Organic & biomolecular chemistry

A combined solid-and solution-phase approach provides convenient access to analogues of the calcium-dependent lipopeptide antibiotics

HJ Laurens, G Bruin

Index: Hart, Peter 'T; Kleijn, Laurens H. J.; De Bruin, Gerjan; Oppedijk, Sabine F.; Kemmink, Johan; Martin, Nathaniel I. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 12, # 6 p. 913 - 918

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Abstract

The calcium-dependent lipopeptide antibiotics represent a promising new class of antimicrobials for use in combating drug-resistant bacteria. At present, daptomycin is the only such lipopeptide used clinically and displays potent antimicrobial activity against a