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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Chembiochem. 2016 Mar 21;17(9):816–820. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201600017

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

A) Problems encountered with unprotected Rho in peptide chemistry. B) Synthesis of N,N'-Boc-protected Rho. a) Ac2O, H2SO4, 120°C (99%) ; b) EtOH, EDC, CH2Cl2 (94%); c) NaOEt, EtOH; d) Tf2O, pyridine, CH2Cl2 (57%); e) BocNH2, Pd2dba3, Xantphos, Cs2CO3, dioxane, 100ºC (82%); f) NaOH, THF(95%).