Synfacts 2011(2): 0123-0123  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259219
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (+)-Chaetocin A

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Kimberley A. Roper
J. Kim, M. Movassaghi*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
19 January 2011 (online)

Significance

(+)-Chaetocin A is a dimeric epipolythiodiketopiperazine alkaloid and one previous synthesis has been published (M. Sodeoka and co-workers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 4078). Similar natural products with 3/4 sulfide bridges were also accessed from common intermediate G.