“…Along this line, the MUB 70 sequence accumulates eight highly sensitive occurrences (three Asp-Gly, two Asp-Asn, two Asp-Asp, one Asp-Thr), among which the Asp-Gly sequences are particularly prone to aspartimide formation. Therefore, in a second attempt to synthesize MUB 70 , a systematic protection of each glycine amide moiety occurring before an Asp derivative was achieved by coupling Fmoc-Asp(OtBu)-(Dmb)Gly-OH dipeptides (29), namely in positions 29, 50, and 63, in reference to the C terminus ( Fig. 2A, Strategy 2).…”