A concise synthesis of (+)-preussin (1), an antifungal agent and a growth-inhibitor of fission yeast and human cancer cells, was accomplished employing a stereoselective aldol reaction between the zinc enolate of 2-undecanone and N-protected-L-phenylalaninal followed by reductive pyrrolidine formation as key steps. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
A concise synthesis of (+)-preussin (1), an antifungal agent and a growth-inhibitor of fission yeast and human cancer cells, was accomplished employing a stereoselective aldol reaction between the zinc enolate of 2-undecanone and N-protected-L-phenylalaninal followed by reductive pyrrolidine formation as key steps. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.