METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-PROLYL-L-M-SARCOLYSYL-L-P-FLUOROPHENYLALANINE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to the production of L-prolyl-L-m-sarcolysyl-L-p-fluorophenylalanine and to the lower alkyl ester and/or acid addition salts thereof. To this end L-p-fluorophenylalanine presenting a protected carboxyl group is reacted with L-m-sarcolysine presenting a protected amino group, preferably during cooling in an anhydrous medium and in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. This yields L-m-sarcolysyl-L-p-fluorophenylalanine presenting a protected amino group and a protected carboxyl group. The amino protective group is then split off, resulting in the formation of L-m-sarcolysyl-L-p-fluorophenylalanine presenting a protected carboxyl group. The resulting product is reacted with proline presenting a protected amino group in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, so that L-prolyl-L-m-sarcolysyl-L-p-fluorophenylalanine with a protected amino group is obtained. Finally the amino protective group is split off and possibly the lower alkyl ester group split off and/or the resulting compound transformed into an acid addition salt.