Novel Synthetic Approach for the Synthesis of Pyrroloiminoquinones
The total synthesis of aleutianamin was enabled by a new convergent coupling reaction.
Feb 11, 2025
Computer aided Total Synthesis of 25 Picrotoxanes (Li, Shenvi)
Calculations optimise the total synthesis of natural products by addressing challenges in the 1,5 HAT key reaction.
Jan 24, 2025
Ring Closing Alkyne Metathesis allows unified Synthesis of Strasseriolides A to D
Synthesis of stasseriolide natural products and their analogues using a ring-closing alkyne metathesis by Alois Fürstner and his team.
Aug 10, 2024
Novel Synthesis Route to Platensilin and Analogues
Researchers from Shandong University in China reported the total synthesis of platensilin and platensimycin, as well as the formal synthesis of platencin in JACS, using a biomimetic approach that allowed the formation of all three natural products from a common precursor.
Jul 9, 2024
My Reading Tip of the Week: Total Synthesis of Scabrolide A by Radical Cascade
A radical cascade strategy to synthesize the complex marine natural product, Scabrolide A, is described in JACS by Pengfei Hu and coworkers.
Jun 1, 2024