The aromatic subunit of platensimycin was synthesized by Nicolaou and co-workers in five steps from commercially available 2-nitroresorcinol (4) and its key features were directed ortho-metalation to attach the carboxylic acid moiety and microwave-assisted tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) deprotection (Scheme [2] ). ... Much to our surprise there are no other procedures reported in literature for the synthesis of such tetrasubstituted amino-resorcylic acids or their derivatives.