That’s a lot of alcohols…

George O’Doherty and colleague at Northeastern University have reported in JACS on a synthesis of cryptocaryol.

 

JACS paper

Linoxepin synthesis

Mark Lautens and co-workers at the University of Toronto have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of linoxepin.

ACIE paper

Spongiastatin 2 synthesis

Steven Ley and co-workers have reported in Chemical Science on the synthesis of spongiastatin 2.

Chemical Science paper

Puraquinonic acid synthesis

James Gleason and co-workers from McGill University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of puraquinonic acid. I didn’t know that Robert Ireland of University of Virginia died last year.

ACIE paper

Trichodermatide A synthesis

Kou Hiroya and co-workers from Musashino University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of trichodermatide A.

ACIE paper

Citreoviripyrones A and B

Teigo Asai and co-workers from Tohoku University have isolated some cyclobutane containing polyketides. They also treated a linear polyketide precursor, citreovirimontanin with a palladium catalyst to form the 6,4-bicycle.

OL paper

Spirangien A synthesis

Mark Rizzacasa and co-workers from the University of Melbourne have reported in Organic Letters on their formal synthesis of spirangien A.

OL paper

Lactonamycin synthesis

Masaya Nakata and co-workers from Keio University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of lactonamycin.

ACIE paper

Calvicularin synthesis

Christopher Beaudry and co-workers from Oregon State have reported in Organic Letters on a synthesis of cavicularin using a vinyl sulfone for a Diels-Alder substrate.

OL paper

Nahuoic acid A

Raymond Andersen and co-workers from the University of British Columbia have reported in Organic Letters on the isolation of nahuoic acid A.

OL paper