Synfacts 2008(7): 0676-0676  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077863
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Mycestericin A

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Arndt W. Schmidt
H. Sato, K. Sato, M. Iida, H. Yamanaka, T. Oishi, N. Chida*
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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Publikationsdatum:
20. Juni 2008 (online)

Significance

The first total synthesis of mycestericin A is reported starting from d- and l-tartaric acid esters, to generate chiral building blocks. An Overman rearrangement was used to set the tertiary amine.