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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Harmata M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2821684 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20090801 15
A formal total synthesis of the antitubercular natural product was accomplished. This work was undertaken to address certain stereochemical problems in our initial synthesis. By using an ester group as a surrogate for a methyl group, we were able to intercept a key intermediate in our first synthesis with better selectivity and greater convergence than had previously been the case. ...[more]