Multicomponent synthesis of acylated short peptoids with antifungal activity against plant pathogens

Abstract

In this article, we describe the synthesis of a small library of short peptoids composed of four glycine residues and acylated with a fatty acid that showed a remarkable in vitro activity against two fungal plant pathogens. Their straightforward synthesis implied two consecutive Ugi reactions and can be efficiently extended to the construction of highly diverse libraries. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.