Re: glu-para nitroanilide

Leo Benoiton (benoiton@uottawa.ca)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:55:22 -0400

Dear Jane Nagel:

It is my humble opinion that you do not have to worry about the stability of
a p-nitroanilide. What you would have difficulty with is trying to get it
off. I am confident it is about as stable as any substitution group that you
will be able to think of.

Leo Benoiton

At 10:50 PM 98/7/20 -0600, you wrote:
>hello all,
>
>has anyone had any experience with a glu-gamma-para nitroanilide in fmoc
>chemistry? i have a customer requesting this as a c-terminal group on a
>six-mer. i am concerned about how it will withstand synthesis and
>cleavage conditions.
>
>any help is always much appreciated,
>
>thank you in advance
>
>jane
>
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N. Leo Benoiton
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