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A stereodivergent synthesis of virantmycin by an enzyme-mediated diester desymmetrization and a highly hindered aryl amination
Back, Thomas G.,Wulff, Jeremy E.
, p. 6493 - 6496 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical equation presented). Both enantiomers of the antiviral agent virantmycin were synthesized in a sequence of reactions in which the key steps were a highly stereoselective porcine liver esterase(PLE) mediated desymmetrization of a prochiral dieste
