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Synthesis and conformational properties of 3,4-difluoro-L-prolines

Synthesis and conformational properties of 3,4-difluoro-L-prolines
Synthesis and conformational properties of 3,4-difluoro-L-prolines
Fluorinated proline derivatives have found diverse applications in areas ranging from medicinal chemistry over structural biochemistry to organocatalysis. Depending on the stereochemistry of monofluorination at the proline 3- or 4-position, different effects on the conformational properties of proline (ring pucker, cis/trans isomerization) are introduced. Simultaneous fluorination at the 3- and 4-positions is expected to either reinforce or oppose these effects. Here we report, in full, the syntheses and conformational properties of three out of the four possible 3,4-difluoro-L-proline diastereoisomers. The yet unreported conformational properties are described for (3S,4S)- and (3R,4R)-difluoro-L-proline, which are shown to bias ring pucker and cis-trans ratios on the same order of magnitude as their respective monofluorinated progenitors, although with significantly faster amide cis-trans isomerization rates. The reported analogues thus expand the scope of available fluorinated proline analogues as tools to tailor proline’s distinct conformational and dynamical properties, allowing to interrogate its role in, for instance, protein stability or folding.
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Hofman, Gert-Jan
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Martins, José C.
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Light, Mark
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Kieffer, Bruno
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Martins, José C.
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Kuprov, Ilya
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Sinnaeve, Davy
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Linclau, Bruno
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Hofman, Gert-Jan, Ottoy, Emile, Light, Mark, Kieffer, Bruno, Martins, José C., Kuprov, Ilya, Sinnaeve, Davy and Linclau, Bruno (2019) Synthesis and conformational properties of 3,4-difluoro-L-prolines. Journal of Organic Chemistry. (doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b02920).

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Abstract

Fluorinated proline derivatives have found diverse applications in areas ranging from medicinal chemistry over structural biochemistry to organocatalysis. Depending on the stereochemistry of monofluorination at the proline 3- or 4-position, different effects on the conformational properties of proline (ring pucker, cis/trans isomerization) are introduced. Simultaneous fluorination at the 3- and 4-positions is expected to either reinforce or oppose these effects. Here we report, in full, the syntheses and conformational properties of three out of the four possible 3,4-difluoro-L-proline diastereoisomers. The yet unreported conformational properties are described for (3S,4S)- and (3R,4R)-difluoro-L-proline, which are shown to bias ring pucker and cis-trans ratios on the same order of magnitude as their respective monofluorinated progenitors, although with significantly faster amide cis-trans isomerization rates. The reported analogues thus expand the scope of available fluorinated proline analogues as tools to tailor proline’s distinct conformational and dynamical properties, allowing to interrogate its role in, for instance, protein stability or folding.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 February 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 February 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 428836
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428836
ISSN: 0022-3263
PURE UUID: 8942ddda-4562-4a4f-90fc-6f848b203d84
ORCID for Mark Light: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0585-0843
ORCID for Ilya Kuprov: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-2682
ORCID for Bruno Linclau: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-0170

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2019 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:37

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Author: Gert-Jan Hofman
Author: Emile Ottoy
Author: Mark Light ORCID iD
Author: Bruno Kieffer
Author: José C. Martins
Author: Ilya Kuprov ORCID iD
Author: Davy Sinnaeve
Author: Bruno Linclau ORCID iD

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