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Solid-phase methodology for synthesis of O-alkylated aromatic oligoamide inhibitors of α-helix-mediated
Natasha S Murphy1, Panchami Prabhakaran, Valeria Azzarito
1School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|March 20, 2013
Abstract:
Rapid access to rigid rods: A method is described for the synthesis of 3-O-alkylated aromatic oligobenzamide foldamers that could be used for assembly of libraries of α-helix mimetic inhibitors of protein-protein interactions (see scheme; Fmoc=9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl).
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