50466-60-9

Upstream product

• 2389-60-8 Z-Lys(Boc)-OH 
• 2491-20-5 L-alanine methyl ester hydrochloride 
• 2212-76-2 N^α-benzyloxycarbonyl-N^ε-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine dicyclohexylamine salt 

Downstream Products

• 136497-31-9 Z-Lys(Boc)-Ala-OCH₂CH=CH₂ 
• 95930-16-8 N^α-benzyloxycarbonyl-N^ε-t-butoxycarbonyl-L-lysyl-L-alanine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

A conformationally constrained fused tricyclic nisin AB-ring system mimic toward an improved pyrophosphate binder of lipid II

The bacteria-specific membrane component lipid II is essential for bacterial cell wall synthesis. A tricyclic nisin mimic was designed and synthesized in which both thioether moieties were mimicked by an alkane-bridge, as well as the introduction of a third conformational constraint consisting of a macrocyclic lactam-bridge between the N-terminus and the B-ring. The newly designed tricyclic AB-ring mimic was found to bind lipid II since it was able to inhibit nisin-induced membrane leakage in a dose-dependent manner. These results imply that the tricyclic AB-ring mimic may form a novel class of lead structures for the development of nisin-based peptide antibiotics.

Transesterifications with 1,8-Diazabicycloundec-7-ene/Lithium Bromide (DBU/LiBr) - Also Applicable to Cleavage of Peptides from Resins in Merrifield Syntheses

A mixture of the amidine base 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU) and LiBr (preferably 0.5 and 5 equiv., resp.) turns out to be a highly efficient catalyst (at 0-25 deg C) for saponifications (in THF/H2O) and transesterifications (in ROH).The scope and limitations of the method are determined using ca. two dozens of different ester/alcohol combinations (Schemes 2 and 3).The investigation is focused on peptides as substrates.Under carefully controlled conditions, no epimerization occurs with N-Boc- and N-Z-protected peptide esters, when methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, or allyl esters are the products, as shown for peptides containing up to six amino acids, with Ala, Leu, MeLeu, Asp(OEt), or Tyr at the C-terminus (Scheme 3 and Tables 1 and 2).Hydrolytic and transesterifying detachments of Boc-Leu-Ala-Gly-Val-OR and Boc-Leu-Ala-Gly-Phe-OR (R = H, Me) from PAM and Wang resins (1-8 h at 0-25 deg C, 2 equiv. of DBU, 5 equiv. of LiBr) can be achieved by this method without epimerization of the C-terminal stereogenic center; a comparison with other methods (HF, Ti(OR)4) is given (Schemes 4 and 5).Possible protecting-group strategies involving the DBU/LiBr method are discussed (Table 3).Extensive experimental details are given.