Ideally, the solid support used for tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc)-peptide synthesis method must allow sufficient stability of the peptide linkage towards TFA-α-amino deprotection but adequate lability to final HF cleavage. Due to these conflicting characteristics, the choice of the correct resin for peptide synthesis is complex and dependent upon many factors. Aiming to clarify this issue, a time-course study of the trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and HF steps using model peptidyl-resins was developed. The peptidyl-resin bond stability was strongly dependent upon the resin and the carboxy-terminus residue. The decreasing order of acid stability for resins was : benzhydrylamine-resin (BHAR)>p-methylbenzhydrylamine-resin (MBHAR)≅4-(oxymethyl)-phenylacetamidomethyl-resin (PAMR)>chloromethyl-resin (CMR) and Phe>Gly≅His≅Asp for C-terminal amino acids. HF-cleavage times of near 6 h (BHAR) and 2-3 h (MBHAR and PAMR) were necessary for quantitative cleavage of hydrophobic Phe residue-containing sequence at its C-terminal portion. When premature chain loss in TFA and incomplete cleavage in HF values were both quantitatively considered, a significant decrease in the overall yield (up to 35%) was observed in some resins. Moreover, MBHAR was more suitable than BHAR only when the peptide C-terminal residue is hydrophobic. The data also allow the prediction that due to more significant chain loss in TFA when MBHAR is used, BHAR will be the resin of choice for much longer than 40-mer peptide sequences containing C-terminal hydrophilic residues. Otherwise PAMR is the best resin for the synthesis of free carboxyl peptides but significantly low HF cleavage was observed when the C-terminal amino acid is of the hydrophobic-type.
理想情况下,用于叔丁氧羰基(Boc)
多肽合成方法的固体载体必须确保
多肽键对
三氟乙酸(TFA)α-
氨基脱保护有足够的稳定性,同时对最终
氢氟酸(HF)裂解有足够的易变性。由于这些相互矛盾的特性,选择正确的用于
多肽合成的
树脂是复杂的,并取决于多种因素。为了阐明这一问题,我们开发了一项使用模型肽
树脂进行
三氟乙酸(TFA)和
氢氟酸(HF)步骤的时间进程研究。肽
树脂键的稳定性强烈依赖于
树脂和羧基末端残基。
树脂的酸稳定性递减顺序为:双
苄胺树脂(
BHAR)>对甲基双
苄胺树脂(M
BHAR)≈4-(羟甲基)苯乙酰胺甲基
树脂(P
AMR)>
氯甲基
树脂(CMR),以及对于C端
氨基酸:Phe>Gly≈His≈Asp。对于含有疏
水性Phe残基的序列在其C端部分,需要接近6小时的HF裂解时间(
BHAR)和2-3小时(M
BHAR和P
AMR)以实现定量裂解。当考虑TFA中的过早链损耗和HF中的不完全裂解时,某些
树脂的整体产率显著下降(高达35%)。此外,只有当
多肽C端残基是疏
水性的时候,M
BHAR才比
BHAR更合适。数据还允许预测,由于使用M
BHAR时TFA中链损耗更显著,对于含有C端亲
水性残基的40-mer以上的
多肽序列,
BHAR将是首选
树脂。否则,P
AMR是合成游离羧基
多肽的最佳
树脂,但当C端
氨基酸是疏
水性类型时,观察到HF裂解显著降低。