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Synfacts 2008(1): 0001-0001  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991496
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Kinamycin C

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Zofia Komsta
K. C. Nicolaou*, H. Li, A. L. Nold, D. Pappo, A. Lenzen
The Scripps Research Institute and University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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18 December 2007 (online)

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Significance

Kinamycins are Streptomyces metabolites that contain a rare diazofluorene moiety. Kinamycin C possesses strong inhibiting activity against Gram-positive bacteria along with some antitumor activity. A convergent synthesis is presented in which both key building blocks A and B can be synthesized on a multigram scale.