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Synfacts 2005(2): 0188-0188  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916044
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Dibromophakellstatin

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Thomas Snaddon
D. E. N. Jacquot, M. Zöllinger, T. Lindel*
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Publication Date:
25 October 2005 (online)

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Significance

Isolated from Phakellia mauritiana, dibromophakellstatin is a pyrrole-imidazole alkaloid that displays significant cytotoxic activity. Total synthesis of this molecule is necessary to provide material for further biological testing, as only modest quantities have been isolated from nature.