Takahiro Ono, Kohsuke Aikawa, Takashi Okazoe, Jumpei Morimoto and Shinsuke Sando
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 9386-9389
DOI:
10.1039/D1OB01565F,
Communication
Here, we investigated the effect of CH3 to CF3 substitution on the membrane permeability of peptides. We synthesized a series of peptides with CF3 groups and corresponding nonfluorinated peptides and measured the membrane permeability of the peptides. As a result, we demonstrated that CH3 to CF3 substitution is useful for increasing the membrane permeability of di-/tri-peptides.