Recent advances in pharmaceutical applications of solid phase synthesis

ABSTRACT

Merrifield in 1963 introduced his solid phase technique for synthesis of peptides. The advantage of this approach is that the growing peptide chain is firmly attached to a completely insoluble solid particle and can be washed free of reagents and by-products. It was for reason that the term solid phase peptide synthesis was introduced to describe the new method. This method lends itself to automation and provides a route to the synthesis of many of the higher molecular weight polypeptides and oligonucleotides which have not been accessible by conventional procedures