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An effective organic solvent system for the dissolution of amino acids
1Laboratory of Peptide Chemistry, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region.
International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Dimethylformamide containing strong acids (CF3 COOH, HBF4, TosOH, etc.) and an excess of tertiary base with pK < or = 6 is an effective solvent system for the dissolution of amino acids and their derivatives. The preferable base is pyridine, which forms a system with an apparent pH of 5.3. Amino acids dissolved in this solvent system readily interact with acylating reagents (BOC(2)O, ZOSu, Fmoc-OSu and activated derivatives of N-protected amino acids). A number of BOC-, Z-, Fmoc-amino acids, as well as several dipeptides, were synthesized using this solvent system with 80-99% yields.