“…The crucial ethynylbenzyl moieties were installed at either the desosamine sugar (azithromycin and clarithromycin) or N10 position of azithromycin to furnish the requisite alkynyl-macrolides 4, 7 12, 13 and 14 following the literature procedure. 14,15,16,17 Subsequently, copper (I) catalyzed azide-alkyne-cycloaddition (AAC) 18 reaction between TBS-protected azidohydroxamates 51a–f and compounds 4, 7 and 12–14 , followed by removal of TBS-group 19 afforded the final compounds 5a–d, 8a–f, 15a–b, 16a–b , and 17a–d (Scheme 1). …”