a Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand b Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract:
A series of triazole analogues of the nanaomycin family of antibiotics have been prepared using a ‘click’ dipolar cycloaddition of a naphthalene azide to various alkynes, followed by oxidation to the desired pyranonaphthoquinones.