Restricted rotation of an Fe(CO)2(PL3)-subunit in [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site mimics by intramolecular ligation

Terminal ligand fixation by covalent linkage to the bridging bdt ligand hinders ligand rotations.

Cysteine-Free Intramolecular Ligation of N-Sulfanylethylanilide Peptide Using 4-Mercaptobenzylphosphonic Acid: Synthesis of Cyclic Peptide Trichamide

An N-sulfanylethylanilide (SEAlide)-based ligation was developed for the preparation of trichamide, a thiazole-containing cyclic peptide isolated from bloom-forming cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum. In this cysteine-free ligation, 4-mercaptobenzylphosphonic acid (MBPA) functions as a dual promoter both for the N–S acyl-transfer-mediated activation of the SEAlide unit and for subsequent ligation. Furthermore, we established a high-yielding route to enantiomerically pure thiazole amino acids using a one-pot Hantzsch process.