The Crimmins Synthesis of (+)-SCH 351448
Chemexpress The symmetrical macrodiolide (+)-SCH 351448 (4) is the only known selective activator of transcription from the low density lipoprotein receptor. The highly convergent synthesis of 4 from 1 and 2…
The Overman Synthesis of (-)-Sarain A
Larry E. Overman of the University of California, Irvine has recently (Angew. Chem. Int. PMID:25959043 2,4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde supplier Ed. 2006, 45, 2912. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600417)described the first total synthesis of the antibiotic…
The Pettus Synthesis of (+)-Rishirilide B
(+)-Rishirilide (4), an inhibitor of α2-macroglobulin, a tetrameric serum glycoprotein that is an irreversible protease inhibitor, has a deceptively simple structure. Thomas R. R. Pettus of the University of California…
The Clark Synthesis of Vigulariol
Vigulariol (3), isolated from the octocoral Vigularia juncea (Pallas), is active against human lung adenocarcinoma cells (IC50 = 18 nM). A key step in the synthesis of 3 reported (Angew.…
The Padwa Synthesis of Aspidophytidine
Albert Padwa of Emory University has developed (Org. PMID:23664186 Fmoc-Ala-OH supplier Lett. 2006, 8, 3275. DOI: 10.1021/ol061137i) a productive approach to fused indole alkaloids such as aspidophytine (3), based on…
The Nakada Synthesis of (+)-Digitoxigenin
The total synthesis of steroids such as (+)-digitoxigenin (3) has been studied for more than sixty years, yet it has never been thought that such studies would lead to a…
The Nicolaou Synthesis of Platensimycin
The report last year by scientists at Merck of an antibiotic, platensimycin3, with a novel mechanism of action has led to much effort toward the total synthesis of this degraded…
Synthesis of (-)-Colombiasin A and (-)-Elisapterosin B
Historically, there have been three methods for assembling enantiomerically-pure carbocycles: cyclization of an enantiomerically-pure starting material, enantioselective cyclization of a prochiral substrate, and enantioselective transformation of a prochiral cyclic starting…
Transition metal-catalyzed reactions
Jin-Quan Yu of Cambridge University reports (Org. PMID:35567400 Lett. 2003, 5, 4665. DOI: 10.1021/ol0358509) that Pd nanoparticles catalyze the hydrogenolysis of benzylic epoxides. The reaction proceeds with inversion of absolute…
Clean Chemical Synthesis in Water
Green or sustainable chemistry has now attained the status of a major scientific discipline (Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, 1998, Oxford Press) and the studies in this area have led…