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SUBMITTER: Greshock TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3097137 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Greshock Thomas J TJ Johns Deidre M DM Noguchi Yasuo Y Williams Robert M RM
Organic letters 20080119 4
A scaleable synthesis of the potent histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor FK228 is described. A reliable strategy for preparing the key beta-hydroxy mercapto heptenoic acid partner was accomplished in nine steps and 13% overall yield. A Noyori asymmetric hydrogen-transfer reaction established the hydroxyl stereochemistry in >99:1 er via the reduction of a propargylic ketone. ...[more]