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K C Nicolaou1, G Scott Tria, David J Edmonds

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. kcn@scripps.edu

まとめ

研究者は,Streptomyces platensisの新種の抗生物質であるプラテンシンを合成し,MRSAのような耐性菌に対する強力な活性を示しました. 合成には,高度な非対称なダイエルス・アルダー反応を用いて,効率的な製造を行いました.

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