An Environmentally Friendly, Scalable and Highly Efficient Synthesis of (S,S)-Ethambutol, a First Line Drug against Tuberculosis
Authors: Gonçalves, R.S.B.; Da Silva, E.T.; De Souza, M.V.N. Source: Letters in Organic Chemistry, v. 12, p. 478-481, 2015 Publisher: Bentham science Abstract Two efficient synthetic routes to (S,S)-ethambutol, a first line drug used for tuberculosis treatment, based on the chiral pool approach viewing L-methionine as a starting material are reported. Several advantages over the traditional […]
