The synthesis of the natural siderophore myxochelin B (1S) and its enantiomer 1R is described. 1S and 1R served as precursors for the synthesis of new hexadentate siderophores, the myxochelins C (7S) and CR (7R), D (14S) and DR (14R), E (19S) and (RS)-F (26R, S), with 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB) ligands and the simple backbones of asymmetric 1,2,n-triamino-n-alkanes. For the myxochelins C, D, E and