“…This fact hampered the efficiency of the nucleophilic addition at the cleave step and led to the low yield. Furthermore, in an earlier investigation, 11 Scheme 2. Synthetic Routes for 3 and 4 a a Reaction conditions: (i) 20% piperidine in DMF, 2 × 10 min; (ii) Boc-Lys(Fmoc)-OH (29 mM, 3.5 equiv), HBTU (3.5 equiv), 5% NMM in DMF, 1 h, rt; (iii) Fmoc-Lys(Boc)-OH (29 mM, 3.5 equiv), HBTU (3.5 equiv), 5% NMM in DMF, 1 h, rt; (iv) Boc-Lys(Boc)-OH (29 mM, 3.5 equiv), HBTU (3.5 equiv), 5% NMM in DMF, 2 h, rt; (v) isoamylnitrite (125 mM, 10 equiv), DMF, 1.5 h, rt; (vi) propargylamine (53 mM, 4 equiv), DIPEA in DMF (8 equiv), 6 h, rt; (vii) TFA:H 2 O (95:5).…”