Mitomycins syntheses: a recent update.
Mitomycins are a class of very potent antibacterial and anti-cancer compounds having a broad activity against a range of tumours. They have been used in clinics since the 1960's, and the challenges represented by their total synthesis have challenged generations of chemists. Despite these chemical and medicinal features, these compounds, in racemic form, have succumbed to total synthesis only four times over the last 30 years.
Andrez
Jean-Christophe
JC
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada. jc.andrez@gmail.com