Polyketide macrolides are of interest for drug discovery but their inherent structural and stereochemical complexity hinders the exploration of related regions of chemical space more broadly. Here, the authors designed in silico and synthesized a library of tetrahydrofuran-containing polyketide macrolides, and screened them against a panel of biological assays, identifying biologically active library members.
- Darryl M. Wilson
- Daniel J. Driedger
- Robert A. Britton