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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2011 Nov 10;54(23):8078ā€“8084. doi: 10.1021/jm201226w

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthetic route for compounds 1ā€“8. a) (i) Fmoc-AA-OH (3eq), HOCt or HOBt (3eq), and DIC (3eq) in DMF/DCM (10 mL/1g of resin) for amino acid couplings; (iii) Piperidine/DMF (1:10, 2 + 20 minutes); (iv) 4-phenylbutyric acid (6eq), and DIC (3eq) in DMF/DCM; b) (i) Pd(0)tetrakistriphenylphosphine (0.01eq), N,Nā€²-dimethylbarbituric acid (5eq) in degassed DCM (2 Ɨ 30 minutes) (ii) 5-hexynoic acid (5eq) and DIC (3eq) in DMF/DCM for compound 1; S-Trt-3-propanoic acid (5eq) and DIC (3eq) in DMF/DCM for compound 2; c) (i) TFA-scavengers cocktail (91% TFA, 3% water, 3% thioanisole, 3% ethanedithiol); (ii) ether extraction; d) purification.