Abstract
The perfluoroheteroaromatic reagent pentafluoropyridine has proved to be a highly reactive electrophile, undergoing SNAr arylation reactions in the presence of a range of nucleophilic peptide side chains (i.e. cysteine, tyrosine, serine and lysine) under mild conditions. Moreover, we have shown how one-step peptide-modification using perfluoroheteroaromatics can deliver enhanced proteolytic stability in pharmaceutically-relevant peptides such as oxytocin.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4086-4095 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| Early online date | 21 Apr 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 May 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry