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Kento Ohkawachi1, Daishiro Kobayashi1, Kyohei Morimoto1
1Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
Abstract:
Sulfanylmethyl-installed dimethylaminopyridine, 2-sulfanylmethyl-4-dimethylaminopyridine (2), has an acidic thiol group comparable to that in aryl thiols due to the formation of a zwitterion consisting of a thiolate anion and a pyridinium cation. It can be used as an additive for native chemical ligation. The alkyl thiol in 2 allows it to be used for the one-pot native chemical ligation-desulfurization protocol in peptide synthesis. The utility of 2 in the synthesis of cyclic peptides is demonstrated.
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