The Synthesis of [4-Carboranylalanine, 5
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Jean-Luc Fauchère; Othmar Leukart; Alex Eberle; Robert Schwyzer
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Article
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1979
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John Wiley and Sons
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German
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## Abstract The title compound, an analogue of [Leu^5^]‐enkephalin with L‐__o__‐carboranylalanine replacing L‐phenylalanine in position 4, was prepared by fragment condensation. The analogue has a 3‐fold higher affinity for rat brain opiate receptors in the [^3^H]naloxone competition assay than nat