“…[7] High yields were obtained for the esterification (6, 91%), peptide coupling (7, 78% and 9, 67%) and the interconversion (8, 97%). The tripeptide Boc-Met-Leu-Phe-NH 2 (9) was isolated in a somewhat lower yield of 67%, since it appeared that the tetrapeptide Boc-Met-Leu-Phe-Phe-NH 2 (11%, verified by LC-MS analysis) had also been formed.…”