Evaluation of COMU as a coupling reagent for in situ neutralization Boc solid phase peptide synthesis

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-207

  Hjørringgaard, Claudia U ^a,b   Brust, Andreas ^a   Alewood, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ChemMatrix resin; COMU; Coupling reagents; Difficult sequences; HBTU; HCTU; In situ neutralization Boc SPPS; SCAL linker; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

(1 CYANO 2 ETHOXY 2 OXOETHYLIDENAMINOOXY)DIMETHYLAMINO MORPHOLINOCARBENIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; 2 (1H BENZOTRIAZOLE-1 YL) 1,1,3,3 TETRAMETHYLURONIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; 2 (6 CHLORO 1H BENZOTRIAZOLE 1 YL) 1,1,3,3 TETRAMETHYLAMINIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; MACROGOL; NINHYDRIN; POLYSTYRENE; REAGENT; TERT BUTYLOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHYLLEUCYLASPARTYLPHENYLALANINE HYDRAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FORMIC ACID ESTERS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SOLID-PHASE SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84857505914     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1438     Document Type: Article

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