Abstract

The naturally occurring 3-oxohexanoyl-L-homoserinelactone ( 1a), a bacterial autoinducer, has been prepared in 47 % overall yield by condensing stable 3-oxohexanoic acid ( 2), prepared by hydrolysis from the corresponding ester (3), with L-homoserinelactone using hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) in non-aqueous media.

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