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SUBMITTER: Trinh TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817515 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20131009
A new approach to the total synthesis of (-)-epimyrtine has been developed from D-alanine. The key step to access the enantiopure pyridone intermediate was achieved by a gold-mediated cyclization. Finally, various transformations afforded the natural product in a few steps and good overall yield. ...[more]