Ru-Alkylidene catalysed olefin metathesis generates metabolically stable cystine bridge peptidomimetics with defined geometry. Deleterious coordinative bonding to the catalyst by sulfur-containing functionality found in cysteine and methionine residues can be negated by and reversible oxidation of thiol and thioether functionality, as disulfides and S-oxides respectively, to facilitate high yielding ring-closing and cross metathesis of bioorthogonally protected peptides.
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