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ArticleNature2017

Synergy of synthesis, computation and NMR reveals correct baulamycin structures.

Jingjing Wu, Paula Lorenzo, Siying Zhong, Muhammad Ali, Craig P Butts, Eddie L Myers, Varinder K Aggarwal

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Article in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Jingjing WuSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Paula LorenzoSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Siying ZhongSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Muhammad AliSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Craig P ButtsSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Eddie L MyersSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Varinder K AggarwalSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L01386X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-molecule, biologically active natural products continue to be our most rewarding source of, and inspiration for, new medicines. Sometimes we happen upon such molecules in minute quantities in unique, difficult-to-reach, and often fleeting environments, perhaps never to be discovered again. In these cases, determining the structure of a molecule-including assigning its relative and absolute configurations-is paramount, enabling one to understand its biological activity. Molecules that comprise stereochemically complex acyclic and conformationally flexible carbon chains make such a task extremely challenging. The baulamycins (A and B) serve as a contemporary example. Isolated in small quantities and shown to have promising antimicrobial activity, the structure of the conformationally flexible molecules was determined largely through J-based configurational analysis, but has been found to be incorrect. Our subsequent campaign to identify the true structures of the baulamycins has revealed a powerful method for the rapid structural elucidation of such molecules. Specifically, the prediction of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) parameters through density functional theory-combined with an efficient sequence of boron-based synthetic transformations, which allowed an encoded (labelled) mixture of natural-product diastereomers to be prepared-enabled us rapidly to pinpoint and synthesize the correct structures.

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Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular StructureChemistry Techniques, SyntheticFatty AlcoholsModels, MolecularResorcinolsStereoisomerismbaulamycin Abaulamycin BFatty AlcoholsResorcinols

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PMID28748934

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