J. the first non-peptidic substrate-mimetic lead inhibitors of Akt 29aCb, which have affinities of S5mt 17 and 12 M, respectively. This strategy has potential to provide a useful set of molecular probes to assist in the validation of Akt as a potential target for anti-cancer drug design. (ppm) relative to tetramethylsilane. All coupling constants are described in Hz. Analysis and purification by revere phase HPLC (UV detector with a Waters 1525EF binary pump using a Phenomenex Luna 5 C18(2) 250 21 mm column run at 20 mL/min (preparative), or a Waters 2487 dual UV detector with a Waters 1525 binary pump using a Microsorb-MV 300 ? C18 250 4.6 mm column run at 1 mL/min (analytical), using gradient mixtures of water with 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) (A) and 10:1 acetonitrile/water (B) with 0.1% TFA. Compound purity was confirmed by analytical 9.63 (1H, s, NH), 7.82 (1H, dd, = 8.7 and 2.1 Hz, Ar-H), 7.79 (4H, d, = 8.1 Hz, Ar-H), 7.66 (1H, d, = 2.1 Hz, Ar-H), 7.63 (1H, b, NH), 7.52C7.01 (14H, m, NH) and Ar-H, 6.81 (1H, d, = 8.7 Hz, Ar-H), 6.61 (2H, d, = 9.1 Hz, Ar-H), 5.19 (1H, b, NH), 4.78 (4H, s, CH2), 3.31C3.27 (4H, m, CH2); 13C NMR (DMSO, 500 MHz) 164.2, 156.9, 147.0, 145.3, 143.5, 138.4, 132.3, Astilbin 129.7, 129.0, 128., 128.7, 127.6, 127.3, 125.9, 122.3, 122.0, 118.8, 112.5, 109.4, 109.2, 54.2, 41.4, 39.7. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C38H34N8OH+ 619.2934. Found 619.2933. 7.98 (1H, d, = 8.4 Hz, Ar-H), 7.92C 7.86 (4H, m, Ar-H), 7.77 (1H, d, = 1.9 Hz, Ar-H), Astilbin 7.67C7.66 (4H, m, Ar-H), 7.56C7.36 (9H, m, Ar-H), 6.89 (1H, d, = 8.7 Hz, Ar-H), 6.67 (2H, d, = 8.9 Hz, Ar-H), 4.77 (4H, s, CH2), 3.44 (2H, t, = 6.0 Hz, CH2), 3.38 (2H, t, = 6.0 Hz, CH2); 13C NMR (MeOD, 500 MHz) 168.5, 158.9, 149.3, 146.5, 137.4, 135.3, 134.3, 133.6, 131.4, 130.6, 130.1, 129.8, 129.4, 129.1, 129.0, 128.8, 128.7, 128.4, 127.6, 127.4, 124.4, 124.0, 119.8, 114.6, 111.8, 110.6, 56.2, 43.0, 41.8. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C42H36N8OH+ 669.3090 Found 669.3109. (7H, m, Ar-H), 7.68C7.66 (4H, m, Ar-H), 7.57C7.41 (9H, m, Ar-H), 6.70 (2H, d, = 9.1 Hz, Ar-H), 4.79 (4H, s, CH2), 3.95 (2H, s, CH2); 13C NMR (MeOD, 500 MHz) 168.3, 167.6, 159.4, 146.7, 146.4, 138.4, 136.8, 135.1, 134.4, 133.6, 131.3, 130.2, 129.6, 129.5, 129.3, 129.0, 128.8, 128.5, 127.9, 127.7, 126.0, 125.9, 125.9, 124.3, 119.8, 114.5, 111.8, 56.1, 45.2. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C42H34N8O2H+ 683.2883. Found 683.2872. 12.24 (1H, s, NH), 10.13 (1H, s, NH), 8.51 (1H, d, = 2.2 Hz, Ar-H), 7.99 (1H, dd, = 9.0 and 2.2 Hz, Ar-H), 7.85 (2H, d, = 8.7 Hz, Ar-H), 7.72 (2H, d, = 8.7 Hz, Ar-H), 7.53 (1H, d, = 9.0 Hz, Ar-H), 7.11C7.08 (2H, m, Ar-H and NH), 3.75 (2H, d, = 6.1 Hz, CH2), 1.40 (9H, s, CH3); 13C NMR (DMSO, 400 MHz) 168.3, 155.9, 141.3, 140.8, 140.2, 139.1, 128.0, 126.0, 125.7, 119.2, 116.6, 116.6, 111.4, 99.9, 78.0, 43.7, 28.1. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C21H22N4O5H+ 411.1668. Found 411.1675. 5.1.7. {[4-(5-Amino-111.03 (1H, s, NH), 10.12 (1H, s, NH), 7.84C7.77 (4H, m, Ar-H), 7.14 (1H, d, = 8.3 Hz, Ar-H), 6.99 (1H, br, NH), 6.82 (1H, s, Ar-H), 6.62C6.61 (2H, m, Ar-H), 4.58 (2H, br, NH2), 3.94 (2H, s, CH2), 1.44 (9H, s, CH3); 13C NMR (DMF, 500 MHz) 169.5, 157.5, 143.0, 139.5, 138.8, 132.7, 131.4, 129.4, 126.2, 120.6, 113.4, 112.3, 104.4, 98.1, 79.4, 45.4, 29.0. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C21H24N4O3H+ 381.1927. Found 381.1928. 5.1.8. [(4-{5-[Bis-(4-cyano-benzyl)-amino]-111.11 (1H, s, NH), 9.99 (1H, s, NH), 7.78 (4H, d, = 8.0 Hz, Ar-H), 7.70 (2H, d, = 8.5 Hz, Ar-H), 7.62 (2H, d, = Astilbin 8.5 Hz, Ar-H), 7.49 (4H, d, = 8.0 Hz, Ar-H), 7.17 (1H, d, = 8.8 Hz, Ar-H), 7.05 (1H, t, = 5.9 Hz, NH), 6.72C6.66 (2H, m, Ar-H), 6.55 (1H, s, Ar-H), 4.71 (4H, s, CH2), 3.73 (2H, d, = 5.9 Hz, CH2), Astilbin 1.40 (9H, s, CH3); 13C NMR (DMSO, 500 MHz) 168.09, 155.82, 145.80, 141.57, 137.93, 137.76, 132.17, 131.33, 129.36, 127.92, 127.23, Astilbin 125.11, 119.14, 118.81, 111.57, 109.30, 104.00, 97.27, 79.06, 77.94, 55.52, 43.69, 28.11. HRMS (ESI) calculated for C37H34N6O3H+ 611.2771. Found 611.2758. 5.1.9.11.37 (1H, s, NH), 9.80 (1H, s, NH), 8.98 (1H, t, = 5.0 Hz, NH), 8.48 (1H, s, NH), 7.58C7.26 (12H, m, Ar-H), 7.15 (1H, d, = 8.7 Hz, Ar-H), 6.86.