L-Leu-based peptides having chiral six-membered ring amino acids: Boc-{L-Leu-L-Leu-[(1R,3R)- or (1S,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M)}n-OMe [n=1 (2), 2 (4), 3 (5)1, were synthesized. A conformational analysis using FTIR absorption and NOESY NMR spectra revealed that these hexa- and nonapeptides having (1R,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) or (1S,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) formed helical structures in CDCl3 solution, while that using CD spectra suggested that the nonapeptide 5b having (1S,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) become more right-handed (P) alpha-helical than the nonapeptide 5a having (1R,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) in TFE solution. An X-ray crystallographic analysis showed that the hexapeptide 4b having (1S,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) formed a partially distorted right-handed (P) 3(10)-/alpha-helical structure in the crystal state, while the nonapeptides 5a and 5b having (1R,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) or (1S,3R)-Ac(6)c(3M) formed similar right-handed (P) alpha-helical backbone structures. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.