The synthesis, structural properties, and folding patterns of a series of L-proline methanologues represented by cis- and trans-4,5-methano-L-proline amides and their oligomers are reported as revealed by X-ray crystallography, circular dichroism measurements, and DFT calculations. We disclose the first example of a crystalline tetrameric proline congener to exhibit a polyproline II helical conformation. Experimental evidence of PPII-type helical arrangement (both in solution and in the solid state) of cis-4,5-methano-L-proline oligomers is supported by theoretical calculations reflecting the extent of n→π* stabilization of the trans-amide conformation.

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The syntheses of 4′-deoxy-4′-fluoro neamine and 4′-deoxy-4′-fluoro 4′-epi neamine from the readily available neamine and paromamine are described.