A new strategy for the synthesis of mevinic acid analogues

The Use of Diethyl Azodicarboxylate and Triphenylphosphine in Synthesis and Transformation of Natural Products

Oyo Mitsunobu · Synthesis · 1981 · 4.1K citations

Engineering, Diethyl Azodicarboxylate, Biochemistry +13

Mevinolin: a highly potent competitive inhibitor of hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase and a cholesterol-lowering agent.

Alfred W. Alberts, J Chen, G. W. Kuron et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Mevinolinic Acid, Pharmaceutical Science, Medicinal Fungi +19

ML-236A, ML-236B, and ML-236C, new inhibitors of cholesterogensis produced by Penicillium citrinum.

Akira Endo, Masao Kuroda, Yoshio Tsujita · The Journal of Antibiotics · 1976 · 947 citations · Full text

Crystal and molecular structure of compactin, a new antifungal metabolite from Penicillium brevicompactum

A. G. BROWN, Terry C. Smale, Trevor J. King et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1976 · 359 citations

Antifungal Agent, Biotransformation, Biochemistry +9

The chemistry of higher order organocuprates

Bruce H. Lipshutz, Robert S. Wilhelm, Joseph A. Kozlowski · Tetrahedron · 1984 · 347 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +3