Ar. Porcari et Lb. Townsend, Total synthesis of the naturally occurring antibiotic toyocamycin using new and improved synthetic procedures, NUCLEOS NUC, 18(2), 1999, pp. 153-159
Starting with commercially available tetracyanoethylene, we describe a more
efficient and higher yielding synthesis of toyocamycin with regards to con
venience, overall yield, and total reaction time than those syntheses previ
ously reported.