The preparation of protected derivatives of enantiomerically pure β-(trimethylsilyl)alanine (1) and their chemical properties are decribed. Examples of renin inhibitory peptides, containing 1 are given, which demonstrates its use as a 'bio-isosteric' replacement for phenylalanine (2).
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Beat Weidmann (1992) studied this question.