The design and synthesis of mimetics of peptide beta-turns.

The synthesis of an 11 membered ring bis-lactam, a system which is designed as a conformationally restricted mimetic of type I and type II beta-turns is described. Computer assisted molecular modeling was used to compare the predicted low energy conformers of the turn mimetic with idealized type I and type II turn structures. Initial computational analysis indicates that the basic ring structure will provide an excellent foundation for the development of a varieity of beta-turn mimetics.