19959-27-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Solid phase synthesis of chiral 3-substituted quinazoline-2,4-diones
Gouilleux, Laurent,Fehrentz, Jean-Alain,Winternitz,Martinez, Jean
, p. 7031 - 7034 (1996)
The synthesis of chiral 3-substituted quinazoline-2,4-diones was performed starting from N-urethane anthranilamides. This synthetic pathway was applied in solid phase, from commercially available anthranilic acid that was bound to hydroxymethyl polystyrene resin via a carbamate linker. In both cases, cyclisation occurred under basic conditions to afford non-racemized quinazolinediones in high purity.
Ester vs. amide on folding: A case study with a 2-residue synthetic peptide
Vijayadas, Kuruppanthara N.,Nair, Roshna V.,Gawade, Rupesh L.,Kotmale, Amol S.,Prabhakaran, Panchami,Gonnade, Rajesh G.,Puranik, Vedavadi G.,Rajamohanan, Pattuparambil R.,Sanjayan, Gangadhar J.
supporting information, p. 8348 - 8356 (2013/12/04)
Although known for their inferiority as hydrogen-bonding acceptors when compared to amides, esters are often found at the C-terminus of peptides and synthetic oligomers (foldamers), presumably due to the synthetic readiness with which they are obtained using protected peptide coupling, deploying amino acid esters at the C-terminus. When the H-bonding interactions deviate from regularity at the termini, peptide chains tend to "fray apart". However, the individual contributions of C-terminal esters in causing peptide chain end-fraying goes often unnoticed, particularly due to diverse competing effects emanating from large peptide chains. Herein, we describe a striking case of a comparison of the individual contributions of C-terminal ester vs. amide carbonyl as a H-bonding acceptor in the folding of a peptide. A simple two-residue peptide fold has been used as a testing case to demonstrate that amide carbonyl is far superior to ester carbonyl in promoting peptide folding, alienating end-fraying. This finding would have a bearing on the fundamental understanding of the individual contributions of stabilizing/destabilizing non-covalent interactions in peptide folding.
