Synthesis and library construction of privileged tetra-substituted Δ5-2-oxopiperazine as β-turn structure mimetics

ACS Comb Sci. 2014 Jan 13;16(1):24-32. doi: 10.1021/co400128a. Epub 2013 Nov 26.

Abstract

In this study, we developed an efficient and practical procedure for the synthesis of tetra-substituted Δ5-2-oxopiperazine that mimics the bioactive β-turn structural motif of proteins. This synthetic route is robust and modular enough to accommodate four different substituents to obtain a high level of molecular diversity without any deterioration in stereochemical enrichment of the natural and unnatural amino acids. Through the in silico studies, including a distance calculation of side chains and a conformational overlapping of our model compound with a native β-turn structure, we successfully demonstrated the conformational similarity of tetra-substituted Δ5-2-oxopiperazine to the β-turn motif. For the library construction in a high-throughput manner, the fluorous tag technology was adopted with the use of a solution-phase parallel synthesis platform. A 140-membered pilot library of tetra-substituted Δ5-2-oxopiperazines was achieved with an average purity of 90% without further purification.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Biomimetics
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Piperazines / chemical synthesis*
  • Piperazines / chemistry*
  • Proteins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Piperazines
  • Proteins