Abstract
A revised synthesis of the antitumour antibiotic L-azatyrosine is reported, the main features of which are the unam-biguous synthesis of the previously misinterpreted 2-iodo-5-methoxypyridine and subsequent palladium-catalysed coupling with an iodoalanine-derived zinc reagent.
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