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Synthesis and Reactivity of a Bis-Sultone Cross-Linker for Peptide Conjugation and [ 18 F]-Radiolabelling via Unusual “Double Click” Approach Thomas Priem, a,b Cédric Bouteiller, *a David Camporese, a Anthony Romieu, b,c and Pierre-Yves Renard b,c,d a Advanced Accelerator Applications, 20 Rue Diesel, 01630 Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France Fax: +33-4-50-99-30-71 Phone: +33-4-50-99-30-70 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.adacap.com b Equipe de Chimie Bio-Organique, COBRA-CNRS UMR 6014 & FR 3038, rue Lucien Tesnière, 76131 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Lab homepage: http://ircof.crihan.fr c Université de Rouen, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France d Institut Universitaire de France, 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005, Paris, France SUPPORTING INFORMATION Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ S1 Experimental procedures ....................................................................................................................... S1 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-phenylacyl-1,3-propanesultone 1. ...................................... S4 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-benzyl-1,3-propanesultone 2. ............................................. S4 1 H NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d 6 at 300 MHz.................................. S5 13 C NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d 6 at 75.5 MHz................................ S5 ESI mass spectrum of bis-sultone 3 recorded in the negative mode. a ................................................... S6 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of bis-sultone 3. a ........................................................................ S6 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-propanesultone 4. a ............................................ S7 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-Boc-L-lysine-NH 2 conjugate 5. a ...................... S7 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-peptide conjugate 6. a ........................................ S8 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-iodo-propanesultone. a ................................................. S8 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-oxo-1-phenyl-4-(propylamino)butane-2-sulfonic acid....... S9 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-fluoro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid. ................... S9 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-chloro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.................. S10 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-bromo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid. ................ S10 RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-iodo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid..................... S11 Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011

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Page 1: Peptide Conjugation and [ 18F]-Radiolabelling via Unusual ... · Synthesis and Reactivity of a Bis-Sultone Cross-Linker for Peptide Conjugation and [18F]-Radiolabelling via Unusual

Synthesis and Reactivity of a Bis-Sultone Cross-Linker for Peptide Conjugation and [18F]-Radiolabelling via Unusual “Double Click” Approach Thomas Priem,a,b Cédric Bouteiller,*a David Camporese,a Anthony Romieu,b,c and Pierre-Yves Renardb,c,d aAdvanced Accelerator Applications, 20 Rue Diesel, 01630 Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France Fax: +33-4-50-99-30-71 Phone: +33-4-50-99-30-70 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.adacap.com bEquipe de Chimie Bio-Organique, COBRA-CNRS UMR 6014 & FR 3038, rue Lucien Tesnière, 76131 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Lab homepage: http://ircof.crihan.fr cUniversité de Rouen, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France dInstitut Universitaire de France, 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005, Paris, France

SUPPORTING INFORMATION Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ S1

Experimental procedures ....................................................................................................................... S1

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-phenylacyl-1,3-propanesultone 1. ...................................... S4

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-benzyl-1,3-propanesultone 2. ............................................. S4 1H NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d6 at 300 MHz. ................................. S5 13C NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d6 at 75.5 MHz................................ S5

ESI mass spectrum of bis-sultone 3 recorded in the negative mode.a ................................................... S6

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of bis-sultone 3.a ........................................................................ S6

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-propanesultone 4.a ............................................ S7

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-Boc-L-lysine-NH2 conjugate 5.a ...................... S7

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-peptide conjugate 6.a ........................................ S8

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-iodo-propanesultone.a ................................................. S8

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-oxo-1-phenyl-4-(propylamino)butane-2-sulfonic acid. ...... S9

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-fluoro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid. ................... S9

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-chloro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.................. S10

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-bromo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid. ................ S10

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-iodo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid. .................... S11

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Abbreviations The following abbreviations are used throughout the text of the ESI file: ESI, electrospray

ionisation; RP-HPLC, reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; rt, room

temperature; TFA, trifluoroacetic acid.

Experimental procedures

Mono-iodo-propanesultone

O

O

OS

OOI

SO3H

Bis-propanesultone 3 (52.4 mg, 0.14 mmol, 1 equiv.) was dissolved in dry CH3CN (5

mL). NaI (21 mg, 0.14 mmol, 1 equiv.) in solution in dry CH3CN (8 mL) was then slowly

added. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at rt and the reaction was checked for

completion by RP-HPLC (system A). After 6 h, the reaction was stopped to avoid

significant formation of the non-desired bis-iodo derivative. The crude product was then

dissolved with aq. TFA and purified by RP-HPLC (system B, 1 injection, tR = 35.0-41.5

min). The product-containing fractions were lyophilised to give the mono-iodo-

propanesultone as an orange solid (33.1 mg, yield 49%, mixture of two racemic

diastereomers). δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 8.29 (d, J 8.7, 2H), 8.23 (d, J 8.3, 2H), 5.65 (ddd,

J 1.9, 6.8, 8.5, 1H), 5.21-5.16 (m, 1H), 4.68-4.54 (m, 2H), 3.25-3.15 (m, 2H), 2.83-2.74

(m, 2H), 2.72-2.60 (m, 2H); δC (75.5 MHz, CD3OD) 195.5, 189.5, 142.2, 139.9, 130.7,

129.9, 69.8, 68.1, 61.5, 34.1, 28.0, 3.4; MS (ESI-): m/z 500.93 [M - H]-, calcd for

C14H15IO8S2 501.93; HPLC (system A): tR = 22.8 and 23.0 min (two racemic

diastereomers, purity 90%); λmax(recorded during the HPLC analysis)/nm 265.

Mono-fluoro-oxyamine-peptide conjugate. The same protocol (synthesis and

purification) than described for peptide conjugate 6 was used. An aminooxy-

dodecapeptide (its sequence is confidential and not disclosed within this article but it

contains an aminooxyacetic acid residue) was used as starting material. MS (ESI+): m/z

885.33 [M + 2H]2+, 1769.53 [M + H]+, calcd for C73FH117N22O24S2 1768.80; HPLC

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(system A): tR = 20.9 min (four diastereomers, purity 68%); λmax(recorded during the

HPLC analysis)/nm 269.

General procedure for the nucleophilic ring-opening of monosultones 1 and 2. In a round

bottom flask were introduced one equivalent of the nucleophile (halide, amine, alcohol, thiol

or amino-acid derivatives) dissolved in CH3CN (with a small amount of deionised water or

DMF if complete solubility in CH3CN was not obtained). The mixture was stirred at room

temperature and one equiv. of monosultone (1 or 2) in solution in CH3CN was then added.

The reaction was checked for completion by RP-HPLC (system A), quenched by dilution with

aq. TFA and CH3CN and purified by RP-HPLC (system B, 1 injection).

- For potassium halide salts, 1.1 equivalent of Kryptofix[K222] was added,

- For amino acid hydrochloride derivatives, 1.1 equivalent of K2CO3 (or Cs2CO3) was added.

1-Oxo-1-phenyl-4-(propylamino)butane-2-sulfonic acid

SO3H

NHO

δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 7.73-7.63 (m, 5H), 5.07 (t, J 8.6, 1H), 4.63-4.56 (m, 1H), 4.37-

4.29 (m, 1H), 3.90-3.84 (m, 2H), 2.87-2.77 (m, 2H), 1.93-1.84 (m, 2H), 0.96 (t, J 7.3,

3H); δC (75.5 MHz, CD3OD) 184.4, 134.6, 130.2, 130.1, 128.4, 73.3, 60.6, 54.6, 25.2,

21.8, 11.1; MS (ESI-): m/z 284.20 [M - H]-, calcd for C13H19NO4S 285.10; HPLC (system

A): tR = 12.1 min (purity 94%); λmax(recorded during the HPLC analysis)/nm 254.

4-Fluoro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid

SO3H

FO

δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 8.10 (d, J 7.3, 2H), 7.62 (t, J 7.5, 1H), 7.51 (t, J 7.2, 2H), 5.14 (dd,

J 4.1, 9.4, 1H), 4.70-4.28 (m, 2H), 2.76-2.44 (m, 2H); δC (75.5 MHz, D2O) 196.8, 139.1,

134.4, 129.6, 128.8, 72.0, 64.7, 55.1; MS (ESI-): m/z 245.20 [M - H]-, calcd for

C10H11FO4S 246.04; HPLC (system A): tR = 14.1 min (purity 94%); λmax(recorded during

the HPLC analysis)/nm 254.

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4-Chloro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid

SO3H

ClO

δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 8.11 (d, J 7.5, 2H), 7.62 (t, J 7.3, 1H), 7.55 (t, J 7.4, 2H), 5.20 (dd,

J 4.5, 8.9, 1H), 3.76-3.47 (m, 2H), 2.74-2.66 (m, 1H), 2.66-2.51 (m, 1H); δC (75.5 MHz,

CD3OD) 196.5, 139.0, 134.5, 130.3, 129.6, 64.2, 43.7, 33.4; MS (ESI-): m/z 261.07 [M -

H]-, calcd for C10H11ClO4S 262.01; HPLC (system A): tR = 17.3 min (purity 93%);

λmax(recorded during the HPLC analysis)/nm 254.

4-Bromo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid

SO3H

BrO

δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 8.10 (d, J 7.5, 2H), 7.62 (t, J 7.3, 1H), 7.50 (t, J 7.9, 2H), 5.21 (dd,

J 4.5, 8.9, 1H), 3.64-3.57 (m, 1H), 3.44-3.36 (m, 1H), 2.84-2.74 (m, 1H), 2.70-2.60 (m,

1H); δC (75.5 MHz, CD3OD) 196.1, 139.0, 134.4, 130.3, 129.5, 65.3, 33.4, 31.9; MS (ESI-

): m/z 304.93 [M - H]-, 418.80 [M + TFA - H]-, calcd for C10H11BrO4S 305.96; HPLC

(system A): tR = 17.8 min (purity 84%); λmax(recorded during the HPLC analysis)/nm 254.

4-Iodo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid

SO3H

IO

δH (300 MHz, CD3OD) 8.02 (d, J 7.1, 2H), 7.63 (t, J 7.5, 1H), 7.50 (t, J 7.7, 2H), 5.16 (dd,

J 4.5, 8.7, 1H), 3.40-3.14 (m, 2H), 2.82-2.63 (m, 2H); δC (75.5 MHz, CD3OD) 196.6,

139.0, 134.5, 130.5, 129.6, 67.3, 34.4, 3.4; MS (ESI-): m/z 352.87 [M - H]-, calcd for

C10H11IO4S 353.94; HPLC (system A): tR = 19.7 min (purity 98%); λmax(recorded during

the HPLC analysis)/nm 254.

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-phenylacyl-1,3-propanesultone 1.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40

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19,4

27 0

,373

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28 0

,013

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38 0

,324

22,6

52 0

,071

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42 0

,103

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37 9

8,97

0 29,0

42 0

,145

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-benzyl-1,3-propanesultone 2.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

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1H NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d6 at 300 MHz.

13C NMR spectrum of bis-propanesultone 3 recorded in acetone-d6 at 75.5 MHz.

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ESI mass spectrum of bis-sultone 3 recorded in the negative mode.a

ahydration of sultone moieties was occurred during the ionisation process.

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of bis-sultone 3.a

Minutes0,0 2,5 5,0 7,5 10,0 12,5 15,0 17,5 20,0 22,5 25,0 27,5 30,0 32,5 35,0 37,5 40,0 42,5 45,0

mAU

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14,5

67 1

,015

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67 0

,173

20,8

53 1

,651

21,4

37 0

,093

22,5

33 0

,127

23,1

25 0

,076

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67 0

,272

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6,59

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aA doublet peak was observed because compound 3 is a mixture of two racemic diastereomers.

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-propanesultone 4.a

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

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10 1

,399

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02 2

,282

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62 2

,016

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17 4

5,97

319

,065

46,

128 19

,588

1,3

9119

,773

0,8

11

PDA-254nmRetention TimeArea Percent

aA doublet peak was observed because compound 4 is a mixture of two racemic diastereomers.

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-Boc-L-lysine-NH2 conjugate 5.a

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

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87 1

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58 5

8,83

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63 4

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aA split peak was observed because this conjugate is a mixture of four diastereomers.

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-fluoro-peptide conjugate 6.a

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40

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23 0

,320

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20,0

92 6

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95 9

2,83

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aThis conjugate is a mixture of four diastereomers.

RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of mono-iodo-propanesultone.a

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

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10 0

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55 6

,718

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95 0

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,837

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45 0

,674

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40 4

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822

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aA doublet peak was observed because this compound is a mixture of two racemic diastereomers.

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 1-oxo-1-phenyl-4-(propylamino)butane-2-sulfonic acid.

Minutes

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

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50 9

3,79

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50 5

,968

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67 0

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-fluoro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

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25 0

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00 1

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-chloro-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28

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03 5

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-bromo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

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RP-HPLC elution profile (system A) of 4-iodo-1-oxo-1-phenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid.

Minutes0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

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