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SUBMITTER: Barykina OV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789445 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barykina Olga V OV Rossi Kerri L KL Rybak Michael J MJ Snider Barry B BB
Organic letters 20091101 22
An asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction between acrolein and 1-benzyloxymethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene affords a bicyclic aldehyde that was elaborated in 11 steps to nor-platencin. nor-Platencin is 4-16 times less active than platencin against several resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, macrolide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. ...[more]