Target-directed synthesis of antibacterial drug candidate GSK966587

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3422-3425

  Voight, Eric A ^a,c   Yin, Hao ^a   Downing, Susan V ^a   Calad, Stacie A ^a   Matsuhashi, Hayao ^a   Giordano, Ilaria ^b   Hennessy, Alan J ^b   Goodman, Richard M ^a   Wood, Jeffery L ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases CEDD   (United Kingdom)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GSK966587; NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHYRIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77955142296     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol101235f     Document Type: Article

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