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Synfacts 2007(6): 0575-0575  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968517
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Rapamycin

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Thomas Snaddon
M. L. Maddess, M. N. Tackett, H. Watanabe, P. E. Brennan, C. D. Spilling, J. S. Scott, D. P. Osborn, S. V. Ley*
University of Cambridge, UK
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22 May 2007 (online)

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Rapamycin is a potent immunosuppressant. It is in clinical use and is administered after organ transplant operations. Noteworthy in this synthesis is a catechol-tethered Dieckmann condensation strategy used to construct the macrocyclic ring.