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Asymmetric total synthesis of the caspase-1 inhibitor (-)-berkeleyamide A
Swapnil J Kulkarni1, Yakambram Pedduri, Amar G Chittiboyina
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|April 2, 2010
Abstract:
The asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-berkeleyamide A (1), a naturally occurring caspase-1 inhibitor, has been achieved by employing Evans' syn-aldol reaction of N-acyl-(4R)-benzyl oxazolidin-2-one 3 as the key step.

