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Synfacts 2010(7): 0741-0741  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220104
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Total Synthesis of (±)-Communesin F

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. Carter
P. Liu, J. H. Seo, S. M. Weinreb*
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Publication Date:
22 June 2010 (online)

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Significance

(±)-Communesin F was isolated in 1993 from a Penicillium mould found growing on Enteromorpha intestinalis, a marine alga. It displays insecticidal activity and other members of the communesin family are active against leukemia cell lines.