Tetrahedron

The synthesis of a single enantiomer of a major α-mycolic acid of M. tuberculosis

R Juma'a, MS Baird, E Roberts

Index: Al Dulayymi, Juma'a R.; Baird, Mark S.; Roberts, Evan Tetrahedron, 2005 , vol. 61, # 50 p. 11939 - 11951

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Abstract

Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... We report a synthesis of a single enantiomer of a mycolic acid from Mycobacterium tuberculosis containing a di-cis-cyclopropane. The method can be simply varied to modify the chain lengths or the absolute stereochemistry of either cyclopropane. ... The first synthesis of an in-tact α-mycolic acid ...