CYSTINOPHANES, A NOVEL FAMILY OF AROMATIC-BRIDGED CYSTINE CYCLIC-PEPTIDES - SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR RECOGNITION, AND CONFORMATIONAL STUDIES
D. Ranganathan et al., CYSTINOPHANES, A NOVEL FAMILY OF AROMATIC-BRIDGED CYSTINE CYCLIC-PEPTIDES - SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR RECOGNITION, AND CONFORMATIONAL STUDIES, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 120(12), 1998, pp. 2695-2702
A novel family of aromatic-bridged cystine cyclic peptides (cystinopha
nes) has been synthesized by a single-step procedure involving condens
ation of 1,3 aromatic (Ph or Pyr unit) dicarbonyl dichloride with eith
er the simple L-cystine dimethyl ester to provide cystinophanes of 26-
, 39-, and 52-membered rings through 2+2, 3+3, and 4+4 cyclization, re
spectively, or with cystine bis-peptides (H2N-Xaa-Cyst-Xaa-NH2) leadin
g to a variety of 1+1 cystine-based peptidocyclophanes. H-1 NMR and CD
studies have shown these cystinophanes to adopt a beta-turn-like stru
cture in solution. X-ray crystal structure of a representative member
(3a) containing two aromatic rings has shown a collapsed ring conforma
tion with a near parallel face-to-face orientation of aromatic rings--
a feature also suggested by NMR studies. The propensity of cystinocycl
ophanes to adopt beta-turn-type conformation is attributed to the pres
ence of S-S linkage and the need to maintain st near orthogonal value
of its torsion angle. The potential of cystinophanes to serve as artif
icial receptors in molecular recognition and host-guest complexation s
tudies has been demonstrated with 26-membered, pyridine-bridged macroc
ycle 3b, which binds (H-1 NMR) to a number of 1,omega-alkane dicarboxy
lic acids [(CH2)(n)(COOH)(2), n = 1, ..., 4] and shows maximum affinit
y (K-assoc= 3.69 x 10(2) M-1) and selectivity for glutaric acid (n = 3
) dicarboxylate. Crystal parameters for 3a are as follows: C32H36N4O12
S4 . H2O . 2C(4)H(8)O(2), space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) With a = 11.748(1)
Angstrom, b = 17.317(1) Angstrom, and c = 24.306(2) Angstrom.