METHOD FOR PREPARING FOR SOMATOSTATIN PEPTIDE ANALOGUES WITH TREONINE IN THE SIXTH POSITION

摘要

A compound of the formula: IMAGE wherein each A1 and A2, independently, is H, C1-12 alkyl, C7-10 phenylalkyl, R1CO (where R1 is C1-20 alkyl, C3-20 alkenyl, C3-20 alkinyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or C7-10 phenylalkyl), or R2OCO (where R2 is C1-10 alkyl or C7-10 phenylalkyl), provided that when one of A1 or A2 is R1CO or R2OCO, the other must be H; each X1 and X2, independently, is H, F, Cl, Br, OH, CH3, or CF3, provided that at least one of X1 and X2 must be H; A3 is Phe or Tyr; and A4 is OH, NH2, or NH-R3 (wherein R3 is a saturated aliphatic C1-8 alkyl); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A therapeutic composition containing the compound of the present invention and a method of using the same are also described.