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Maheshwerreddy Chilamari1, Jacob R Immel1, Pei-Hsuan Chen1
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States.
Abstract:
Combining a transition metal with a photocatalyst can drive modern synthetic chemistry. For transformations performed in water, this concept has been largely unexplored. We report the successful merger of a biocompatible flavin photocatalyst with a palladium catalyst to build isotopically enriched peptidomimetics, to mediate conjugate addition and C-H functionalization reactions, and to assemble unprotected proteinogenic and nonproteinogenic peptides, in water. We detail the important role of the ligand and the palladium oxidation state for controlling product selectivity when constructing synthetic peptides.
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