Heterocycles as a Peptidomimetic Scaffold: Solid-Phase Synthesis Strategies

Abstract

Peptidomimetics are a privileged class of pharmacophores that exhibit improved physicochemical and biological properties. Solid-phase synthesis is a powerful tool for gaining rapid access to libraries of molecules from small molecules to biopolymers and also is widely used for the synthesis of peptidomimetics. Small molecules including heterocycles serve as a core for hundreds of drugs, including peptidomimetic molecules. This review covers solid-phase synthesis strategies for peptidomimetics molecules based on heterocycles.

Keywords

• solid-phase synthesis
• peptidomimetics
• peptidomimetic synthesis
• protein secondary structure mimetics
• solid-phase peptide synthesis strategies