Synthesis of Alkyl Bridged‐Tris‐α‐Amino Acids as C3‐Symmetric and Linear Linkers.

Although bis‐α‐amino acids have been used to synthesize dimer models of aggregative peptides involved in neurodegenerative diseases, tris‐α‐amino acids are employed to a lesser extent for trimer models. The reported tris‐α‐amino acids substituted on the 1,3,5‐positions of an aromatic ring are not suitable for mimicking trimers due to their low flexibility and high planarity. Here, we design and synthesize two new alkyl bridged‐tris‐α‐amino acids with Fmoc protecting groups as new flexible linkers for trimer models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]