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To establish a solid-phase synthetic methodology where growing peptide chains remain covalently bound to an insoluble polymeric support throughout stepwise amino acid additions.

July 1, 1963Journal of the American Chemical Society

Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. I. The Synthesis of a Tetrapeptide

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RMR. B. MerrifieldRockefeller University

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Experimental study demonstrates solid-phase peptide synthesis of a model tetrapeptide, indicating a simplified route for assembling complex biological chains.

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To establish a solid-phase synthetic methodology where growing peptide chains remain covalently bound to an insoluble polymeric support throughout stepwise amino acid additions.
Anchored the first protected amino acid to an insoluble chloromethylated polystyrene copolymer resin support.
Conducted sequential cycles of deprotection, neutralization, and amino acid coupling without isolating intermediate peptides.
Cleaved the completed tetrapeptide from the solid resin support using acidic conditions to yield the final free peptide.
Successfully synthesized and recovered a pure model tetrapeptide using the insoluble solid support method.
Avoided the substantial purification losses and labor typical of conventional solution-phase peptide chemistry by enabling rapid washing between coupling cycles.

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R. B. Merrifield (1963) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69430d38c03214bae5b581f7 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00897a025

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Experimental study demonstrates solid-phase peptide synthesis of a model tetrapeptide, indicating a simplified route for assembling complex biological chains.

Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. I. The Synthesis of a Tetrapeptide

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Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. I. The Synthesis of a Tetrapeptide

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