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SUBMITTER: Naduthambi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4209909 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20130909 18
α-Helices are ubiquitous protein recognition elements that bind diverse biomolecular targets. The synthesis of a small molecule scaffold to present the side chains of an α-helix is described. The 1,3,5,7-tetrasubstituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene scaffold, providing mimicry of the i, i+3, and i+4 positions of an α-helix, was synthesized using a novel MgBr2-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts epoxide cycloalkylation as the key step. Each position may be differentiated via O-alkylation after scaffold syn ...[more]