Michael B. Purvis, David G. I. Kingston, Nobue Fujii and Heinz G. Floss
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 302-303
DOI:
10.1039/C39870000302,
Paper
Incorportion of serine into the oxazole ring of virginiamycin M1 proceeds via the (S)-isoemr of serine with loss of the 3-(pro-S) hydrogen, as deduced from feeding studies with various stereospecifically labelled precursors.