Turn Conformation of β-Amino Acid-Based Short Peptides Promoted by an Amidothiourea Moiety at C-Terminus.

J Org Chem

Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

Published: August 2020

A C-terminal amidothiourea motif is shown to promote a β-turn-like folded conformation in a series of β-amino acid-based short peptides in both the solid state and solution phase by an intramolecular 11-membered ring hydrogen bond.

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