Synlett 2007(2): 0308-0312  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968006
LETTER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Combinatorial Synthesis of Macrocycles by Multiple Multicomponent Macrocyclization Including Bifunctional Building Blocks (MiB)

Daniel G. Rivera, Otilie E. Vercillo, Ludger A. Wessjohann*
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
Fax: +49(345)55821309; e-Mail: wessjohann@ipb-halle.de;
Further Information

Publication History

Received 25 September 2006
Publication Date:
24 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Small libraries of peptoid-based macro(multi)cycles were produced by applying combinatorial principles to the MiB methodology. This combinatorial approach features the incorporation of varied building blocks into the resulting macrocycles by mixing all the components in the same reaction pot. Both skeletal and appendage diversity could be generated in one shot due to the multicomponent nature of the system. HPLC and ESI-MS analyses showed a well-distributed composition of the libraries and revealed the presence of all possible macrocycles resulting from the different combinations of building blocks, especially of members with differentially substituted bridges not available by any other one-pot ­approach.