We present the first synthesis of air/moisture-stable λ3-bromanes (9 and 10) by using a cyclic 1,2-benzbromoxol-3-one (BBX) strategy. X-ray crystallography and NMR and IR spectroscopy of N-triflylimino-λ3-bromane (12) revealed that the bromine­(III) center is effectively stabilized by intramolecular R–Br–O hypervalent bonding. This strategy enables the synthesis of a variety of air-, moisture-, and benchtop-stable Br-hydroxy, -acetoxy, -alkynyl, -aryl, and bis­[(trifluoromethyl)­sulfonyl]­methylide λ3-bromane derivatives.

Erythrochelin, a hydroxamate-type siderophore produced by Saccharopolyspora erythraea, is synthesized for the first time. A key building block of erythrochelin containing the 2,5-diketopiperazine ring is prepared by intramolecular cyclization of the corresponding dipeptide precursor derived from two kinds of protected δ-N-hydroxy-L-ornithines. Consecutive condensation of the building block with protected D-serine and protected δ-N-hydroxy-D-ornithine, followed by deprotection, furnishes erythrochelin.