Ynamide‐Mediated Thiopeptide Synthesis

Effective to the backbone: In an ynamide‐mediated two‐step procedure for thiopeptide bond formation, readily available monothiocarboxylic acids served as thioacyl donors. The appropriate balance between the activity and stability of α‐thioacyloxyenamide intermediates formed by the addition of the monothiocarboxylic acid to the ynamide enabled them to act as effective thioacylating reagents.

Abstract

Exploration of the full potential of thioamide substitution as a tool in the chemical biology of peptides and proteins has been hampered by insufficient synthetic strategies for the site‐specific introduction of a thioamide bond into a peptide backbone. A novel ynamide‐mediated two‐step strategy for thiopeptide bond formation with readily available monothiocarboxylic acids as thioacyl donors is described. The α‐thioacyloxyenamide intermediates formed from the ynamides and monothiocarboxylic acids can be purified, characterized, and stored. The balance between their activity and stability enables them to act as effective thioacylating reagents to afford thiopeptide bonds under mild reaction conditions. Amino acid functional groups such as OH, CONH₂, and indole NH groups need not be protected during thiopeptide synthesis. The modular nature of this strategy enables the site‐specific incorporation of a thioamide bond into peptide backbones in both solution and the solid phase.

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