Organic synthesis using nitroxides

D Leifert, A Studer - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitroxides, also known as nitroxyl radicals, are long-lived or stable radicals with the general
structure R1R2N–O•. The spin distribution over the nitroxide N and O atoms contributes to …

C–H activation: toward sustainability and applications

T Dalton, T Faber, F Glorius - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the definition of the “12 Principles of Green Chemistry” more than 20 years ago,
chemists have become increasingly mindful of the need to conserve natural resources and …

Chemically modified and conjugated antimicrobial peptides against superbugs

W Li, F Separovic, NM O'Brien-Simpson… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats to human health that, by 2050,
will lead to more deaths from bacterial infections than cancer. New antimicrobial agents …

Radical philicity and its role in selective organic transformations

F Parsaee, MC Senarathna, PB Kannangara… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Radical intermediates in organic chemistry lack a full octet of electrons and, thus, are
commonly said to be electron deficient. By denotation, such a statement is technically …

Advances of peptides for antibacterial applications

Y Yan, Y Li, Z Zhang, X Wang, Y Niu, S Zhang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, peptide antibacterial products with unique antibacterial
mechanisms have attracted widespread interest. They can effectively reduce the probability …

Asymmetric Catalytic Friedel–Crafts Reactions of Unactivated Arenes

S Brunen, B Mitschke, M Leutzsch… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since its discovery more than a century ago, the Friedel–Crafts reaction has manifested itself
as a powerful method for the introduction of carbon substituents to arenes. Despite its …

Atroposelective synthesis of C–C axially chiral compounds via mono-and dinuclear vanadium catalysis

A Kumar, H Sasai, S Takizawa - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Axially chiral compounds with rotationally constrained σ-bonds that exhibit
atropisomerism are lucrative synthetic targets because of their ubiquity in functional …

The emergence of the C–H functionalization strategy in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery

R Jana, HM Begam, E Dinda - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to the market competitiveness and urgent societal need, an optimum speed of drug
discovery is an important criterion for successful implementation. Despite the rapid ascent of …

Recent advances in the development of semisynthetic glycopeptide antibiotics: 2014–2022

E van Groesen, P Innocenti, NI Martin - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2022 - ACS Publications
The accelerated appearance of drug-resistant bacteria poses an ever-growing threat to
modern medicine's capacity to fight infectious diseases. Gram-positive species such as …

Atroposelective total synthesis of darobactin A

YC Lin, F Schneider, KJ Eberle, D Chiodi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A concise, modular synthesis of the novel antibiotic darobactin A is disclosed. The synthesis
successfully forges the hallmark strained macrocyclic ring systems in a sequential fashion …