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A novel oligobenzamide-based α-helix mimetic was designed and synthesised with either imine or hydrazone functionalities that serve both to pre-organise the side-chain vectors to mimic the i, i + 4 and i + 7 residues of an α-helix, and to allow for the facile creation of dynamic libraries.
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