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Keywords:

  • asymmetric catalysis;
  • kinetic resolution;
  • peptidomimetics;
  • reaction mechanisms

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Olefinic analogues of effective peptide-based catalysts for the kinetic resolution of functionalized racemic secondary alcohols have been synthesized. The isosteric replacement of the peptide amide bond in 1 with an (E)-alkene to form 2 has enabled the evaluation of the kinetic role of particular amides within these catalysts.