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SUBMITTER: Dixon MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657367 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20081113 2
A new, highly efficient, all-solid-phase synthesis of argifin, a natural product cyclic pentapeptide chitinase inhibitor, is reported. The synthesis features attachment of an orthogonally protected Asp residue to the solid support and assembly of the linear peptide chain by Fmoc SPPS prior to cyclisation and side-chain manipulation on-resin. Introduction of the key N-methyl carbamoyl-substituted Arg side chain is achieved via derivatisation of a selectively protected Orn residue, prior to cleava ...[more]