POLYAMIDES CONTAINING C-TERMINUS Β-Alanine-carboxylic ACIDS AS INTERMEDIATES FOR DIVERGENT SYNTHESIS

The synthesis of eight imidazole-and pyrrole-containing polyamides contain an N-terminal pyrrole unit and C-terminal P-alanine carboxylic acid moiety is described. These heterocyclic polyamides are important synthons for the preparation of sequence selective DNA binding agents.