Nature produces a variety of different species, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Among them,
fungi play a very important, but yet mostly unexplored role. Their widespread occurrence on …

An efficient method for the construction of furanobenzodihydropyran skeletons has been
developed through Pd-catalyzed asymmetric decarboxylative cycloaddition of vinylethylene …

Abstract Molecular Architectures: Xyloketals are an interesting class of natural products
showing various potent and notable bioactivities like acetylcholine esterase inhibition …

An efficient method for the enantio‐and diastereoselective formation of furanochromanones
has been developed via Pd‐catalyzed asymmetric allylic cycloaddition of vinylethylene …

A new and efficient one-pot desilylation–gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkynes
containing a silyl-protected phenolic− OH and a free alcoholic− OH unit leads selectively to …

Ag (I)-or Ag (I)–Au (I)-catalyzed cascade annulation of alkynols (5-hexyn-1-ol systems) with
α-ketoesters involving a dual activation process (π and σ) has been developed for the first …

Based on the appropriate choice of electrophiles, one-pot, multicomponent, enantioselective
domino reactions have been realized which contain a five-step sequence and provide highly …

An efficient organocatalytic method for the asymmetric preparation of benzopyran‐and
benzofuran‐fused polycyclic acetals is described for the first time. This useful approach …

The organocatalytic α-alkylation of vinylogous carbonyl compounds to hydroxynitroolefins
for the synthesis of hemiacetals was realized with excellent enantioselectivities and in high …

Two phytotoxic dihydrofuropyran-2-ones, named afritoxinones A and B, were isolated from
liquid culture of Diplodia africana, a fungal pathogen responsible for branch dieback of …