R. Matovic, F. Bihelovic, M. Gruden-Pavlovic and R. N. Saicic
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 7682-7685
DOI:
10.1039/C4OB01436G,
Communication
The total synthesis of desmethylabyssomicin C analogue 1 was accomplished using diastereotopos-selective ring closing metathesis and Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi cyclization as the key steps. The synthetic analogue retained its antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains, whereas its cytotoxicity decreased for three orders of magnitude, as compared to atrop-abyssomicin C.