The chemical synthesis of 4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid (AHMHA) starting from L-leucine and diethyl malonate has been reported.^However, the absolute configuration of AHMHA obtained by hydrolysis of pepstatin was not elucidated.
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Nakamura et al. (1973) studied this question.