“…Preparation of hexaamide 8 . Following the reported procedure,14 product 8 was isolated as a purple solid (11 mg, 65 %): R f =0.24 (MeOH/CH 2 Cl 2 40 %); 1 H NMR (500 MHz, [D 6 ]DMSO): δ =8.42 (t, J =5.9 Hz, 1 H), 8.38 (t, J =5.5 Hz, 1 H), 8.10 (t, J =5.5 Hz, 1 H), 7.96 (t, J =5.5 Hz, 1 H), 7.89 (t, J =5.5 Hz, 1 H), 7.60 (t, J =5.5 Hz, 1 H), 5.56 (s, 1 H), 4.90–4.82 (m, 2 H), 4.67 (bs, 3 H), 4.55 (bs, 1 H), 4.37 (d, J =8.7 Hz, 1 H), 3.69 (d, J =17.8 Hz, 1 H), 3.60 (d, J =10.5 Hz, 1 H), 3.48–3.35 (m, 13 H including residual Et 2 O), 3.26–3.00 (m, 14 H), 3.83–3.73 (m, 2 H), 2.66–2.61 (m, 1 H), 2.45–2.34 (m, 3 H), 2.31–2.24 (m, 1 H), 2.23–2.13 (m, 9 H), 2.10–1.97 (m, 5 H), 1.91 (bs, 1 H), 1.82–1.71 (m, 3 H), 1.66–1.58 (m, 2 H), 1.49 (s, 3 H), 1.33 (s, 3 H), 1.30 (s, 3 H), 1.22 (s, 3 H), 1.13 (s, 3 H), 1.11–1.03 ppm (m, 9 H including residual Et 2 O); 13 C NMR (125 MHz, [D 6 ]DMSO): δ =175.7, 175.5, 175.3, 172.4, 171.29, 171.25, 170.7, 170.6, 169.3, 167.8, 164.1, 162.5, 102.9, 101.5, 82.4, 74.9, 64.8, 62.0, 59.81, 59.76, 59.7, 59.5, 58.0, 56.0, 55.0, 52.8, 48.2, 46.0, 45.9, 45.0, 42.0, 41.8, 41.6, 41.54, 41.49, 40.0, 39.83, 39.76, 39.7, 39.6, 39.5, 39.3, 39.2, 39.0, 38.5, 35.5, 32.2, 32.0, 31.0, 30.8, 25.4, 23.7, 21.7, 19.3, 18.5, 17.7, 16.0 ppm; UV/Vis (MeOH): λ max ( ε )=578 (8.83×10 3 ), 538 (7.75×10 3 ), 367 (2.53×10 4 ), 308 (9.43×10 3 ), 276 nm (1.10×10 4 ); HRMS‐ESI ( m / z ) [ M +Na] + calcd for C 56 H 85 CoN 12 O 12 Na: 1199.6540, found: 1199.5634; Anal. calcd for C 56 H 85 CoN 12 O 12 +5 H 2 O: C 53.07, H 7.56, N 13.26, found: C 53.05, H 7.46, N 13.22.…”