Synthetic Study of Kinamycins and Lomaiviticins

Abstract

Kinamycins and lomaiviticins are potent antiproliferative antimicrobial natural products possessing a unique diazotetrahydrobenzo[b]fluorene moiety. Biological and structural features of these compounds have attracted much attention from synthetic chemists. In this review, recent synthetic efforts toward lomaiviticins reported by Shair’s group and Herzon’s group are described.