Jc. Muir et al., TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-MUSCORIDE A - A NOVEL BIS-OXAZOLE BASED ALKALOID FROM THE CYANOBACTERIUM NOSTOC-MUSCORUM, Synthesis, 1998, pp. 613-618
A convergent total synthesis of the substituted bis-oxazole (-)-muscor
ide A (1), isolated from a cyanobacterium, is described based on coupl
ing of the N-functionalised ''reverse prenyl'' dipeptide acid 8a to th
e threonine-based oxazole 9a, followed by elaboration of the tetrapept
ide 7, via the oxazoline-oxazole 16 and the bis-oxazole ester 6.