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Synthesis of Anisolylated Aspartyl and Glutamyl Tripeptides
Fabienne Berrée1, Kieyoung Chang, Agustín Cobas
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Abstract:
A process has been developed for transforming the beta-carboxyl of aspartate and the gamma-carboxyl of glutamate into anisolyl ketones. These ketones are occasional byproducts in peptide synthesis, resulting from deprotection or resin-removal processes in the presence of anisole as a scavenger. The ketone amino acids have been incorporated in a tripeptide by coupling with CBMIT. During peptide bond formation the keto group of the glutamyl residue required protection, which was provided as the ethylene dithioketal.
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