Asymmetric organocatalysis: an enabling technology for medicinal chemistry

B Han, XH He, YQ Liu, G He, C Peng… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficacy and synthetic versatility of asymmetric organocatalysis have contributed
enormously to the field of organic synthesis since the early 2000s. As asymmetric …

Artificial Intelligence for Retrosynthetic Planning Needs Both Data and Expert Knowledge

F Strieth-Kalthoff, S Szymkuc, K Molga… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled breakthroughs across many
scientific disciplines. In organic chemistry, the challenge of planning complex multistep …

Stereoselective synthesis of γ-amino acids

M Ordonez, C Cativiela - Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2007 - Elsevier
γ-Amino acids have attracted considerable attention as biologically active compounds in the
central nervous system (CNS) of mammals. Over the last few years, significant interest in the …

Classics in chemical neuroscience: baclofen

CN Kent, C Park, CW Lindsley - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020 - ACS Publications
Baclofen, β-(4-chlorophenyl)-γ-aminobutyric acid, holds a unique position in neuroscience,
remaining the only US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved GABAB agonist …

Telescoped continuous flow synthesis of optically active γ-nitrobutyric acids as key intermediates of baclofen, phenibut, and fluorophenibut

SB Ötvös, P Llanes, MA Pericàs, CO Kappe - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The two-step flow asymmetric synthesis of chiral γ-nitrobutyric acids as key intermediates of
the GABA analogues baclofen, phenibut, and fluorophenibut is reported on a multigram …

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Michael‐Addition of Malonic Acid Half‐Thioesters to β‐Nitroolefins: From Mimicry of Polyketide Synthases to Scalable Synthesis of γ …

HY Bae, S Some, JH Lee, JY Kim… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Highly enantioselective biomimetic Michael addition reactions of malonic acid half thioesters
(MAHTs) to a variety of nitroolefins, affording the optically active γ‐amino acid precursors …

Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Substituted γ-Lactams via Rhodium/Diene-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions: Application to the Synthesis of (R)-Baclofen and (R)-Rolipram

C Shao, HJ Yu, NY Wu, P Tian, R Wang, CG Feng… - Organic …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Substituted γ-Lactams via Rhodium/Diene-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions:
Application to the Synthesis of (R)-Baclofen and (R)-Rolipram | Organic Letters ACS ACS …

Highly enantioselective organocatalytic conjugate addition of nitromethane to α, β‐unsaturated aldehydes: three‐step synthesis of optically active baclofen

L Zu, H Xie, H Li, J Wang… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Conjugate Addition of Nitromethane to α,β╒Unsaturated
Aldehydes: Threeâ• Page 1 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700353 Highly Enantioselective …

Highly enantioselective synthesis of chiral γ-lactams by Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

Q Lang, G Gu, Y Cheng, Q Yin, X Zhang - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
A Rh/bisphosphine-thiourea (ZhaoPhos) catalytic system has been identified for the
straightforward asymmetric synthesis of chiral γ-lactams. A variety of NH free α, β …

Intramolecular catalytic asymmetric carbon–hydrogen insertion reactions. Synthetic advantages in total synthesis in comparison with alternative approaches

MP Doyle, M Ratnikov, Y Liu - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthetic potential of highly directional formal insertion of a carbene between carbon
and hydrogen of a carbon–hydrogen bond has recently been developed for intramolecular …