DISULFIDE STEREOCHEMISTRY - CONFORMATIONS AND CHIROPTICAL PROPERTIES OF L-CYSTINE DERIVATIVES
DISULFIDE STEREOCHEMISTRY - CONFORMATIONS AND CHIROPTICAL PROPERTIES OF L-CYSTINE DERIVATIVES
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00772a036
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
MARTIN, RB
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作者:
CASEY, JP;MARTIN, RB
Successive N-methylation of L-cystine (L-CySSCy (1)) reverses the relative magnitudes of the vicinal coupling constants and chemical shifts of the anisochronous methylene hydrogens on passing from di-to tetra-methylcystine. These pmr results indicate that the most stable staggered ethanicrotamer with anti sulfur and carboxylate residues for 1 is succeeded by the rotamer with anti sulfur and methylated ammonium groups. For the same series of compounds, the composite circular dichroism (CD) of the disulfide absorption at> 240 nm changes sign from negative to positive upon N-methylation, permitting estimation of contributions to optical activity by each rotamer due to perturbation of the disulfide chromophore by the asymmetric centers. Upon passing from water and methanol to longer chain alcoholic solvents, the disulfide CD of alkyl ester dihydrochlorides of 1 also changes sign from negative to positive, suggesting a similar change in rotamer preference. Acylation and amidation of 1 produce onlyminor effects on vicinal coupling constants and CD, indicating only small influences of these substituents on rotamer distribution. Mixed disulfides such as L-CySSC2H5 yield coupling constants and CD curves similar to that of 1. These results among others indicate no significant restriction on the conformation of 1 due to endocyclic interactions. The relatively high optical rotatory properties of 1 and derivatives in solution are due not to endocyclic interactions nor to biasing of screw sense in the disulfide bond but rather to unequal populations of threestaggered rotamers. From an examination of (—)-(9S, 10S)-? ra «s-hexahydro-2, 3-benzodithiin and crystals of 1, a negative long wavelength CD sign is associated with M disulfide chirality for dihedral angles less than 90. The utility of the long wavelength CD in assigning M disulfide chirality and monitoring conformational changes is demonstrated for the naturally occurring cyclopentapeptide malformin A.