The design and elaboration of a series of macrocyclic templates that exhibit a propensity to adopt a beta-strand-like peptide-backbone conformation led to potent and selective inhibitors of calpain 2. Macrocycle 1 retarded calcium-induced opacification in an ovine-lens culture assay and is a lead compound for the development of a drug for cataract treatment. Cbz=carbobenzyloxy.
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