N-Substituted tetralactams (cyclo-beta-tetrapeptides) have been identified
as potential molecular scaffolds by computer-aided design; compound 2, aris
ing from L-beta-homophenylalanine, has been prepared as a model system and
its structure elucidated by single crystal X-ray analysis and NMR spectrosc
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