Cu-catalysed arylation reactions devoted to the formation of C–C and C–heteroatom bonds
(Ullmann-type couplings) have acquired great importance in the last decade. This review …

In the quest for synthesizing biologically important natural products, medicinal chemists
embark on an endless journey. This review focuses on the reports published towards the …

Metal catalyzed reactions for the formation of C–O bonds have had a dramatic impact in
natural product synthesis over the past few decades. Various metals have been reported to …

The last century represents an exciting era for the chemical evolution of transition-metal
catalyzed reactions, 1–3 and among these, the chemistry of palladium, 4–6 ruthenium, 7–10 …

Transition metal-catalyzed chemical transformation of organic electrophiles and
organometallic reagents belong to the most important cross coupling reaction in organic …

Diarylheptanoids are a family of plant secondary metabolites with a 7 carbon skeleton
possessing two phenyl rings at the 1-and 7-positions. They can be subdivided into acyclic …

Conspectus Natural products have played an indispensable role in the discovery and
development of antibiotics, antineoplastics, and therapeutics for other diseases. Natural …

An intramolecular pyrone Diels–Alder reaction–elimination retro-Diels–Alder cascade of a
vinyl sulfone was used in the synthesis of cavicularin, a molecule possessing conformational …

Enantioselective Ullmann Ether Couplings: Syntheses of (−)-Myricatomentogenin, (−)-Jugcathanin,
(+)-Galeon, and (+)-Pterocarine | Organic Letters ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my …

Pterocarine and galeon are typical examples of diarylether heptanoids (DAEHs) with planar
chirality due to the strictly constrained conformations in their molecular skeletons. The …