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Iyoshi A, Ueda A, Umeno T, Kato T, Hirayama K, Doi M, Tanaka M. Conformational Analysis and Organocatalytic Activity of Helical Stapled Peptides Containing α-Carbocyclic α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids. Molecules 2024; 29:4340. [PMID: 39339337 PMCID: PMC11434043 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29184340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2024] [Revised: 09/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Conformational freedom-restricted peptides, such as stapled peptides, play a crucial role in the advancement of functional peptide development. We synthesized stapled octapeptides using α-carbocyclic α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids, particularly 3-allyloxy-1-aminocyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, as the crosslink motifs. The organocatalytic capabilities of the synthesized stapled peptides were assessed in an asymmetric nucleophilic epoxidation reaction because the catalytic activities are known to be proportional to α-helicity. Despite incorporating side-chain crosslinks, the enantioselectivities of the epoxidation reaction catalyzed by stapled octapeptides were found to be comparable to those obtained using unstapled peptides. Interestingly, the stapled peptides using α-carbocyclic α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids demonstrated higher reactivities and stereoselectivities (up to 99% ee) compared to stapled peptides derived from (S)-α-(4-pentenyl)alanine, a commonly used motif for stapled peptides. These differences could be attributed to the increased α-helicity of the former stapled peptide in contrast to the latter, as evidenced by the X-ray crystallographic structures of their N-tert-butoxycarbonyl derivatives.
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- Akihiro Iyoshi
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka 569-1094, Japan; (T.K.); (M.D.)
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka 569-1094, Japan; (T.K.); (M.D.)
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; (A.I.); (T.U.)
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Afanasyev OI, Kliuev FS, Tsygankov AA, Nelyubina YV, Gutsul E, Novikov VV, Chusov D. Fluoride Additive as a Simple Tool to Qualitatively Improve Performance of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Malonates to Nitroolefins. J Org Chem 2022; 87:12182-12195. [PMID: 36069733 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nowadays, design of the new chiral ligands for organometallic catalysts is often based on the step-by-step increase in their complexity to improve efficiency. Herein we describe that simple in situ addition of the fluoride source to the asymmetric organometallic catalyst can improve not only activity but also enantioselectivity. Bromide-nickel diimine complexes were found to catalyze asymmetric Michael addition in low yields and ee, but activation with fluoride leads to a significant improvement in catalyst performance. The developed approach was applied to prepare several enantioenriched GABA analogues.
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- Oleg I Afanasyev
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,National Research University Higher School of Economics, Miasnitskaya Str. 20, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Baumanskaya Str., 5, 105005 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,National Research University Higher School of Economics, Miasnitskaya Str. 20, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,National Research University Higher School of Economics, Miasnitskaya Str. 20, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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Toledo-González Y, Sotiropoulos JM, Bécart D, Guichard G, Carbonnière P. Insight into Substrate Recognition by Urea-Based Helical Foldamer Catalysts Using a DFT Global Optimization Approach. J Org Chem 2022; 87:10726-10735. [PMID: 35917494 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peptides and foldamers have recently gained increasing attention as chiral catalysts to achieve challenging (asymmetric) transformations. We previously reported that short helically folded aliphatic oligoureas in combination with achiral Brønsted bases are effective H-bonding catalysts for C-C bond-forming reactions─i.e., the conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl pronucleophiles to nitroalkenes─with high reactivity and selectivity and at remarkably low chiral catalyst/substrate molar ratios. This theoretical investigation at the density functional theory level of theory, aims to both analyze how the substrates of the reaction interact with the foldamer catalyst and rationalize a chain-length dependence effect on the catalytic properties. We confirm that the first two ureas are the only H-bond donors available to interact with external molecules. Moreover, each urea site interacts with one of the two reactants allowing a short distance between the two reacting carbons, thus facilitating the conjugated addition. Additionally, it was observed that the molecular recognition and catalyst-substrate interactions are mainly governed by electrostatic interactions but not orbital interactions (see from NBO if this is finally true). On these grounds, an electrostatic potential (ESP) analysis showed an important internal charge separation in the catalyst, the positive ESP region being concentrated around the first two ureas, with its area extending as the number of residues increases.
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, 5254 Pau, France
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Laurent Q, Sakai N, Matile S. An Orthogonal Dynamic Covalent Chemistry Tool for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Oligochalcogenides on Detachable Helical Peptide Templates. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200785. [PMID: 35416345 PMCID: PMC9324982 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A model system is introduced as a general tool to elaborate on orthogonal templation of dynamic covalent ring-opening polymerization (ODC-TROP). The tool consists of 310 helical peptides as unprecedented templates and semicarbazones as orthogonal dynamic covalent linkers. With difficult-to-control 1,2-dithiolanes, ODC-TROP on the level of short model oligomers occurs with high templation efficiency, increasing and diminishing upon helix stabilization and denaturation, respectively. Further, an anti-templated conjugate with mispositioned monomers gave reduced templation upon helix twisting. Even with the "unpolymerizable" 1,2-diselenolanes, initial studies already afford mild templation efficiency. These proof-of-principle results promise that the here introduced tool, recyclable and enabling late-stage side chain modification, will be useful to realize ODC-TROP of intractable or unknown cyclic dynamic covalent monomers for dynamer materials as well as cellular uptake and signaling applications.
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- Quentin Laurent
- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland
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Helical Foldamers and Stapled Peptides as New Modalities in Drug Discovery: Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10050924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A “foldamer” is an artificial oligomeric molecule with a regular secondary or tertiary structure consisting of various building blocks. A “stapled peptide” is a peptide with stabilized secondary structures, in particular, helical structures by intramolecular covalent side-chain cross-linking. Helical foldamers and stapled peptides are potential drug candidates that can target protein-protein interactions because they enable multipoint molecular recognition, which is difficult to achieve with low-molecular-weight compounds. This mini-review describes a variety of peptide-based foldamers and stapled peptides with a view to their applications in drug discovery, including our recent progress.
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Cmelova P, Sramel P, Zahradnikova B, Modrocka V, Szabados H, Meciarova M, Sebesta R. Pro‐Pro Dipeptide‐Thiourea Organocatalyst in the Mannich Reaction Between α‐Imino Esters and Pyruvates. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Patricia Cmelova
- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry SLOVAKIA
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- Comenius University FNS: Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Prirodovedecka fakulta Organic chemistry Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6 84215 Bratislava SLOVAKIA
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Ueda A, Makura Y, Kakazu S, Kato T, Umeno T, Hirayama K, Doi M, Oba M, Tanaka M. E-Selective Ring-Closing Metathesis in α-Helical Stapled Peptides Using Carbocyclic α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids. Org Lett 2022; 24:1049-1054. [PMID: 35073100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present an E-selective ring-closing metathesis reaction in α-helical stapled peptides at positions i and i + 4. The use of two chiral carbocyclic α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids, (1S,3S)-Ac5c3OAll and (1R,3S)-Ac5c3OAll, provides a high E-selectivity of a ≤59:1 E:Z ratio, while mixtures with E:Z ratios of 2.1-0.5:1 were produced with standard acyclic (S)-(4-pentenyl)alanine amino acids. A stapled octapeptide composed of (1S,3S)- and (1R,3S)-Ac5c3OAll amino acids showed a right-handed α-helical crystal structure.
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- Atsushi Ueda
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 606-0823, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Tamaribuchi K, Tian J, Akagawa K, Kudo K. Enantioselective Nitro‐Michael Addition Catalyzed by N‐Terminal Guanidinylated Helical Peptide. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202101152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Kenya Tamaribuchi
- Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505 Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505 Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505 Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505 Japan
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Moschona F, Vagena A, Vidali VP, Rassias G. A Novel Dual Organocatalyst for the Asymmetric Pinder Reaction and a Mechanistic Proposal Consistent with the Isoinversion Effect Thereof. Molecules 2021; 26:6398. [PMID: 34770807 PMCID: PMC8588278 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26216398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
In general, the Pinder reaction concerns the reaction between an enolisable anhydride and an aldehyde proceeding initially through a Knoevenagel reaction followed by the ring closing process generating lactones with at least two chiral centers. These scaffolds are frequently present in natural products and synthetic bioactive molecules, hence it has attracted intense interest in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry, particularly with respect to controlling the diastereo- and enantioselectivity. To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one attempt prior to this work towards the development of a catalytic enantioselective Pinder reaction. In our approach, we designed, synthesized, and tested dual chiral organocatalysts by combining BIMAH amines, (2-(α-(alkyl)methanamine)-1H-benzimidazoles, and a Lewis acid motif, such as squaramides, ureas and thioureas. The optimum catalyst was the derivative of isopropyl BIMAH bearing a bis(3,5-trifluoromethyl) thiourea, which afforded the Pinder products from various aromatic aldehydes with diastereomeric ratio >98:2 and enatioselectivity up to 92 ee%. Interestingly, the enantioselectivity of this catalyzed process is increased at higher concentrations and exhibits an isoinversion effect, namely an inverted "U" shaped dependency with respect to the temperature. Mechanistically, these features, point to a transition state involving an entropy-favored heterodimer interaction between a catalyst/anhydride and a catalyst/aldehyde complex when all other processes leading to this are much faster in comparison above the isoinversion temperature.
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- Fotini Moschona
- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patra, Greece; (F.M.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patra, Greece; (F.M.); (A.V.)
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- NCSR “Demokritos”, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Patr. Grigoriou and Neapoleos 27, 153 41 Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patra, Greece; (F.M.); (A.V.)
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