Azopeptides: Synthesis and Pericyclic Chemistry

Org Lett. 2015 Nov 6;17(21):5400-3. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02723. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Abstract

Azopeptides possess an imino urea as an amino amide surrogate in the sequence. Azopeptides were synthesized by oxidation of aza-glycine residues and employed in pericyclic chemistry. Diels-Alder cyclizations and Alder-ene reactions on azopeptides enabled construction of constrained aza-pipecolyl and reactive aza-allylglycyl residues. X-ray crystallographic analyses of azopeptide 16a and azapeptides 30a and 35a provided insight into imino urea configuration and conformational affects of cycloalkane side chains at the semicarbazide α- and β-nitrogen, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Azo Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Azo Compounds / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cyclization
  • Glycine / chemistry
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Semicarbazides / chemistry

Substances

  • Azo Compounds
  • Peptides
  • Semicarbazides
  • carbamylhydrazine
  • Glycine