Edman-Abbau als analytische methode in der ‘Solid phase’-Peptidsynthese. Vorläufige Mitteilung

The systematic analysis of solid phase peptide synthesis by Edman degradation becomes possible by the development of a technique (high pressure liquid chromatography) for the determination of phenylthiohydantoins in trace amounts. By its qualitative beside the quantitative results the degradation method offers the possibility to follow formation and propagation of failure sequences over more than one synthetic cycle. Scope and limitations of the method are discussed.