BE-43472B synthesis

Keisuke Suzuki and co-workers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of

ACIE paper

Pactamycin synthesis

Jeffrey Johnson and co-workers at UNC have reported in Science on the synthesis of pactamycin.

 

Science paper

Tetarimycin A

Sean Brady and co-workers from Rockefeller University have reported in JACS on the isolation of tetarimycin A, which had a MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) of 1.5 micrograms/mL against S. aureus 6538P.

JACS paper

Obtusinone A

Chatchanok Karalai and co-workers at Prince of Songkla University have reported in Tetrahedron on an diterpene with anti-inflammatory properties.

Tetrahedron paper

Fulvynes

Maria Letizia Ciavatta and co-workers at Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare in Italy have reported in Tetrahedron on the isolation of fulvyne.

Tetrahedron paper

Erogorgiaene synthesis

Varinder Aggarwal and co-workers at the University of Bristol have reported in JACS on a synthesis of erogorgiaene.

JACS paper

Pestalotheols

Karsten Krohn and co-workers at the University of Paderborn have reported in European JOC on the isolation of some biologically active tetrahydrofurans.

European JOC paper

Homoserine transacetylase inhibitors

Gerard Wright and co-workers from McMaster University have reported in the Journal of Antibiotics on the inhibitory activity of beta-lactone compounds against homoserine transacetylase.

 

Journal of Antibiotics paper

Streptolydigin activities

Sergey Kozmin and co-workers from the University of Chicago have reported in JACS on their streptolydigin syntheses and antibacterial activity.

JACS paper

Roimatacene

Rolf Muller and co-workers have reported in Chemistry a European Journal on the isolation of roimatacene.

Chemistry a European Journal paper