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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Med Chem. 2014 May 9;81:323–333. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.05.018

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis of polyisoprenylated cysteinyl amide inhibitors (PCAIs) of PMPMease. Reagents: (a) −10°C, PBr3, Et2O (b) TEA, L-cysteine methyl ester, Anh. MeOH (c) 6-bromohexanoyl chloride, TEA, DCM, (d) K2CO3, amine, toluene, (e) amine, 90°C, ON.