aDivision of Organic Chemistry: Technology, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
bChorghade Enterprises, 14, Carlson Circle, Natick, MA 01760, USA
Abstract:
The non-proteinogenic amino acid 3-hydroxy-4-methylproline (HMP) is an active constituent of some potent antimicrobials including echinocandins, nostopeptins, pneumocandins, sporiofungin and mulundocandins. A synthesis has been achieved in 10 steps with 29% overall yield; the Evans’ aldol reaction using Crimmins’ modified method was pivotal to the success of the strategy.