The Sondheimer dialkyne reagent has previously been employed in strain-promoted double-click cycloadditions with bis-azide peptides to generate stapled peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. The substituted variants of the Sondheimer dialkyne can be used to generate functionalized stapled peptide inhibitors with improved biological properties; however, this remains a relatively underdeveloped field. Herein, we report the synthesis of new substituted variants of Sondheimer dialkyne and their application in the stapling of p53-based diazido peptides to generate potent stapled peptide-based inhibitors of the oncogenic p53-MDM2 interaction. The functionalized stapled peptide formed from a meta-fluoro-substituted Sondheimer dialkyne was found to be the most potent inhibitor. Furthermore, through experimental studies and density functional theory calculations, we investigated the impact of the substituent on the strain-promoted double-click reactivity of Sondheimer dialkyne.
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Sharma, K., Strizhak, A. V., Fowler, E., Xu, W., Chappell, B., Sore, H. F., … Spring, D. R. (2020). Functionalized Double Strain-Promoted Stapled Peptides for Inhibiting the p53-MDM2 Interaction. ACS Omega, 5(2), 1157–1169. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03459
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