Synthesis of a decapeptide with the sequence 1–10 of human calcitonin with minimum protection of the amino acids

A decapeptide with sequence 1–10 of human calcitonin has been synthesized by a 5+5 scheme with the minimum protection of the side-chain functional groups of the amino acid.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of the Technology of Blood Substitutes and Hormonal Preparations, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 381–387, May–June, 1985.