Solid-phase synthesis of 4-methylcarboxy-1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-diones

A solid-phase synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepinone-2,5-diones is described. This new route can afford benzodiazepinone bearing a N-urethane-protected amine and a carboxylic acid function. This kind of building block is valuable as a dipeptide mimic or beta-turn mimetic, and it can be introduced in place of any amino acid in peptide synthesis. Using an "analytical probe" strategy, we optimized the synthesis of a model compound on SynPhase Lanterns. Therefore, the efficiency of several linkers was investigated.