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A biomimetic approach to the synthesis of a mycolic acid motif
Driver, Cathryn H.S.,Balogun, Mohammed O.,Toschi, Gianna,Verschoor, Jan A.,Baird, Mark S.,Pilcher, Lynne A.
, p. 1185 - 1186 (2010)
A new method for the stereoselective synthesis of the (R,R)-β-hydroxy-α-alkyl fatty acid fragment of mycolic acids, via an asymmetric anti-aldol reaction is reported. The 'mycolic acid motif' fragment was prepared in three steps and >98% ee.
