Griseusin B progress

Margaret Brimble and colleague have reported in Org Lett on their strategy for griseusin B.

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

Acortatarins A and B syntheses

Derek Tan and co-workers at Sloan Kettering have reported in Organic Letters on their syntheses of acortatarins A and B.

OL paper

Caloundrin B synthesis

Dale Ward and colleague at the University of Sasketchewan have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of

OL paper

Danshenspiroketallactone synthesis

Margaret Brimble and co-workers have reported in Synlett on the synthesis of danshenspiroketallactone.

Synlett paper

Acortatarins syntheses

Gangarajula Sudhakar and co-workers at IICT have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of acortatarins.

OL paper

Ring rearrangement metathesis

Nicolas Blanchard and co-workers at Universite de Haute-Alsace in France have reported in Chem Comm on  a spiroketalization via a ring rearrangement metathesis – add that to your new lexicon.

Chem Comm paper

Spongiastatin and derivatives

Amos Smith and co-workers have reported in JACS on the synthesis and the biological evaluation of spongiastatin derivatives.

JACS paper

Dinophysistoxin-2 synthesis

Craig Forsyth and co-workers from Ohio State University have reported in ACIEE on their synthesis of dinophysistoxin-2.

ACIEE paper

Intramolecular epoxide opening

Derek Tan and co-workers at Sloan Kettering have reported in JACS on an intramolecular epoxide opening to form spiroketals.

JACS paper