Accepted Manuscript Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 5-methylphenanthridium derivatives as FtsZ inhibitors Fang Liu, Henrietta Venter, Fangchao Bi, Susan J. Semple, Jingru Liu, Chaobin Jin, Shutao Ma PII: S0960-894X(17)30607-8 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.06.005 Reference: BMCL 25039 To appear in: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Received Date: 16 February 2017 Revised Date: 17 May 2017 Accepted Date: 2 June 2017 Please cite this article as: Liu, F., Venter, H., Bi, F., Semple, S.J., Liu, J., Jin, C., Ma, S., Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 5-methylphenanthridium derivatives as FtsZ inhibitors, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2017), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.06.005 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.