A convergent solution-phase synthesis of the macrocycle Ac-Phe-[Orn-Pro-D-Cha-Trp-Arg], a potent new antiinflammatory drug

…, G Abbenante, SM Taylor, DP Fairlie

Index: Reid, Robert C.; Abbenante, Giovanni; Taylor, Stephen M.; Fairlie, David P. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 11 p. 4464 - 4471

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Abstract

Relatively few cyclic peptides have reached the pharmaceutical marketplace during the past decade, most produced through fermentation rather than made synthetically. Generally, this class of compounds is synthesized for research purposes on milligram scales by solid- phase methods, but if the potential of macrocyclic peptidomimetics is to be realized, low-cost larger scale solution-phase syntheses need to be devised and optimized to provide ...