ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The biphenyl-containing pseudo-amino acids 2′-(aminomethyl)biphenyl-2-carboxylic acid (Abc; 1) and 2′-(aminomethyl)biphenyl-2-acetic acid (Aba; 2) are used as rigid spacers in the backbone of the cyclic peptides cyclo (-Abc-Ala-Phe-Gly-)2 (5), cyclo(-Abc-Ala-Val-Gly-)2 (6), cyclo(-Aba-Gly-Phe-Ala-)2 (7), and cyclo(-Aba-Ala-Phe-Gly-)2(8). Three different interconverting diastereoisomers are found in solutions of each of these cyclopeptides due to the atropisomerism of the biphenyl units. NMR Techniques and molecular-dynamics calculations allow to conclude that the major diastereoisomer of 5 (and 6) in (D6)DMSO adopts a β-sheet conformation. It is proposed that the pseudo-amino acid 1 of (R)-chirality forms, with attached L-amino acids, a H-bonding pattern comparable to a β-turn (see D in Fig. 4 and F).
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19940770110
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