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1993 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Formation of the Peptide Bond

verfasst von : Professor Dr. Miklos Bodanszky

Erschienen in: Peptide Chemistry

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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In order to convert carboxylic acids into acylating agents their hydroxyl group must be replaced by an electron-withdrawing substituent (X) to enhance the polarization of the carbonyl group and thereby the electrophilicity of its carbon atom. Thus the nucleophilic attack by the amino group (of the amino acid to be acylated) is greatly facilitated:

Metadaten
Titel
Formation of the Peptide Bond
verfasst von
Professor Dr. Miklos Bodanszky
Copyright-Jahr
1993
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78206-0_5