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Decarbonylative approach to the synthesis of enamides from amino acids: Stereoselective synthesis of the (Z)-aminovinyl-d-cysteine unit of mersacidin
Garcia-Reynaga, Pablo,Carrillo, Angela K.,Vannieuwenhze, Michael S.
, p. 1030 - 1033 (2012/04/04)
The Pd- and Ni-promoted decarbonylation of amino acid thioesters proceeds smoothly to yield enamides. The synthesis of the (S)-(Z)-AviMeCys subunit of mersacidin, an MRSA-active lantibiotic, via this approach, is described.
