T. Johnson et M. Quibell, THE N-(2-HYDROXYBENZYL) PROTECTING GROUP FOR AMIDE BOND PROTECTION INSOLID-PHASE PEPTIDE-SYNTHESIS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(3), 1994, pp. 463-466
Backbone amide protection using the N-(2-hydroxybenzyl) group to overc
ome chain aggregation during solid phase peptide synthesis is describe
d. This is illustrated by the preparation of the notoriously difficult
decapeptide acyl carrier protein (65-74). The N-(2-hydroxybenzyl) gro
up is stable to trifluoroacetic acid/dichloromethane (1:1, v/v) but cl
eaved readily by trifluoromethanesulphonic acid.