2024 journal article

An enantioselective formal synthesis of thienamycin

Tetrahedron Letters.

By: J. Breunig n, Y. Lin n & J. Pierce n

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2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
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Added: June 15, 2024

Thienamycin is a carbapenem antibiotic with potent activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Due to its promising activity but lack of chemical stability, thienamycin serves as inspiration for new synthetic antibiotic scaffolds. In this study, we report a nine-step enantioselective formal synthesis of thienamycin. Our route utilizes an asymmetric reduction, enabled by NaBH