Oligomers mime forced non-peptide dipeptide or tripeptide, and their uses

The invention relates to nonpeptide oligomers of amino acids. The oligomers comprise -(NR'-A-CO)-O- units which represent a nonpeptide, restricted-mimetic inducer of the beta turn in a dipeptide or tripeptide fragment. Said oligomers may be produced by peptide synthesis techniques, whether in solution or in the solid phase, and can be used in the synthesis of synthetic proteins or polypeptides, in which the peptide fragment(s) (is) are identical to those of the corresponding natural protein or polypeptide and whose structural fragment(s) comprise(s) a fragment of an oligomer according to the invention.