Function matters more than synthesis: Simple analogues of platensimycin, nanomolar inhibitors of bacterial FabF enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercially available aldehydes. These readily synthesized analogues are as effective as platensimycin in killing several bacterial strains.
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