Total synthesis of (+)-blasticidin S

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3241-3251

  Ichikawa, Yoshiyasu ^a   Hirata, Keiko ^a   Ohayashi, Masayoshi ^a   Isobe, Minoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Blasticidin S; Natural products; Rearrangement; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BLASTIDIC ACIDS; COUPLING REACTIONS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

2 ACETOXY DEXTRO GLUCAL; 2,3 DIDEOXY 4 AMINO DEXTRO HEXENOPYRANOSE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMIDE; AMINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYLAMIDE; BETA AMINO ACID; BLASTICIDIN S; BLASTIDIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYANIC ACID; CYTOSININE; GLYCOSIDE; METHYL HEX 2 ENOPYRANOURONATE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; SILANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HILBERT JOHNSON REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CYTOSINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEOSIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 3142766959     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305358     Document Type: Article

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