SC-Δ13-9-IsoF (Taber), Brevisamide (Panek, Lindsley, Ghosh), Gambierol (Mori) The challenge of controlling the relative and absolute configuration of highly substituted cyclic ether-containing natural products continues to stimulate the development of…
Huanfeng Jiang of the South China University of Technology showed (J. Org. 5-Bromo-2-(tert-butyl)pyridine Purity Chem. 2010, 75, 966. DOI: 10.1021/jo902375k) that an alkynoate 1 could be condensed with a 1,3-dicarbonyl…
Lee), (-)-Amphidinolide K (Eun Lee), Norhalichondrin B (Phillips) A variety of antibiotics and immune-suppressive agents contain extended arrays of all-(E)-polyenes. Samir Bouzbouz of CNS Rouen and Janine Cossy of ESPCI…
Ng oestrogen and progesterone receptors and HER-2 gene amplification, account for ten?0 of all breast carcinomas in Asian and Western populations (Thike et al, 2010; De Ruijter et al, 2011).…
For synthesis of higher polyamines, putrescine controls the self-processing conversion of SAM decarboxylase (AMD1) proenzyme for the active enzyme (Pegg, 2009). Moreover, putrescine can bind an allosteric site in AMD1…
Vinyl glycine 2 is a useful precursor to a variety of amino acids. PMID:23789847 Timothy E. Long of the University of Georgia found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 5067. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.06.082)…
(+)-Rotundial Karl Anker Jørgensen of Aarhus University found (Angew. Chem. Int. 1075198-30-9 Formula Ed. 2009, 48, 6650. DOI: 10.1002/ange.200903253) that an organocatalyst could mediate the fragmentation of the prochiral cyclopropane…
Masato Kitamura of Nagoya University investigated (Chem. Lett. 2009, 38, 188. DOI: 10.1246/cl.2009.188) the Ru-mediated deprotection of allyl ethers such as 1. The same catalyst was effective for the preparation…
Keiji Maruoka of Kyoto University found (Org. 8-Bromoquinazoline-2,4-diol Purity Lett. 2010, 12, 1668. DOI: 10.1021/ol100104v) that the diazo amide 1 derived from the Oppolzer sultam condensed with the imine 2…
Varinder K. Aggarwal of the University of Bristol showed(Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1149.DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805272)that condensation of a boronic ester 2 with a metalatedaziridine 1 led, after oxidation, to…
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