C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 07 – D
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
07
D
C07D 209/44 (2006.01) C07D 209/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2369271
The mechanism of the UV light-induced reaction between the indole moiety of tryptophan and chloroform, and the structure of the modified tryptophan and polypeptides including such modified tryptophan residues. The excited indole moiety, which is formed upon UV light irradiation, emits a solvated electron which initiates a series of events that yield fluorescent derivatives that have a -CHO group covalently bound to the indole moiety. These derivatives are herein referred to as formyltryptophan, and are relatively stable. Similar reactions are observed when 5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-fluorotryptophan, or N-methylindolacetate are used in place of tryptophan, or when other haloalkanes, such as trichloroacetic acid, trichloroethanol, trichloroethane, bromoform, and iodoactetate are used in place of chloroform. The derivatives can be used in a variety of applications in fluorescence spectroscopy, and for nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray crystallography, infra-red spectroscopy, circular dicroism and mass spectroscopy. Additionally, the UV light-induced reaction between the indole moiety of tryptophan and haloalkanes can be used to prepare derivatives of tryptophan for chemical cross- linking studies of proteins and peptides.
Edwards Robert A.
Jickling Glen
Turner Raymond J.
Bennett Jones Llp
Edwards Robert A.
Jickling Glen
Turner Raymond J.
University Technologies International Inc.
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