Eliptifoline and ponapensin syntheses

John Porco and co-workers have reported in JACS on the synthesis of eliptifoline and ponapensin.

JACS paper

Copper Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation

Nello Mainolfi and co-workers at Novartis have reported in Chemical Science on a copper catalyzed decarboxylative C-N bond forming reaction.

Chemical Science paper

Heronapyrrole C synthesis

Christian Stark and colleague at the Universitat Hamburg have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of heronapyrrole C.

OL paper

Shi epoxidation approach for glabrescol

Jin Qu and co-workers from Nankai University have reported in Organic Letters on a synthesis of a polytetrahydrofuranyl compound using Shi epoxidation of a polyolefin intermediate.

OL paper

Lactone and allene radical cyclization

David Procter and co-workers from the University of Manchester have reported in JACS on a SmI2-mediated radical cyclization of a lactone bearing an allene to form a 5,7-bicyclic ring system.

JACS paper

Lannotinidine B synthesis

Zhu-jun Yao and co-workers from Nanjing University have reported in JACS on a synthesis of lannotinidine B.

JACS paper

Interrupted Ugi reaction

Erik Sorensen and co-workers have reported in Chemical Science on their synthesis of 11-methoxy mitragynine.

Chemical Science paper

Gambieric acid A synthesis

Makoto Sasaki and co-workers at Tohoku University have reported in JACS on the synthesis of gambieric acid A.

JACS paper

AM-8553 synthesis

Brian Lucas and co-workers from Amgen in South San Francisco have reported in JACS on the synthesis of AM-8553, which involved some 18O-labeling,

JACS paper

 

Isoschizogamine synthesis

Tohru Fukuyama and co-workers at the University of Tokyo have reported in JACS on the synthesis of isoschizogamine.

JACS paper