A pair of conformationally restricted TRH analogs have been synthesized. Both analogs have the central histidine of TRH replaced by a cyclohexylalanine unit, and both analogs contain a 6, 5-bicyclic lactam ring fusing the proline peptide bond into a trans conformation. The analogs differ at the bridgehead stereocenter. The synthesis of the analogs utilized an anodic amide oxidation reaction to selectively functionalize a proline derivative and a ...