Bioconjugate Chemistry 1999-01-01

Tresyl-mediated synthesis: kinetics of competing coupling and hydrolysis reactions as a function of pH, temperature, and steric factors.

J J Sperinde, B D Martens, L G Griffith

Index: Bioconjug. Chem. 10(2) , 213-20, (1999)

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Abstract

Kinetic parameters have been measured for coupled nucleophilic and solvolytic reactions of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulfonyl (tresyl)-modified poly(ethylene glycol) based on a system of coupled differential equations implied by recently proposed elementary reaction mechanisms. Fitted kinetic parameters were found to be strong functions of pH, temperature, and steric factors. To maximize the total yield of coupled amine as well as the fraction of secondary amine linkages, our model predicts that it is desirable to run tresyl coupling reactions at low temperatures at pH approximately 8.0, depending on the amine pKa for primary, unhindered amines. For branched primary amines, our data favor room temperature at a slightly higher pH.

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