PMID- 28111523 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1434-193X (Print) IS - 1099-0690 (Linking) VI - 2016 IP - 34 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Native Serine Peptide Assembly: Scope and Utility. PG - 5633-5636 LID - 10.1002/ejoc.201601148 [doi] AB - This work develops serine peptide assembly (SPA), which complements and contrasts with classic native chemical ligation (NCL). Advances in reagent-less peptide bond formation have been applied to serine (and serine models) and a range of C-terminal amino acids, including bulky residues that are not amenable to NCL. The particular appeal of SPA is preparative-scale segment condensations with zero racemization risk and favourable process mass intensity (PMI). Mechanistic studies support a previously proposed reaction pathway via an initial trans-esterification step. An understanding of the factors favouring this pathway relies on hard-soft acid-base theory, where mildly activated esters with the largest carbonyl positive charge are most reactive with hydroxy amines. Novel C-terminal activators have been discovered that enhance reactivity and give harmless by-products. FAU - Pirrung, Michael C AU - Pirrung MC AD - Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA. FAU - Schreihans, Ryan S AU - Schreihans RS AD - Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA. LA - eng GR - R21 AI106597/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161115 PL - Germany TA - European J Org Chem JT - European journal of organic chemistry JID - 9805750 PMC - PMC5241111 MID - NIHMS841196 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acylation OT - amides OT - amino acids OT - nucleophilic substitution OT - transesterification EDAT- 2017/01/24 06:00 MHDA- 2017/01/24 06:01 PMCR- 2017/12/01 CRDT- 2017/01/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/01/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/01/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/ejoc.201601148 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - European J Org Chem. 2016 Dec;2016(34):5633-5636. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201601148. Epub 2016 Nov 15.