The presence of hydroxyl functionalities and well-defined chiral centers in carbohydrates as
well as their natural abundance have attracted chemists worldwide to exploit this class of …

The Wittig reaction is the chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl
phosphonium ylide (the Wittig reagent) to afford an alkene and triphenylphosphine oxide …

A metal free synthesis of enantiopure 2, 3-dideoxy-α, β-unsaturated carbohydrate enals
(Perlin aldehydes), in CH 3 CN-0.02 NH 2 SO 4 in water (1: 1, v/v) with 0.5 equivalent …

Owing to the environmental concern worldwide and also due to cost, time and labour issues,
use of one-pot reactions [domino/cascade/tandem/multi-component (MC) or sequential] has …

Addition of α-arylmethylidene-or α-alkylidene-β-keto ester enolate to N-activated aldimines
via the imino aldol pathway followed by intramolecular aza-Michael reaction in a domino …

An efficient approach to (2S, 3S)-3-hydroxypipecolic acid with an overall yield of 10.2% and
98% ee starting from 1, 5-pentanediol has been developed. The key steps employed in the …

To turn side products into major products, a novel strategy to access biologically active 4-
aminocyclopent-2-enones was developed. These compounds were originally identified as …

Approaches toward the syntheses of alkaloids belonging to the 2, 6-disubstituted 3-
hydroxypiperidine and cis-decahydroquinoline (cis-DHQ) classes of alkaloids are …

The GE81112 series, consisting of three naturally occurring tetrapeptides and synthetic
derivatives, is evaluated as a potential lead structure for the development of a new …

A concise total synthesis of (+)-deoxocassine (1) and (−)-deoxoprosophylline (2) has been
achieved for the first time from d-xylose. The key steps involved in these synthesis are alkyl …