Asymmetric Synthesis of Axinellamines A and B.
Zhiqiang MaXiao WangYuyong MaChuo ChenPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2016)
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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