Synthesis of jadomycin A and related jadomycin aglycons: structural re-examination of jadomycins S and T may be needed

Jadomycin A and related jadomycin M and W aglycons were synthesized. Easy re-construction of 4-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-5-one system into an isomeric 1,3-oxazolidine-4-carboxylic acid system during the synthetic trial of jadomycin S aglycon requests us to more precisely re-examine the structures proposed for jadomycins S and T, derived from hydroxyl-containing amino acids of l-serine and l-threonine, respectively.