Synthesis

Syntheses of chlorinated bisbibenzyls from bryophytes

A Speicher, J Kolz, RP Sambanje

Index: Speicher, Andreas; Kolz, Juergen; Sambanje, Rufino Paulino Synthesis, 2002 , # 17 p. 2503 - 2512

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Abstract

An increasing number of halogenated natural products with a broad structural diversity have been detected over the past number of years in marine organisms, bacteria, and fungi. These have been shown to have therapeutic effects. [1-4] Halogenated compounds from higher plants are less numerous although detected in nearly all plant divisions. [5] In contrast, halogen containing compounds are found rarely in bryophytes (mosses) and in fact their presence in this ...