Microwave-assisted solid-phase syntheses of six “difficult” peptides, H-VVSVV-NH2 (3), H- VVVSVV-NH2 (4), H-VIVIG-OH (5), H-TVTVTV-NH2 (6), H-VKDGYI-NH2 (7), and H-VKDVYI- NH2 (8), were achieved utilizing N-(Fmoc-α-aminoacyl) benzotriazoles. Extension to the syntheses of Leu-enkephalin (9) and amyloid-β (34− 42)(10) demonstrates that this strategy comprises an efficient route to new and known “difficult” peptides.