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IN a previous communication1 we described a procedure for complete N-methylation of peptide –CONH– groups in oligopeptide derivatives. A mixture of methyl iodide and silver oxide in dimethylformamide was used as the reagent. This reagent is also capable of methylating –OH or –SH groups. It was shown that the N-acyloligopeptide methyl esters exhibited enhanced volatility after methylation, and that the permethylated products were more suitable for mass spectrometric sequential analysis of their amino-acid residues.
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DAS, B., GÉRO, S. & LEDERER, E. Detection and Location of N-Methyl-amino-acid Residues in N-Acyloligopeptide Methyl Esters by Mass Spectrometry. Nature 217, 547–548 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217547a0
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