C–C bond cleavages of cyclopropenes: operating for selective ring-opening reactions

R Vicente - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review highlights key reactivities relying on C–C bond cleavages of cyclopropenes.
Metal-catalyzed and metal-free transformations are covered in reactions involving direct ring …

Divergent strategy in natural product total synthesis

L Li, Z Chen, X Zhang, Y Jia - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The divergent total syntheses of complex natural products from a common intermediate have
attracted enormous attention in the chemical community in the past few years because it can …

Hyperconjugative, Secondary Orbital, Electrostatic, and Steric Effects on the Reactivities and Endo and Exo Stereoselectivities of Cyclopropene Diels–Alder …

BJ Levandowski, KN Houk - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The factors controlling the reactivities and stereoselectivities in the Diels–Alder reactions of
substituted cyclopropenes with butadiene were explored with M06-2X density functional …

Recent progresses towards the strengthening of cyclopropene chemistry

R Vicente - Synthesis, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
This short review focuses on the most relevant achievements in the field of cyclopropene
chemistry including their syntheses, reactivities, and applications. As the chemistry of …

A gatekeeper residue controls aromatic acceptor specificity of the PHB-Type UbiA prenyltransferases

E Yang, Y Yao, Y Liu, Z Sun, T Shi, Y Pan, SS Gao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
UbiA prenyltransferases (PTs) play an important role in prenylation of aromatic compounds
with diverse bioactivities. The deep and comprehensive understanding of their substrate …

Asymmetric total synthesis of cyclocitrinol

J Liu, J Wu, JH Fan, X Yan, G Mei… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The first and asymmetric total synthesis of cyclocitrinol, an unusual C25 steroid, has been
accomplished in a linear sequence of 18 steps from commercially available compound 11 …

Oxidopyrylium [5+ 2] cycloaddition chemistry: Historical perspective and recent advances (2008–2018)

LP Bejcek, RP Murelli - Tetrahedron, 2018 - Elsevier
The following review article provides an overview of oxidopyrylium [5+ 2] cycloaddition
chemistry, with a particular emphasis placed on seminal historical developments and …

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted Spirocyclopenta[c]furans by Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction

J Qi, Q Teng, N Thirupathi, CH Tung, Z Xu - Organic letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
With the synergistic activation of alkynyl alcohols and alkynyl enones by a single gold
catalyst, diverse multisubstituted spirocyclopenta [c] furans were synthesized in good to …

Construction of a Pentacyclic Framework Enabled by Nickel Catalysis

N Iqbal, MA Ashraf, AR Gul, J Bae, N Iqbal… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present a novel nickel-catalyzed reaction of indole-tethered 2-alkynylphenol esters with
various (hetero) aryl boronic acids, resulting in the synthesis of diversely functionalized …

Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic Diastereomers: Diastereo‐and Enantioconvergent Michael–Henry Reactions to Afford Spirooxindoles …

M Sohail, F Tanaka - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) reactions of racemic diastereomer
mixtures that afford the products as essentially single diastereomers with high …