Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables a Zwitterionic Mechanism for Macrocyclic Peptide Formation: Computational Mechanistic Studies of CyClick Chemistry
Abstract: Macrocyclic peptides have become increasingly important in the pharmaceutical industry. We present a detailed computational investigation of the reaction mechanism of the recently developed “CyClick” chemistry to selectively form imidazolidinone cyclic peptides from linear peptide aldehydes, without using catalysts or directing groups (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 19073–19080). We conducted computational mechanistic to investigate the effects of intramolecular hydrogen bonds (IMHBs) in promoting a kinetically facile zwitterionic mechanism in “CyClick” of pentapeptide aldehyde AFGPA. Our DFT calculations highlighted the importance of IMHB in pre‐organization of the resting state, stabilization of the zwitterion intermediate, and the control of the product stereoselectivity. Furthermore, we have also identified that the low ring strain energy promotes the “CyClick” of hexapeptide aldehyde AAGPFA to form a thermodynamically more stable 15+5 imidazolidinone cyclic peptide product. In contrast, large ring strain energy suppresses “CyClick” reactivity of tetra peptide aldehyde AFPA from forming the 9+5 imidazolidinone cyclic peptide product.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Englisch
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Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables a Zwitterionic Mechanism for Macrocyclic Peptide Formation: Computational Mechanistic Studies of CyClick Chemistry ; day:17 ; month:08 ; year:2023 ; extent:8
Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; (17.08.2023) (gesamt 8)
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10.1002/anie.202307210
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023081815182360546915
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Shao, Huiling
- Adebomi, Victor
- Bruce, Angele
- Raj, Monika
- Houk, Kendall N.