10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.11.001
The study focuses on the total syntheses of both enantiomers of bacillamide C and neobacillamide A, natural products with bioactivity, and their optical activities. The researchers aimed to resolve the confusion regarding the absolute configurations of these metabolites, which have been derived from microorganisms growing in marine and terrestrial environments. They synthesized the compounds using a stereospecific route from D-(-)-alanine and compared the specific rotation of the synthesized compounds to those reported in literature. The results indicated that the absolute configurations previously proposed for bacillamide C and neobacillamide A should be revised to (S). This finding is significant for genomic studies of their biosynthesis and for the use of bacillamide C as a building block in bioactive cyclic peptides.
10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.02.121
The research discusses the development and application of a new amino-linker, (aminoethoxycarbonyl)aminohexyl group (ssH-linker), for the efficient synthesis of oligonucleotide conjugates on solid-support at the 5'-terminal primary amine. The purpose of this study was to improve the modification efficacy of oligonucleotides (ONTs) for gene detection or gene delivery by attaching functional groups like fluorophores, hydrophobic molecules, or peptides. The ssH-linker was found to be superior to the conventional 6-aminohexyl group (C6-linker) in terms of the rapid removal of amino-protecting groups and the efficient covalent connection with activated amino acids or cholesterol molecules. The study concluded that the ssH-linker is a useful terminal modification for solid-support conjugation of functional molecules, offering higher conjugation yields and faster deprotection compared to the C6-linker. Key chemicals used in the process included monomethoxytrityl (MMT) as a protecting group, N-protected phenylalanine (N-Fmoc-Phe) and its pentafluorophenyl ester (N-Fmoc-Phe-OPfp) for amino acid conjugation, and cholesteryl chloroformate for conjugation with cholesterol. Activation reagents such as (benzotriazol-1-yloxy)tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyBOP), O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (HBTU), and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) were also utilized in the coupling reactions.