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Synfacts 2011(5): 0471-0471  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259767
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Linezolid

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
S. D. Ramgren, A. L. Silberstein, Y. Yang, N. K. Garg*
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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15 April 2011 (online)

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Significance

A short, small-scale synthesis of the antibacterial oxazolidinone drug linezolid (Zyvox®) illustrates the synthetic potential of a new N-arylation reaction involving the Ni(0)-catalyzed coupling of stable and readily accessible O-sulfamates with amines.