“…a, piperazine, triethylamine, and 1-(benzyloxy)-4-(chloromethyl)benzene (1:2.2:10) were stirred in tetrahydrofuran for 18 h at room temperature, evaporated to dryness, and subjected to chromatography on SiO 2 in ethyl acetate/hexane (7:3, v/v); b, dissolution in methanol/ethanol (8:2, v/v), hydrogenation with 5 mg 10% palladium on carbon, drying under vacuum, purification by RP-HPLC. C, the synthesis of 15 was adapted from previous publications describing reductive amination (18,20,21) and liquid phase peptide synthesis (19). a, incubation in dimethylformamide/AcOH for 0.5 h at room temperature, cooled to 0°C, NaBH 3 CN, 16 h at room temperature, evaporation under reduced pressure at temperature Ͻ40°C; b, dissolution in methanol, 10% palladium on carbon overnight under 3.3 bars of H 2 , evaporation to dryness; c, dissolution in HCOOH, 2 h at room temperature with stirring, evaporation under reduced pressure (temperature Ͻ40°C), addition of triethylamine and dry dimethylformamide and stirring for 16 h at room temperature, evaporation under reduced pressure, purification by RP-HPLC.…”