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Bioorg Med Chem
; 18(17): 6547-58, 2010 Sep 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20621489
ABSTRACT
The synthesis and antimicrobial activity of a new class of macrolide antibiotics which consist of a macrolide scaffold and a quinolone unit covalently connected by an appropriate linker are described. Optimization of several synthetic steps and structural properties of lead compound 26 are discussed. Promising antibacterial properties of this compound and some of its analogues are reported.