Enantioselective S-Oxidation with an Aspartic acid-derived Peptide
2024-10-01 | 1 mintags: interactive, computational_chemistry, publication
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This blog post contains interactive visualization for the computational section of our work on the enantioselective S-oxidation of sulfoxides by an aspartic-acid containing tetrapeptide.1

The modeled reaction.
Major product TS (pro-R)
Best transition state leading to the major enantiomer. Substrate highlighted in orange.
Minor product TS (pro-S)
Best transition state leading to the minor enantiomer. Substrate highlighted in orange.

Two- and three-dimensional non-covalent binding network depictions. a: Major enantiomer best TS. b: Minor enantiomer best TS. c: Double β-hairpin motif within the catalyst. Energetic data at the ωB97M-V/def2-TZVPP/SMD(CHCl3)//R2SCAN-3c/CPCM(CHCl3) level.
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The full paper is now published in Organic Letters. ↩