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Total synthesis of (+/-)-phosphonothrixin, a novel herbicidal antibiotic containing C-P bond
K Nakamura1, T Kimura, H Kanno
1Nishiki Research Laboratories, Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Fukushima, Japan.
The Journal of Antibiotics
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Phosphonothrixin (1) is a novel herbicidal agent produced by Saccharothrix sp. ST-888, with a unique structure possessing a C-P bond and an isoprene unit. The total synthesis of this antibiotic was accomplished from methyl (bromomethyl)acrylate in six steps.