“…1,4-Diazepin-5-one ring system has also been targeted for the design of analogs of some dipeptidomimetics (73) and an efficient synthetic protocol involving a condensation reaction between ethylene diamine (71) and β-keto esters (72) has been developed by Henichart and coworkers [50] (Scheme 11). The reaction generated many side products under thermal conditions and the yield was very poor (up to 40%).…”