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SUBMITTER: Li Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542561 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20190311 7
Lantibiotics are a class of peptide antibiotics with activity against most Gram-positive bacteria. Lanthionine (Lan) and β-MeLan are unusual thioether-bridged, non-proteinogenic amino acids, which are characteristic features of lantibiotics. In this paper, we report the facile stereoselective synthesis of β-methyllanthionines with orthogonal protection by nucleophilic ring opening of aziridines. This method leads to an expedient access to β-methyllanthionines and allows production of over 30 g o ...[more]