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Synfacts 2005(2): 0192-0192  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916051
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Butylcycloheptylprodigiosin

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Thomas Snaddon
A. Fürstner*, K. Radkowski, H. Peters
Max-Planck-Institut Für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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25 October 2005 (online)

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Significance

Isolated from Streptomyces Y-42 and Streptomyces abikoensis, butylcycloheptylprodigiosin is a member of the prodigiosin series of tripyrrole alkaloids, some of which are immu­nosuppressants.