and Relevance This proposal seeks support to develop a fundamentally new approach to amide and peptide chemical synthesis, one that complements existing methods based on dehydrative amide synthesis using carboxylic acids and amines. Bromonitroalkanes serve as carboxylic acid surrogates in a direct amide synthesis that utilizes an amine acceptor and an activating agent (a halonium ion). The concise preparation of amides derived from nonnatural amino acids, common constituents of biologically active linear and cyclic peptides that have been isolated from natural sources, is a central theme. Without this new paradigm, alternative chemical methods would provide access to the desired amides at rising cost due to the large number of steps required to prepare complex peptides, and the contamination of intermediates and products by stereoisomers that are difficult to remove. The practical chemical synthesis of biologically active peptides is an immediate goal. In the short term, peptides of modest size (~10 residues) will be prepared and diversified. In the long term, this innovative approach to amide synthesis will be used in combination with conventional methods to provide access to large peptides (e.g. biologics) modified site-specifically with nonnatural amino acids.

Public Health Relevance

This proposal describes the development of new synthetic methods to prepare amide and peptide (polyamide) and heterocyclic small molecules. Peptides have increasingly impacted human health through their use as therapeutics ? so-called biologics ? while heterocycles are platforms common to drug development. The development of innovative new methods for their synthesis stand to further accelerate the discovery and development of a wide range of therapeutics.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01GM063557-15
Application #
10080734
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
Program Officer
Yang, Jiong
Project Start
2002-03-01
Project End
2022-12-31
Budget Start
2021-01-01
Budget End
2021-12-31
Support Year
15
Fiscal Year
2021
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
965717143
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37203
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