The present invention provides a protecting reagent that can be removed in a high yield even under acidic conditions and can afford a resulting product at a high purity in an organic synthesis reaction such as peptide synthesis and the like. The inventive protecting reagent is particular benzylic compound having only one hydroxyl group substituted by an organic group having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of not less than 14.
The present invention provides a protecting reagent that can be removed in a high yield even under acidic conditions and can afford a resulting product at a high purity in an organic synthesis reaction such as peptide synthesis and the like. The inventive protecting reagent is particular benzylic compound having only one hydroxyl group substituted by an organic group having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of not less than 14.
The present invention relates to a method of removing an Fmoc group, including a step of mixing a compound represented by the formula (I):
HS-L-COOH (I)
wherein L is a C
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alkylene group optionally having substituent(s), an amino group-containing compound protected by an Fmoc group, and a base to give a reaction mixture containing a compound represented by the formula (II):
Fm-S-L-COOH (II)
wherein Fm is a 9-fluorenylmethyl group, and L is as mentioned above, and an amino group-containing compound, and a step of removing the compound represented by the formula (II) by washing the obtained reaction mixture with a basic aqueous solution. According to the present invention, a removal method of Fmoc group, which can remove a dibenzofulvene derivative as a byproduct with ease, can be provided.
Provided is a protecting reagent which can undergo deprotection in high yield even under acidic conditions in organic synthesis, e.g., peptide synthesis, and which enables high-purity products to be obtained. The protecting reagent is a benzyl compound represented by formula(I), which has only one hydroxyl group substituted by an organic group comprising an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and having 14 or more carbon atoms in total. [In formula(I), Y represents a hydroxyl group or -NHR (R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, or an aralkyl); Ra represents an organic comprising an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, the total number of carbon atoms of the organic group being 14 or more; the n Rbs each independently represents a C1-6 alkoxy, a halogen atom, or C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms; and n is an integer of 0-4.]
Peptides may be continuously produced by a method including the following steps (1), (A), (2), and (B):
(1) performing a condensation reaction in a flow reactor to obtain an N-protected C-protected peptide in which an N-terminal amino group and C-terminal are protected by protecting groups, a side chain functional group is optionally further protected by a protecting group, and at least one of the C-terminal or the side chain functional group is protected by a pseudo-solid-phase protecting group (N-protected C-protected peptide),
(A) washing a reaction mixture containing an N-protected C-protected peptide in a flow reactor and separating oil and water to separate an organic layer containing the N-protected C-protected peptide,
(2) subjecting an organic layer containing an N-protected C-protected peptide to a reaction to remove a protecting group of an N-terminal amino group in a flow reactor to obtain a C-protected peptide in which an N-terminal amino group is not protected, C-terminal is protected by a protecting group, a side chain functional group is optionally further protected by a protecting group, and at least one of the C-terminal or the side chain functional group is protected by a pseudo-solid-phase protecting group (N-unprotected C-protected peptide),
(B) subjecting a reaction mixture containing an N-unprotected C-protected peptide to washing and oil-water separation in a flow reactor to separate an organic layer containing the N-unprotected C-protected peptide.