Synfacts 2011(6): 0588-0588  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260368
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Variecolortides A and B

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, James R. Frost
C. A. Kuttruff, H. Zipse*, D. Trauner*
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Publication History

Publication Date:
19 May 2011 (online)

Significance

Variecolortides A and B were isolated in 2007 from the fungus Aspergillus variecolor. These structurally unusual racemic N,O-acetals have shown modest cytotoxic activity.