Synfacts 2009(6): 0590-0590  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216675
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (+)-Lepadin F

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Zofia Komsta
G. Li, R. P. Hsung*, B. W. Slafer, I. K. Sagamanova
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
25 May 2009 (online)

Significance

(+)-Lepadin F was isolated from Aplidium tabascum, an Australian ascidian. The lepadin family possesses antiplasmodial and anti­trypanosomal properties. For the first enantio­selective total synthesis of (+)-lepadin F see: A. Niethe, D. Fischer, S. Blechert J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 3088.