Synthetic, Mechanistic and Theoretical Studies Related to the Kinamycin Antibiotics

The synthesis of an isosteric-isoelectronic analogue of prekinamycin, an N-cyanobenzo[b]carbazoloquinone 2.1, is described. The key steps include a Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, a regioselective bromination, a Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling, a palladium mediated oxidative cyclization and N-cyanation...

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Main Author: Abbott, Glenn Lee
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5929