Dynamic combinatorial libraries of pseudo-peptide hydrazone macrocycles

Abstract

Combinatorial libraries of pseudo-peptide hydrazone macrocycles are formed from amino acid-derived building blocks equipped with hydrazide and aldehyde functionalities; a series of experiments confirm that hydrazone formation is reversible and that the libraries are genuinely dynamic.

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