Ma Z, Wang X, Ma Y, Chen C. Asymmetric Synthesis of Axinellamines A and B.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016;
55:4763-6. [PMID:
27037993 PMCID:
PMC4836294 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201600007]
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Abstract
Axinellamines A and B are broad-spectrum antibacterial pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids that have a complex polycyclic skeleton. A new asymmetric synthesis of these marine sponge metabolites is described herein, featuring an oxidative rearrangement and an anchimeric chlorination reaction.
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