title: Synthesis of cyclic peptides by ring-closing metathesis.
abstract: The synthesis of a series of "amide to amide" cyclized peptides by ring-closing metathesis (RCM) as well as a convenient synthesis for the linear precursors is described. In addition, the influence of the length of the alkene substituents and the influence of the peptide sequence is investigated, leading to a set of general rules to obtain "amide to amide" cyclized peptides by RCM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Reichwein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Versluis
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Liskamp
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic