Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of the rifamycin chromophore

TR Kelly, M Behforouz, A Echavarren, J Vaya

Index: Kelly, T. Ross; Behforouz, Mohammad; Echavarren, Antonio; Vaya, Jacob Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 23 p. 2331 - 2334

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Abstract

Download full text in 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. ... A regiospecific, Diels-Alder based synthesis of the naphthofuranone chromophore ( ) of the rifamycins is described. ... The rubradirins, which contain a napthoquinone system reminiscent of that in , have inspired a synthetic approach conceptually related to the route depicted: ...