An Optically Active Nucleophile That Catches Its Substrate By Two Points

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(92)80017-E

Two diastereomeric cyclic dipeptides are obtained by coupling L or D-His with L-(crowned DOPA).The kinetic data on the reaction of p-nitrophenyl esters of protonated amino-acids and peptides with these His derivatives are reported.