Synthesis of peptide macrocycles using unprotected amino aldehydes

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1813-1822

  Rotstein, Benjamin H ^a   Rai, Vishal ^a   Hili, Ryan ^a,b   Yudin, Andrei K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOALDEHYDE; AZIRIDINE 2 CARBOXALDEHYDE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DIMER; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NUCLEOPHILE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RING OPENING;

ALDEHYDES; AZIRIDINES; CYANIDES; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 78049381974     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.127     Document Type: Article

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