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Kahalalide compounds are peptides that are isolated
from a Hawaiian herbivorous marine species o
fmollusc,
Elysia rufescens, and its diet, the green alga
Bryopsis sp
. Kahalalide F and its synthetic analoguesare the most promising compounds o
f the Kahalalide
family because they show antitumoral activity.Linear solid-phase syntheses o
f Kahalalide F have been reported. Here we describe several new improvedsynthetic routes based on convergent approaches with distinct orthogonal protection schemes
for thepreparation o
f Kahaladide analogues. These strategies allow a better control and characterization o
f theintermediates because more reactions are per
formed in solution.