“…f l -B o c protection was used throughout the synthesis with the following side chain groups: Arg, Tos; Ser, Bzl; Asp, Bzl; Glu, Bzl; Thr, Bzl; His, Boc. Prior to each coupling step, the appropriate Boc-amino acid (including Boc-Gln, and without Boc-Arg (Tos)) in methylene chloride was mixed with a cold solution of carbodiimide in methylene chloride in the molar ratio of 2:l (Hemmasi & Bayer, 1974). After 67 keeping the mixture at 4°C for 1 h, the insoluble dicyclohexylurea was filtered off and the resulting solution of Boc-amino acid anhydride (Schiissler & Zahn, 1962) was added to the resin bound amino group (Hemmasi & Bayer, 1974).…”