Synthetic Studies on Thaxtomins A and B, Phytotoxins Associated with Streptomyces scabies, the Causal Organism of Potato Common Scab

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00065a001

The preliminary results of a study on the stereocontrolled racemic synthesis of thaxtomins A and B are disclosed.The synthesis features a new C-C bond-forming reaction: dilithium tetrachlorocuprate was shown to be an efficient catalyst for cross-coupling