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Synthesis of Information-bearing Peptoids and their Sequence-directed Dynamic Covalent Self-assembly
Published on: February 6, 2020
Binaphthyl scaffolded peptoids via ring-closing metathesis reactions and their anti-bacterial activities
Adel Garas1, John B Bremner, Jonathan Coates
1School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|May 5, 2009
Abstract:
An efficient synthesis of four new acyclic and four new cyclic binaphthyl-based cationic peptoids is described. These compounds had anti-bacterial activities with MIC values of 4-62 microg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus.
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