Benzotriazol-1-yl Diethyl Phosphate and Benzotriazol-1-yl Diphenyl Phosphate. New Convenient Reagents for the Peptide Synthesis

Benzotriazol-1-yl Diethyl phosphate and benzotriazol-1-yl diphenyl phosphate were conveniently prepared in essentially quantitative yields by the reaction of diethyl chlorophosphate and diphenyl chlorophosphate with equal amounts of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole and triethylamine in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature, respectively. Benzotriazol-1-yl diethylphosphate was effective for the preparation of amides from carboxylic acids amines. Young test and Anderson test for racemization studies using benzotriazol-1-yl diethyl phosphate were investigated and practically no racemization occurred. However, racemization occurred to some extent during coupling of Z-Phe-Val-OH with Pro-OBu. Several dipeptides and tripeptides were prepared without little racemization using benzotriazol-1-yl diethyl phosphate. Benzotriazol-1-yl diphenyl phosphate was less effective than benzotriazol-1-yl diethyl phosphate in terms of the degree of racemization.