An Overview of Highly Optically Pure Chloramphenicol Bases: Applications and Modifications

Title: An Overview of Highly Optically Pure Chloramphenicol Bases: Applications and Modifications

Volume: 9 Issue: 11

Author(s): Kanghui Yang, Hao Fang, Jianzhi Gong, Li Su and Wenfang Xu

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Keywords: Applications, chloramphenicol bases, structural modifications

Abstract: Chloramphenicol (CAP) is a widely used broad-spectrum antibiotic. As the precursor of CAP, chloramphenicol bases are stereochemically pure agents and could be used as resolution agents, chiral catalysts and so on. This review summarizes these applications and discusses the structural modifications of chloramphenicol bases.

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Yang Kanghui, Fang Hao, Gong Jianzhi, Su Li and Xu Wenfang, An Overview of Highly Optically Pure Chloramphenicol Bases: Applications and Modifications, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 9 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955709789878097