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Marinopyrrole B is an antibiotic of unusual structure. The structure presents some difficult challenges for synthesis and a method to overcome the challenges was developed.
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Why is it important?
Marinopyrrole is active against methicillin-resistant bacteria and the core structure may represent a new pharmacophore for the design of other antibiotics.
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This page is a summary of: Racemic marinopyrrole B by total synthesis, Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37110c.
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