Synthesis and properties of methyl 5-(1′R,2′S)-(2- octadecylcycloprop-1-yl)pentanoate and other ω-19 chiral cyclopropane fatty acids and esters related to mycobacterial mycolic acids

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-46

  Coxon, Geoffrey D ^a   Al Dulayymi, Juma'a R ^b   Morehouse, Caroline ^c   Brennan, Patrick J ^c   Besra, Gurdyal S ^d   Baird, Mark S ^b   Minnikin, David E ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic inhibitors; Chiral cyclopropane; Fatty acids; Mycolic acids

Indexed keywords

5 (2 OCTADECYLCYCLOPROP 1 YL)PENTANOATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID ESTER; MYCOLIC ACID; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIRALITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WITTIG REACTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0345791445     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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