Abstract
This account relates our quest for effective syntheses of 3-acyltetramic acids and also presents examples of our group’s increasing audacity to tackle the more intricate structural varieties of this compound class.
1 Introduction
2 A New Wittig-Based Access to Tetramic Acids
3 3-Acyltetramic Acids with Linear Side Chains
4 3-Decalinoyltetramic Acids
5 O- and N-Glycosylated 3-Acyltetramic Acids
6 Macrocyclic 3-Acyltetramic Acids
7 Miscellaneous Reactions
8 Whither to go from Here?
Key words
tetramic acids - natural products - metal chelates - bioactive compounds - Wittig reaction