title: Novel 5'-deoxy nucleosyl amino acid scaffolds for the synthesis of muraymycin analogues.
abstract: Naturally occurring nucleoside antibiotics such as muraymycins represent promising lead structures for the development of novel antibacterial agents. A concise synthesis of 5'-deoxy muraymycin derivatives has been developed. The key step was the highly stereoselective asymmetric hydrogenation of suitable didehydro amino acid precursors, providing unique nucleosyl amino acid structures.
authors.affiliation: Georg-August-University Göttingen, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Anatol P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Spork
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ducho
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009705:Nucleosides; D009711:Nucleotides