Paxilline biosynthesis

Hideaki Oikawa and co-workers at Hokkaido University have reported in JACS on a biosynthesis study of paxilline.

JACS paper

Cubitene synthesis

Thomas Lindel and co-workers at Technische Universitat Braunschweig have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of cubitene.

ACIE paper

Erogorgiaene synthesis

Jhillu Yadav and co-workers at CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Technology have reported in European JOC on the synthesis of erogorgiaene.

European JOC paper

Daphnane diterpenes

Matthias Hamburger and co-workers from the University of Basel in Switzerland have reported in JNP on the anti-HIV activities of some daphnane derived natural products.

JNP paper

Cyclomyrsinane

Judit Hohmann and co-workers at the University of Szeged in Hungary have reported in Tetrahedron on the isolation of

Tetrahedron paper

Atropurpuran progress

Richard Hsung and co-workers have reported in Organic Letters on their progress towards atropurpuran.

OL paper

Obtusinone A

Chatchanok Karalai and co-workers at Prince of Songkla University have reported in Tetrahedron on an diterpene with anti-inflammatory properties.

Tetrahedron paper

Erogorgiaene synthesis

Varinder Aggarwal and co-workers at the University of Bristol have reported in JACS on a synthesis of erogorgiaene.

JACS paper

Aplyviolene synthesis

Larry Overman and colleague have reported in JACS on a total synthesis of aplyviolene.  Surprisingly, the bromide in the alpha-bromo enone Michael acceptor substrate did not get displaced.

JACS paper

Pierisformaside C progress

Craig Williams and co-workers at the University of Queensland have reported in Organic Letters on their progress towards pierisformaside C.

OL paper