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Francis M. Callahan
Bio: Francis M. Callahan is an academic researcher from American Cyanamid. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peptide synthesis & Racemization. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 2442 citations.
Topics: Peptide synthesis, Racemization, Peptide, Amino acid, Tripeptide
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TL;DR: The great variety of conditions under which Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis may be carried out represents a truly "orthogonal" scheme, and thus offers many unique opportunities for bioorganic chemistry.
Abstract: 9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) amino acids were first used for solid phase peptide synthesis a little more than a decade ago. Since that time, Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis methodology has been greatly enhanced by the introduction of a variety of solid supports, linkages, and side chain protecting groups, as well as by increased understanding of solvation conditions. These advances have led to many impressive syntheses, such as those of biologically active and isotopically labeled peptides and small proteins. The great variety of conditions under which Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis may be carried out represents a truly "orthogonal" scheme, and thus offers many unique opportunities for bioorganic chemistry.
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TL;DR: This critical review is focussed on the most recently developed coupling reagents with particular attention paid to the pros and cons of the plethora of "acronym" based reagents.
Abstract: Amide bond formation is a fundamentally important reaction in organic synthesis, and is typically mediated by one of a myriad of so-called coupling reagents. This critical review is focussed on the most recently developed coupling reagents with particular attention paid to the pros and cons of the plethora of “acronym” based reagents. It aims to demystify the process allowing the chemist to make a sensible and educated choice when carrying out an amide coupling reaction (179 references).
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that 1-Hydroxy-benzotriazol and 1-hydroxy-acetyl carbodiimid-methode eignen sich als Zusatze bei der Dicyclohexylcarbodiimids-Methode zur Synthese von Peptiden, verhindern die N-Acyl-harnstoffbildung and fuhren in hoher Ausbeute.
Abstract: 1-Hydroxy-benzotriazol sowie verschiedene kernsubstituierte 1-Hydroxy-benzotriazole eignen sich als Zusatze bei der Dicyclohexylcarbodiimid-Methode zur Synthese von Peptiden. Ihr Einflus auf die Racemisierung bei Peptidsynthesen wurde unter Anwendung des gaschromatographischen Racemisierungstests von Weygand u. Mitarbb.2) untersucht. Die neuen Zusatze senken die Racemisierung, verhindern die N-Acyl-harnstoffbildung und fuhren in hoher Ausbeute zu sehr reinen Peptiden.
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TL;DR: The advantage of this method versus one-step zero-length crosslinking is that only one component of the complex is exposed to the crosslinker, which eliminates complications arising from the formation of crosslinks among several proteins of a multicomponent complex.
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TL;DR: Peptide Coupling Reagents, More than a Letter Soup Ayman El-Faham* and Fernando Albericio* Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028-Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract: Peptide Coupling Reagents, More than a Letter Soup Ayman El-Faham* and Fernando Albericio* Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028-Barcelona, Spain Alexandria University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 426, Ibrahimia, 21321 Alexandria, Egypt CIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028-Barcelona, Spain. Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqu es 1-11, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
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