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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Isr J Chem. 2011 Oct 5;51(8-9):968–976. doi: 10.1002/ijch.201100077

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Retrosynthetic analysis of hEPO. Acm, acetamidomethyl, is a thiol protecting group for cysteine. R can be alkyl or aryl groups. Z is thiazolidine-4-(R)-carboxylic acid, a protected cysteine residue.