Conformation of Peptides Containing a Chiral -Ethylated ,-Disubstituted -Amino Acid: (S)--Ethylleucine (=(2S)-2-Amino-2-ethyl-4-methylpentanoic Acid) within Sequences of Dimethylglycine and Diethylglycine Residues
作者:Makoto Oba、Masakazu Tanaka、Masaaki Kurihara、Hiroshi Suemune
DOI:10.1002/1522-2675(200210)85:10<3197::aid-hlca3197>3.0.co;2-y
日期:2002.10
An optically active (S)-alpha-ethylleucine ((S)-alphaEtLeu) as a chiral alpha-ethylated alpha,alpha-disubstituted alpha-amino acid was synthesized by means of a chiral acetal auxiliary of (R,R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diol. The chiral alpha-ethylated alpha,alpha-disubstituted amino acid (S)-alphaEtLeu was introduced into the peptides constructed from 2aminoisobutyric acid (= dimethylglycine, Aib), and also into the peptide prepared from diethylglycine (Deg). The X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that both right-handed (P) and left-handed (M) 3(10)-helical structures exist in the solid state of CF3CO-(Aib)(2)-[(S)-alphaEtLeu]-(Aib)(2)-OEt (14) and CF3CO-[(S)-alphaEtLeu]-(Deg)(4)-OEt (18), respectively. The IR, CD, and H-1-NMR spectra indicated that the dominant conformation of pentapeptides 14 and CF3CO-[(S)-alphaEtLeu]-(Aib)(4)-OEt (16) in solution is a 3(10)-helical structure, and that of 18 in solution is a planar C-5 conformation. The conformation of peptides was also studied by molecular-mechanics calculations.