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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2008 Jun 2;37(7):1432–1447. doi: 10.1039/b703021p

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Common synthetic routes to natural AHLs. A: Solution-phase amide coupling conditions. HSL = homoserine lactone. EDC = 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride. B: Solid-phase synthetic route for the generation of AHLs from l-methionine-loaded amino-polystyrene (Met-PS) resin. DIC = N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide.