A chlorocyclohexenone system as substituent in the side chain characterizes the antifungal dipeptide 1 (Ala-CCAla). Due to this reactive substituent CCAla is degraded to L-tyrosine upon acid hydrolysis of 1. This property could also render the chemical synthesis of CCAlA difficult.
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