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The total synthesis of pantocin B
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA.
Organic Letters
|May 18, 2000
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Pantocin B, an unusual antibiotic produced by Erwinia herbicola, effectively controls E. amylovora, the pathogen causing the plant disease fire blight. A total synthesis of pantocin B from L-alanine, glycine, and L-malic acid is reported.