Herein we report the first example of an on-water enantiospecific synthesis of alkyl bromides. This procedure allowed the conversion of secondary activated alkyl sulphides to benzylic alkyl bromides, which were obtained in high yields and excellent enantioselectivity.

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Recently, we reported rifabutin hyper-activity against Acinetobacter baumannii. We sought to characterize if any additional rifamycins (n = 22) would also display hyper-activity when tested in iron-limited media against A. baumannii, K. pneumoniae, and E. coli. MICs were determined against representative clinical isolates using the iron-limited media RPMI-1640. Only rifabutin was hyperactive against A. baumannii.