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Synlett 2009(15): 2487-2491  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217745
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Tetramic Acids as Scaffolds: Synthesis, Tautomeric and Antibacterial Behaviour

Yong-Chul Jeong, Mark G. Moloney*
Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA, UK
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Received 26 May 2009
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27 August 2009 (online)

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Abstract

Efficient synthetic routes for tetramic acids variously substituted on the ring nitrogen, their tautomeric behaviour in solution and their antibiotic activity are reported.

Key words

heterocycles - tautomerism - natural products - drugs

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