Novel inhibitors of procollagen C-terminal proteinase. Part 1: Diamino acid hydroxamates

The parallel synthesis of novel inhibitors of procollagen C-terminal proteinase is described. The synthetic strategy allowed for the facile synthesis of a large number of side-chain diversified diamino acid hydroxamates, of which the D-diaminopropionic acid derivatives were shown to be single digit nanomolar PCP inhibitors. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.