February, 2013
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Abstract
Structurally diverse novel glycopeptoids were synthesized which can be attached to biologically
important peptides by click reaction to improve their potential to be used in medicinal chemistry.
Triazole linked αβ-hydrid glycopeptoids were synthesized which mimic the conserved linkage region
of N-linked glycoproteins in eukaryotes. The amide bonds were replaced with triazole rings and
αβ-hybrid peptoids were introduced as the backbone modification in peptidomimetic. In addition to
their facile synthesis, these modifications has the possibility to introduce otherwise impossible
conformations in the peptide backbone.
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Diversely functionalized bio-molecules with higher conformational flexibility for the synthesis of
bio-inspired synthetic polymers and macromolecules have developed as a useful tool in chemical
biology. Glycosylation is the most significant post-translational modification of proteins, playing vital
roles in cell-cell recognition, cell growth regulation, cell differentiation, immunological response,
metastasis, and bacterial and viral infections. Being secondary gene products and due to their template
independent bio-synthesis, glycoproteins are micro-heterogeneous in nature. The glycan part of N-
linked glycoptroteins controls not only the biological function of the proteins but also their physical
attributes e.g. solubility, conformation and folding.1-5 To understand the structure activity relation of N-
linked glycoprotein and to utilize it for bio-medical application is a challenging problem in
glycobiology. It is difficult to extract glycopeptides from natural sources with significant quantity and
sufficient purity for practical applications. In addition to that, their low bioavailability and poor
proteolytic stability have hindered the potential application of these bio-molecules in medicinal
chemistry. Synthesis of glycopeptide mimics is an alternative approach in this regard. In the last couple
of decades, peptoids have emerged as a major class of backbone modified peptide mimic6-10 and also
have been used in the area of glycopeptide mimetics.11-19 These bio-inspired synthetic compounds are
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oligo(N-substituted glycines), with almost limitless structural diversity and relatively
easy synthesis. The enhanced proteolytic stability, increased cellular permeability and higher
conformational flexibility compared to natural peptides make this class of molecules potentially useful
for medical application. Unlike natural peptides which mainly exist in trans amide conformation, these
peptoid molecules are facilitated with free rotation around the amide bonds.20 In case of β-peptoid, the
addition of extra methylene group introduces additional torsion angle (θ) in the peptoid backbone21
(Figure 1).
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Figure 1 Comparative conformation of peptide, α-peptoid and β peptoid
In the literature of synthetic peptides and glycopeptide mimetic, triazole rings are frequently used as the
replacement of the trans amide bonds not only because of their facile synthesis by click reaction but also
their similarity in structure, polarity and the ability to compensate the hydrogen bonding of amide bonds
to some extent.22-25 Selective and systematic substitution of natural amide bonds with triazole rings in
synthetic N-linked glycopeptoids will introduce not only structural diversity but also improve their
proteolytic stability for bio-medical application. In this present work, a series of triazole linked
αβ-hybrid glycopeptoids were synthesized with systematic variation of the peptoid and the glycan part
(Figure 2). These peptoid building blocks (1a-4c) can be used for synthesis of larger peptides or
incorporated in natural peptides.
Figure 2 Triazole linked hybrid glycopeptoid building blocks
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For the synthesis of triazole linked αβ-hybrid glycopeptoids (Figure 2), we started with the synthesis of
N-propargylated peptoid based starting materials (5-8). Propargyl amine was alkylated using tert-butyl
bromoacetate (1 equiv.) in presence of K2CO3 (2 equiv.) as the base. The resulting mixture of mono and
dialkylated amines were reacted with chloroacetyl chloride (1.2 equiv.) using K2CO3 (2 equiv.) as the
base (Scheme 1). Column purification of the crude reaction mixture gave the desired product
N-propargylated αα-peptoid building block (5) in 70% overall yield in two steps.
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Scheme 1 Synthesis of N-propargylated αα- and βα-peptoid building block
N-propargylated βα-peptoid building block (6) was synthesized in 65% yield (in 2 steps) using the same
methodology as that of 5, except for using 2-chloropropionyl chloride (1.2 equiv.) in place of
chloroacetyl chloride. N-propargylated αβ-peptoid building block (7) was synthesized in 90% overall
yield by Michael addition of propargyl amine (1.5 equiv.) to tert-butyl acrylate (1 equiv.) followed by
reaction of the resulting secondary amine with chloroacetyl chloride (1.1 equiv.) in presence of K2CO3
(2 equiv.) as the base (Scheme 2). Replacing chloroacetyl chloride with 2-chloropropionyl chloride (1.1
equiv.) resulted in the formation of N-propargylated ββ-peptoid building block (8) in 75% overall yield
in two steps.
Scheme 2 Synthesis N-propargylated αβ- and ββ-peptoid building block
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2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose (9b) and D-galactose (9c) were used for click reaction with
N-propargylated hybrid peptoid building blocks (5-8). Per-O-acetylated β-D-glucopyranosyl azide (9a)
was reacted with N-propargylated αα-peptoid building block (5) in presence of Cu(I) as the catalyst
which was generated in situ by the reaction of copper sulfate (20 mol%) and sodium ascorbate
(40 mol%) (Scheme 3). Triazole-linked αα-glycopeptoid (1a) was obtained in 80% yield after column
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appeared as two peaks or broad peaks due to presence of rotamers resulting from the rotation of
N-alkylated amide bonds. The trizole proton appeared as two singlets at 7.87 and 7.86 ppm with integral
ratio of 1: 1.4 in 400 MHz 1H NMR spectrum recorded in CDCl3 at 298K. The C4 carbon of the triazole
ring appeared as two signals at 143.8 and 143.7 ppm and the C5 carbon at 122.2 and 121.1 ppm in
100 MHz 13C NMR which confirmed the formation of the 1,4-triazole ring. The formation of the desired
compound was further confirmed from the presence of molecular ion peak at 619.2037 in the ESI-MS
HRMS spectrum.
Scheme 3 Synthesis triazole linked αβ-hybrid glycopeptoid building blocks
With systematic variation in the glycan part and the aglycan part a series of triazole linked
glycopeptoids (Table 1) were synthesized by Cu(I) catalyzed click reaction of per-O-acetylated
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D-glycopyranosyl azides (9a, 9b and 9c) and N-propargylated hybrid building blocks (5-8). For the αα-
glycopeptoid derived from D-GlcNAc the triazole proton appeared as a singlet at 7.94 ppm in the 400
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of the triazole ring. In case of D-galactose derived αα-glycopeptoid (1c) the triazole proton appeared as
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Table 1 Synthesis of triazole linked αβ-hybrid glycopeptoid
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triazole rings gave two signals each in the 13C NMR spectrum except in case of peptoid derived from D-
GlcNAc 1b. The variation in the ratio of integrals of the two peaks corresponding to the triazole protons
in the glycopeptoids (1a-4c) reflects the conformational heterogeneity in the molecules with variation in
both the glycan and aglycan parts. The chloroacetamide derivative 1a was converted to azidoacetamide
(1d) by reaction with sodium azide in a mixture of acetone and water (2: 1) at 60 ˚C (scheme 4).
Scheme 4 Synthesis of azide functionalized triazole linked αα-glycopeptoid
The linkage region of N-linked glycoproteins is conserved as -(D-GlcNAc)-Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr- (Xaa =
any amino acid other than proline) in all the eukaryotic cells. After synthesis of the triazole linked
hybrid glycopeptoids, amide linked N-propargylated glycopeptoid (10) was synthesized as a mimic of
the GlcNAc-Asn linkage region which can be used for the synthesis of triazole linked large
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glycopeptide mimic. The synthesis started with selective deprotection of the tert-butyl ester of
compound 5, followed by activation of the resultant free acid group using diisopropylcarbodiimide
(DIC). The DIC activated acid (5a) was reacted with per-O-acetylated 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-
glucopyranosyl amine which was obtained by catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding azide using
Pd/C in H2 atmosphere (Scheme 5).26 Compound 10 was obtained in 70% yield after purification using
column chromatography. The alkyne protons of the N-propargyl group appeared as two singlets at 2.45
and 2.35 ppm with integral ratio of 4 : 1 in 400 MHz 1H NMR, attributed to presence of rotamers in the
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Scheme 5 Synthesis N-propargylated GlcNAc-Asn mimic
To extend the peptoid chain by click reaction N-azidoacetamide functionalized L-threonine derivative
(13) was synthesized by protecting the the acid group of L-threonine (11) as methyl ester followed by
selective chloroacylation of the amine using chloroacetic anhydride. The free hydroxyl group of
compound 12 was protected as acetate following the conversion of the chloroacetamide to
azidoacetamide (Scheme 6). Compound 13 was obtained in 50% overall yield starting from L-threonine
(11). The azidoacetamide 13 was reacted with N-propargylated glycopeptoid 10 in presence of Cu(I) as
catalyst (Scheme 6). The desired glycotripeptoid 14 was obtained in 80% yield after column
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Scheme 6 Synthesis of triazole linked glycotripeptide mimic
To extend the use of glycopeptoid for the synthesis of glycopeptide mimic with unlimited size, alkyne
functionalized mimic (20) of the conserved linkage region in N-linked glycotripeptide (-GlcNAc-β-Asn-
Xaa-Ser/Thr-) was synthesized starting from αβ-glycopeptoid 2b. Alkyne functionalized L-threonine
derivative 17 was synthesized starting from commercially available N-Boc protected L-threonine (15)
by acetylation of the secondary hydroxyl group followed by reaction of the free acid with propargyl
amine after activation using DIC (Scheme 7). Compound 17 was obtained in 70% overall yield in two
steps after purification using column chromatography. The N-Boc protection of compound 17 and the
tert-butyl ester protection of compound 2b were removed using mixture of TFA and DCM (1:1). The
acid group of compound 19 was activated using DIC and reacted with the amine 18 to give the desired
peptoid 20 in 65% yield after column purification (Scheme 7).
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Scheme 7 Synthesis of alkyne functionalized glycotripeptide mimic
In conclusion, a series of glycopeptoids were synthesized with systematic variation in the glycan and
aglycan parts. The NMR spectra of all the compounds showed conformational heterogeneity in solution
as observed from the presence of two peaks or broad peaks for each protons and carbons in their 1H and
13C NMR which can be attributed to the presence of rotamers due to rotation around the N-alkylated
amide bonds. Alkyne functionalized glycopeptoid 10 was synthesized which was used for the synthesis
of peptoid based mimic (17) of the conserved glycotripeptide linkage region of all eukaryotes. As a
representative example for the application of triazole linked αβ-hybrid glycopeptoids (1a-4c), alkyne
functionalized glycotripeptoid 20 was synthesized from glycopeptoid 1b. The alkyne functionalized
glycopeptoids 10 and glycotripeptoid 20 are just a click away from the synthesis of glycopeptide mimic
with unlimited size by click reaction with azide functionalized peptide. The incorporation of these
glycopeptoid in natural peptides will introduce higher flexibility with unnatural conformational,
improved proteolytic stability and greater scope for therapeutic application.
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1. Synthesis of N-propargylated αα-peptoid building block (5)
Propargyl amine (0.2 mL, 3.1 mmol) was added to a suspension of K2CO3 (850 mg, 6.2 mmol) in dry
acetonitrile (5 mL) at 0 ˚C. To this mixture tert-butyl bromoacetate (0.5 mL, 3.3 mmol) was added drop
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temperature. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was filtered and washed with
dichloromethane (10 mL x 2). The combined filtrate was concentrated to dryness and the crude reaction
mixture, thus obtained, was purified by column chromatography to give the title compound as syrup.
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27.9 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for C11H17NO3Cl ([M+H]+): 246.0897; found 246.0900.
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73.1, 48.9, 47.5, 39.5, 39.4, 38.2, 36.3, 36.2, 35.6, 28.2, 28.1 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for
C12H19NO3Cl ([M+H]+): 260.1053; found 260.1041.
3. Synthesis of N-propargylated αβ-peptoid building block (7)
Propargyl amine (0.3 mL, 4.6 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl acrylate (0.5 mL, 3.4 mmol)
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for 24 h allowing it to come to room temperature. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture
was filtered and washed with dichloromethane (10 mL x 2). The combined filtrate was concentrated to
dryness and the crude reaction mixture thus obtained was purified by column chromatography to give
the title compound as syrup.
Yield 90% (790 mg), 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 4.25 (s, 1H, CH2), 4.23, 422 (2s, 2H, -CH2-), 4.16
(s, 1H, CH2), 3.77 (t, 1H, J = 6.8 Hz, -CH2-), 3.68 (t, 1H, J = 6.8 Hz, -CH2-), 2.64–2.57 (m, 2H,
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33.7, 28.2 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS: Calculted for C12H19NO3Cl ([M+H]+): 260.1053; found 260.1041.
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5. Synthesis of triazole-linked N-glycopeptoids (1a-4c)
N-propargylated peptoid building block (1 mmol) and per-O-acetylated glycopyranosyl azide (1 mmol)
were dissolved in acetone (12 mL). To the stirred reaction mixture, a solution of copper sulfate (50 mg,
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ascorbate (80 mg, 0.4 mmol). The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 24 h.
After completion of the reaction as monitored by TLC, acetone was removed by applying vacuum. The
reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (80 mL) and washed with water (20 mL) followed by
brine solution (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to
dryness. The crude product was purified by column chromatography by eluting with ethyl acetate and
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Glycopeptoid 1a: Yield 80% (495 mg), m.p. 114-116 °C, []D -26.3° (c = 0.1, CHCl3), 1H-NMR (CDCl3,
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5.56-5.44 (m, 1H, H-3), 5.30-5.21 (m, 1H, H-4), 4.75-4.66 (m, 2H, -CH2-Cl), 4.34-4.27 (m, 2H, H-6a,
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170.8, 170.7, 170.6 (x 2), 169.4, 167.8, 167.7, 167.2 (x 2), 143.4, 143.2, 122.9, 121.8, 86.4, 85.8, 83.1,
82.3, 75.0 (x 2), 72.3, 72.2, 68.2, 68.1, 61.9, 61.8, 53.9, 53.6, 50.4, 48.4, 44.3, 42.7, 41.3, 41.2, 28.1,
28.0, 22.9, 22.8, 20.8 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for C25H36N5O11NaCl ([M+Na]+): 640.1998;
found 640.2015.
Glycopeptoid 1c: Yield 82% (500 mg), m.p. 58-61 °C, []D -1.6° (c = 0.5, CHCl3), 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400
MHz): δ 7.90, 7.88 (2s, 1H, triazole H), 5.82-5.77 (m, 1H, H-1), 5.56-5.43 (m, 2H, H-2 & H-3), 5.27-
5.21 (m, 1H, H-4), 4.79-4.59 (m, 2H, -CH2-), 4.32-4.02 (m, 7H, H-5, H-6a, H-6b, -N-CH2-CO-,-N-CH2-
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13C-NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz):  170.4, 170.2, 169.9, 169.2, 168.9, 167.7, 167.0, 143.9, 143.8, 122.3,
121.1, 86.5, 86.4, 83.1, 82.3, 74.3, 74.2, 70.9, 70.6, 68.2, 68.1, 66.9, 61.3, 61.2, 50.3, 48.4, 44.6, 42.7,
41.2, 28.2, 28.1, 20.8, 20.7, 20.6, 20.3 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for C25H36N4O12Cl ([M+H]+):
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13C-NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz):  170.7, 170.3, 170.1, 169.4, 168.7, 166.9, 144.3, 122.5, 120.6, 85.9,
81.7, 77.4, 75.4, 75.3, 72.6, 72.4, 70.6, 67.7, 61.5, 44.2, 43.0, 41.7, 41.4, 41.1, 34.3, 33.6, 28.2, 28.1,
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(2s, 9H, C(CH3)3) ppm; 13C-NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz):  171.4, 170.9, 170.8, 170.7, 170.6, 170.5, 170.4,
169.4, 167.2, 167.1, 143.9, 143.8, 123.0, 121.4, 86.4, 86.0, 81.7, 81.1, 77.4, 75.1, 75.0, 72.3, 72.2, 68.2,
68.1, 61.8, 53.9, 53.5, 44.1, 43.2, 41.8, 41.5, 41.1, 34.4, 33.6, 28.2, 28.1, 22.9, 22.8, 20.8 ppm; ESI-MS
HRMS Calculated for C26H38N5O11NaCl ([M+Na]+): 654.2154; found 654.2147.
Glycopeptoid 2c: Yield 95% (600 mg), m.p. 68-70 °C, []D -6.8° (c = 1, CHCl3), H-NMR (CDCl3, 400
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Glycopeptoid 3a: Yield 95% (620 mg), m.p. 48-49 C, []D -20.5° (c = 0.5, CHCl3), H-NMR (CDCl3,
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44.2, 42.1, 39.7, 36.2, 36.1, 31.7, 28.1, 28.0 22.7, 20.8 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for
C26H37N4O12NaCl ([M+Na]+): 655.1994; found 655.1999.
Glycopeptoid 3b: Yield 85% (555 mg), m.p. 107-108 °C, []D -29.5° (c = 0.7, CHCl3), 1H-NMR (CDCl3,
400 MHz): δ 7.93, 7.92 (2s, 1H, triazole H), 6.70-6.63 (m, 1H, NHAc), 6.12-6.03 (m, 1H, H-1), 5.58-
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20.8 ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for C27H39N4O12NaCl ([M+Na]+): 669.2151; found 669.2159.
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34.7, 34.1, 28.1, 22.9, 20.8 (x 2) ppm; ESI-MS HRMS Calculated for C27H41N5O11Cl ([M+H]+):
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6. Synthesis of azide functionalized triazole linked N-glycopeptoids (1d)
Glycopeptoid 1a (320 mg, 0.5 mmol) was dissolved in acetone (14 mL) and aqueous solution (7 mL) of
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After completion of the reaction, acetone was removed by applying vacuum. The reaction mixture was
extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL) and washed with water (20 mL) followed by brine solution (20
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completion of the reaction, as monitored by TLC, the reaction mixture was dried by applying vacuum.
To the crude product in dry dichloromethane, diisopropylcarbodiimide (130 mg, 1 mmol) was added
under nitrogen atmosphere at 0 ˚C. After stirring the mixture for 30 min at 0 ˚C, solution of sugar amine
9d26 in dry dichloromethane was added. After stirring the reaction mixture for 24 h at room temperature,
it was diluted with dichloromethane (20 mL) and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated by applying
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C21H29N3O10Cl ([M+H]+): 518.1541; found 518.1528.
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To a suspension of L-threonine (250 mg, 2 mmol) in dry methanol (10 mL) at 0 ˚C, thionyl chloride (0.3
mL, 4 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 24 h allowing it to come to room temperature.
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dissolved in methanol (15 mL) and sodium bicarbonate (600 mg, 7 mmol) was added. To the stirring
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Calculated for C9H14N4O5Na ([M+Na]+): 281.0862; found 281.0871.
9. Synthesis of glycopeptoid 14 by click reaction
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N-Boc L-threonine (15, 440 mg, 2 mmol) was dissolved in dry DCM (10 mL) and triethyl amine (0.6
mL, 4 mmol) was added to it. The reaction mixture was stirred for 24 h after adding acetyl chloride (0.2
mL, 2.8 mmol). The reaction mixture was dried by applying vacuum. The crude reaction mixture was
dissolved in dry DCM (10 mL) and diisopropylcarbodiimide (0.4 mL, 2.5 mmol) was added to it at
0 ˚C. After stirring the reaction mixture at the same temperature for 30 min, propargyl amine (0.2 mL, 3
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mixture was concentrated in rotaevaporator. The product was purified by column chromatography to
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(m, 1H, CH), 2.04 (bs, 3H, OCOCH3), 1.46 (s, 9H, OCOC(CH3)3), 1.27 (d, 3H, J = 4.8, CHCH3) ppm;
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Acknowledgment: The authors thank Indian Institute of Technology Madras for NMR and X-ray
facility. AS is thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for the
award of Senior Research Fellowships. LNS is thankful to University Grants Commission (UGC), New
Delhi for the award of Senior Research Fellowship. The authors are thankful to Prof. S. Sankararaman,
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras for his valuable inputs during the
manuscript preparation.
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