Peptide Synthesis Procedures

  1. Peptide synthesizer - Wang Resin
  2. General procedures for manual synthesis - with permission from Nowick Lab, UCI

Also Read: "Anaphylaxis Induced by Peptide Coupling Agents: Lessons Learned from Repeated Exposure to HATU, HBTU, and HCTU" J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 3, 1764-1768 and an SOP on handling reagents with permission from Nowick Lab, UCI.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for commonly used chemicals:

  1. Dimethylformamide (DMF)
  2. Dichloromethane (DCM)
  3. Piperidine
  4. Ethyl cyanohydroxyiminoacetate (Oxyma)
  5. 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC)
  6. N,N'-Diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC)
  7. HATU
  8. HBTU
  9. HCTU
  10. HOAt
  11. HBPyU
  12. BOP
  13. PyBOP
  14. Hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) - Side product with BOP
  15. Tetramethylurea (TMU) - Side product with HATU, HBTU, HCTU
  16. Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)
  17. 2,2'-(Ethylenedioxy)diethanethiol (DODT)
  18. Triisoproylsilane (TIS)
  19. 2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine (Collidine)
  20. N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA)
  21. N-methylmorpholine
  22. Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP)
  23. Fmoc-Ala-OH
  24. Fmoc-Arg(Pbf)-OH
  25. Fmoc-Asn(Trt)-OH
  26. Fmoc-Asp(OtBu)-OH
  27. Fmoc-Cys(Trt)-OH
  28. Fmoc-Gln(Trt)-OH
  29. Fmoc-Glu(OtBu)-OH
  30. Fmoc-Gly-OH
  31. Fmoc-His(Trt)-OH
  32. Fmoc-Ile-OH
  33. Fmoc-Leu-OH
  34. Fmoc-Lys(Boc)-OH
  35. Fmoc-Met-OH
  36. Fmoc-Phe-OH
  37. Fmoc-Pro-OH
  38. Fmoc-Ser(tBu)-OH
  39. Fmoc-Thr(tBu)-OH
  40. Fmoc-Trp(Boc)-OH
  41. Fmoc-Tyr(tBu)-OH
  42. Fmoc-Val-OH