In order to confirm the structures of spidamine and joramine, identified from the venom of a spider (Nephila clavata), we convergently synthesized both compounds, which have a common side chain of N-(L-asparaginyl)-N'-(3-aminopropyl-β-alanyl)-1, 5-pentanediamine. A synthon of the common side chain was synthesized by starting with n-propanolamine which was converted to 7-azido-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-4-azaheptanoic acid N- ...