We report the synthesis of single enantiomers of two epoxy-mycolic acids containing an alpha-methyl-trans-alkene. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
We report the synthesis of single enantiomers of epoxy-mycolic acids containing an alpha-methyl-transalkene or a cis-cyclopropane with structures that match those of major isomers of such molecules present in complex mixtures in Mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium fortuitum or Mycobacterium smegmatis (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.