Illinois Wesleyan University Digital Commons @ IWU Honors Projects Chemistry 4-26-1996 Pursuit of a Chiral Amino Aldehyde Intermediate in the Synthesis of (+)-Obafluorin, a B-Lactone Antibiotic Jim Cwik '96 Illinois Wesleyan University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/chem_honproj Part of the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Cwik '96, Jim, "Pursuit of a Chiral Amino Aldehyde Intermediate in the Synthesis of (+)- Obafluorin, a B-Lactone Antibiotic" (1996). Honors Projects. 15. https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/chem_honproj/15 This Article is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Commons @ IWU with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this material in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/ or on the work itself. This material has been accepted for inclusion by faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ©Copyright is owned by the author of this document. Pursuit of a Chiral Amino Aldehyde Intermediate in the Synthesis of (+)-Obafluorin, a p-Lactone Antibiotic Jim Cwik Dr. Jeffrey A. Frick, Research Advisor Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Research Honors in Chemistry and Chemistry 499 Illinois Wesleyan University April 26, 1996 - Table of Contents I. List of Spectral Data , 2 II. Abstract. 3 III. Background 4 IV. Introduction 6 V.