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Step by Step—From Nonnatural to Biological Molecular Ladders
Author(s) -
Hopf Henning
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200301650
Subject(s) - diastereomer , cyclobutane , stereochemistry , chemistry , molecule , bicyclic molecule , octane , ring (chemistry) , organic chemistry
Ladderanes were identified recently as membrane lipids (see structural formulas) in two ammonium‐oxidizing bacteria, which is an astonishing observation considering the unusual structural motif and the nontrivial synthesis of this class of compounds.