Synthesis and application of sialic acid-containing building blocks for glycopeptide libraries. Establishing glycosylation conditions
作者:Koen M. Halkes、Phaedria M. St. Hilaire、Anita M. Jansson、Charlotte H. Gotfredsen、Morten Meldal
DOI:10.1039/a908321i
日期:——
Three different sialic acid-containing building blocks (6–8) were synthesized for use in solid-phase glycopeptide libraries. Investigation of the conditions for glycosylation of threonine (Thr) with various sialic acid donors revealed that the best results were obtained by coupling glycosyl xanthate 2 to the acceptors Fmoc-Thr-OH (5) or the α-azido acid analogue of Thr, 4. Among several catalysts employed, phenylsulfanyl triflate (PST) afforded the best yields. Both the N-Fmoc and α-azido analogues of Thr allowed glycosylation with good stereoselectivity in 80% (→ 8) and 84% (→ 6) yield, respectively. Introduction of a phenylthio group in the 3 position of the sialic acid donor 3, to assist the stereoselective outcome of the glycosylation reaction, gave good results; however difficulties in the removal of the phenylthio auxiliary group made this route less attractive.
Both building blocks 6 and 8 were successfully introduced in solid-phase glycopeptide synthesis. Interestingly, alkaline deprotection of the Fmoc group of 8, necessary for subsequent introduction of amino acids, resulted in an immediate attack of the α-amino group on the sialic acid methyl ester to form the lactam 14. This side reaction was also observed during reduction of the azido acid building block 6 under alkaline conditions, but could be suppressed by performing the reduction under acidic conditions. Lactam formation was completely avoided by hydrolysis of the methyl ester prior to reduction of the azide.
合成了三种不同的含唾液酸结构单元 (6-8),用于固相糖肽文库。对苏氨酸 (Thr) 与各种唾液酸供体的糖基化条件的研究表明,通过将糖基黄原酸 2 与受体 Fmoc-Thr-OH (5) 或 Thr, 4 的 α-叠氮酸类似物偶联可获得最佳结果在使用的几种催化剂中,苯硫基三氟甲磺酸酯(PST)的产率最高。 Thr 的 N-Fmoc 和 α-叠氮类似物都可以进行糖基化,具有良好的立体选择性,产率分别为 80% (→ 8) 和 84% (→ 6)。在唾液酸供体3的3位引入苯硫基,以辅助糖基化反应的立体选择性结果,得到了良好的结果;然而,去除苯硫基辅助基团的困难使得该路线不太有吸引力。
结构单元 6 和 8 均已成功引入固相糖肽合成中。有趣的是,随后引入氨基酸所必需的 Fmoc 基团 8 的碱性脱保护导致 α-氨基立即攻击唾液酸甲酯,形成内酰胺 14。在还原过程中也观察到了这种副反应叠氮酸结构单元6在碱性条件下的还原,但可以通过在酸性条件下进行还原来抑制。通过在叠氮化物还原之前水解甲酯,完全避免了内酰胺的形成。