文摘
Derivatives of gramicidin S (GS) and its mono- anddi-d-cyclohexylalanine (d-Cha) analogs possessing various protecting groupson Orn side chains were prepared. H NMR spectra of theunsymmetrically protected analogs[Orn(X),Orn(X′),d-Cha]GS were similar to the composites of the spectra of the symmetricalderivatives [Orn(X),d-Cha]GSand [Orn(X′)]GS, revealing the proximity ofthe protecting groups of NH of Orn residues at the 2and 2 positions to the side chains of d-Phe (or d-Cha)residues at the 4 and 4 positions, respectively. Theresults indicated the presence of H-bonds between theNH of Orn and the carbonyl of d-Phe residues in the i→ i + 2 sense and not in i → i – 3, which was also supportedby the ROESY analysis. The substantially strong H-bonds can explain theobserved resistance of the urethane NH of the Orn side chains in the GSderivatives to the N-methylation withCHI–AgO in DMF.