Understanding acid lability of cysteine protecting groups

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5155-5162

  Ramos Tomillero, Iván ^a,b,c   Mendive Tapia, Lorena ^a,b,c   Góngora Benítez, Miriam ^a,b,c   Nicolás, Ernesto ^c   Tulla Puche, Judit ^a,b   Albericio, Fernando ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid lability; Benzyl; Carbocation stability; Cys protecting groups; Diphenylmethyl (Dpm); Peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CYSTEINE; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84878276795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18055155     Document Type: Article

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