Synthesis of 2,2-Disubstituted Pyrrolidine-4-carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Their Incorporation into β-Peptide Oligomers
作者:Bayard R. Huck、Samuel H. Gellman
DOI:10.1021/jo048639z
日期:2005.4.1
We have recently shown that members of a new class of P-peptides, containing 2,2-disubstituted pyrrolidine-4-carboxylic acid residues, display discrete conformational preferences despite the impossibility of internal hydrogen bonding (Huck et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9035). Here we describe the synthesis of a variety of 2,2-disubstituted pyrrolidine-4-carboxylic derivatives that bear a diverse set of side chains and protecting groups suitable for oligomer synthesis. In addition, we discuss coupling methods for construction of oligomers in solution and on solid phase. Nonhydrogen bonded foldamers such as those generated from 2,2-disubstituted pyrrolidine-4-carboxylic acids may be useful in biomedical applications because the low intrinsic polarity of their backbones may promote bioavailability.