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Reaction of serine derived 1-alkoxy-2-azadienes with dehydroalanine derived dienophiles results in Diels-Alder reaction and aromatisation to give 2,3,6-trisubstituted pyridines, thereby establishing the viability of the proposed biosynthetic route to the pyridine ring of the thiopeptide antibiotics originally proposed by Bycroft and Gowland.
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