| CPC C07K 1/06 (2013.01) [C07C 231/00 (2013.01)] | 36 Claims |
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1. A method of producing a peptide compound in which a protecting group removable by a silylating agent is removed, the method comprising the step of contacting a starting peptide compound comprising natural amino acid residues and/or amino acid analog residues with the silylating agent in a solvent and thereby removing the protecting group from the starting peptide compound,
wherein the silylating agent is prepared by:
(i) mixing a silyl compound with an electrophilic species scavenger, or
(ii) mixing an acid with a silyl-containing electrophilic species scavenger,
wherein the starting peptide compound comprises at least one protecting group removable by the silylating agent, and
wherein the starting peptide compound comprises at least one N-alkylated amino acid residue;
wherein the electrophilic species scavenger in (i) has a formula of formula (11) as defined below; and
wherein the silyl-containing electrophilic species scavenger in (ii) is a compound having a formula of formula (11) as defined below, provided that the compound has a silyl group:
![]() wherein in formula 11,
RB is a substituted silyl group and RC is a substituted silyl group, or
RB and RC, together with the nitrogen atom and oxygen atom to which they are attached, form a 5- to 7-membered ring; and
RD is optionally substituted methylene.
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