Cyclic peptides with heterocycles are cell membrane-permeable : Oxadiazole-containing peptidomimetic macrocycles have potential as drugs
Stu Borman
Chemical and Engineering News, 94(43) (2016)
N-Isocyanoiminotriphenylphosphorane: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Reactions at the Metal
Weinberger B, Fehlhammer WP.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 19(6), 480-481 (1980)
Oxadiazole grafts in peptide macrocycles
Frost JR, Scully CCG, Yudin AK.
Nature Chemistry, 8(12), 1105-1111 (2016)
Novel One-Pot, Four-Component Condensation Reaction: An Efficient Approach for the Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivatives by a Ugi-4CR/aza-Wittig Sequence
The Yudin laboratory is known for the development of amphoteric molecules and their application in synthesis. The corresponding reagents possess nucleophilic and electrophilic functional groups that do not prematurely react with each other.