Construction of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters by catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition to cyclic enones in natural product synthesis

Z Wang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Asymmetric catalysis for chiral compound synthesis is a rapidly growing field in modern
organic chemistry and provides enantioselective materials to meet the demands of various …

Recent Advances on the Application of Electrocyclic Reactions in Complex Natural Product Synthesis

M Bian, L Li, H Ding - Synthesis, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
The electrocyclic reaction is one of the most powerful tools for the construction of complex
polycyclic scaffolds in a highly stereocontrolled fashion. In this review, recent advances in its …

Total synthesis of longeracinphyllin A

J Li, W Zhang, F Zhang, Y Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The first and asymmetric total synthesis of longeracinphyllin A, a hexacyclic Daphniphyllum
alkaloid, has been accomplished. A tetracyclic intermediate was prepared through silver …

Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone B

P Yang, M Yao, J Li, Y Li, A Li - … Chemie International Edition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Taking advantage of a 6π electrocyclization–aromatization strategy, we accomplished the
first and asymmetric total synthesis of rubriflordilactone B, a heptacyclic Schisandraceae …

Total synthesis of Aplysiasecosterol A

Z Lu, X Zhang, Z Guo, Y Chen, T Mu… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Aplysiasecosterol A (1) is a structurally unusual 9, 11-secosteroid isolated from the sea hare
Aplysia kurodai. We have accomplished the first and asymmetric total synthesis of 1 in a …

Total syntheses of aflavazole and 14-hydroxyaflavinine

H Li, Q Chen, Z Lu, A Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The first total syntheses of aflavazole (6) and 14-hydroxyaflavinine (8), two sterically
congested indole diterpenoids, were accomplished. AlI3-promoted alkyne Prins cyclization …

Asymmetric total synthesis of arcutinidine, arcutinine, and arcutine

S Zhou, K Xia, X Leng, A Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We have accomplished the asymmetric total synthesis of arcutinidine, arcutinine, and
arcutine, three arcutine-type C20-diterpenoid alkaloids. A pentacyclic intermediate was …

Asymmetric total synthesis of dankasterones A and B and periconiastone a through radical cyclization

P Chen, C Wang, R Yang, H Xu, J Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We describe herein the assembly of the cis‐decalin framework through radical cyclization
initiated by metal‐catalyzed hydrogen atom transfer (MHAT), further applied it in the …

Asymmetric total syntheses of aspidodasycarpine, lonicerine, and the proposed structure of lanciferine

Y Li, S Zhu, J Li, A Li - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
Aspidodasycarpine and lonicerine are a pair of epimeric aspidophylline-type alkaloids
bearing vicinal quaternary C7 and C16. The first and enantioselective total syntheses of …

Indole diterpenoids from the endophytic fungus Drechmeria sp. as natural antimicrobial agents

JC Zhao, YL Wang, TY Zhang, ZJ Chen, TM Yang… - Phytochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
A fungal strain, Drechmeria sp., was isolated from the root of Panax notoginseng. Totally,
seven new indole diterpenoids, drechmerins AG (1–7), were isolated from the fermentation …