Distamycin-NA: A DNA analog with an aromatic heterocyclic polyamide backbone. Part 2. Solid-phase synthesis of distamycin-NAs containing the nucleobase uracil: Unexpected solvent participation in the coupling step

Sauter, Guido; Leumann, Christian (1998). Distamycin-NA: A DNA analog with an aromatic heterocyclic polyamide backbone. Part 2. Solid-phase synthesis of distamycin-NAs containing the nucleobase uracil: Unexpected solvent participation in the coupling step. Helvetica chimica acta, 81(5-8), pp. 916-931. Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta 10.1002/hlca.19980810512

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10.1002/hlca.19980810512.abs The synthesis of the Fmoc-protected amino acid 2 is presented. First attempts of amide-bond formation to the homodimer 4 in solution showed only poor coupling yields indicative for the low reactivity of the amino and carboxy groups in the building blocks 1 and 2, respectively (Scheme 1). Best coupling yields were found using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) without any additive. The oligomerization of building block 2 adopting the Fmoc ((9H-fluoren-9-ylmethoxy)carbonyl) solid-phase synthesis yielded a mixture of N-terminal-modified distamycin-NA derivatives. By combined HPLC and MALDI-TOF-MS analysis, the N-terminal functional groups could be identified as acetamide and N,N-dimethylformamidine functions, arising from coupling of the N-terminus of the growing chain with residual AcOH or DCC-activated solvent DMF. An improved preparation of building block 2 and coupling protocol led to the prevention of the N-terminal acetylation. However, ‘amidination’ could not be circumvented. A thus isolated tetramer of 2, containing a lysine unit at the C-terminus and a N,N-dimethylformamidine-modified N-terminus, not unexpectedly, showed no complementary base pairing to DNA and RNA, as determined by standard UV-melting-curve analysis.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Leumann, Christian

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

0018-019X

Publisher:

Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christian Leumann

Date Deposited:

20 May 2015 13:35

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:47

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/hlca.19980810512

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.68607

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/68607

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