Revisiting N-to-O acyl shift for synthesis of natural product-like cyclic depsipeptides

Org Lett. 2014 Dec 5;16(23):6088-91. doi: 10.1021/ol503170b. Epub 2014 Nov 20.

Abstract

Despite the prevalence of head-to-side chain threonine linkages in natural products, their incorporation has been underexplored in synthetic cyclic peptides. Herein we investigate a cyclic peptide scaffold able to undergo an N-O acyl rearrangement. Upon acylation of the amine with diverse carboxylic acids, the resulting cyclic depsipeptides displayed favorable cellular permeability and a conformation similar to the parent peptide. The rearrangement was found to be scaffold and conformation dependent as evidenced by molecular dynamics experiments.

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis*
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / pharmacology
  • Depsipeptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Depsipeptides / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Depsipeptides
  • Peptides
  • Peptides, Cyclic