Darwinolide

Bill Baker and co-workers at the University of South Florida have reported in Organic Letters on the isolation of darwinolide from an antarctic sponge that inhibited methicillin-resistant S. aureus biofilm formation.

 

OL paper

Vancomycin derivative

Here’s a report on a vancomycin derivative with a pyrophosphate binding group reported by Jayanta Haldar and co-workers at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

 

ACIE paper

Cannabimovone synthesis

Antonio Echavarran and co-workers from ICIQ have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of cannabimovone.

 

ACIE paper

Perioconiasins A-E syntheses

Yefeng Tang and co-workers from Tsinghua University have reported in ACIE on the syntheses of perioconiasins A-E.

 

ACIE paper

Erythrina alkaloid syntheses

Tohru Fukuyama and co-workers reported in ACIE on the syntheses of erythrina alkaloids.

ACIE paper

Perforanoid A synthesis

Xiaojiang Hao and co-workers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of perforanoid A.

 

ACIE paper

Towards indoxamycin via C-H functionalization

Erik Sorensen and Huw Davies and co-workers reported in ACIE on a C-H functionalization approach towards indoxamycin.

 

ACIE paper

Methyl ether + Grignard

Naoto Chatani and co-workers from Osaka University have reported in JACS on a methyl ether coupling reaction with a Grignard reagent.

 

JACS paper

Towards eribulin

Yoshito Kishi and colleague have reported in JACS on a coupling reaction between a thioester and an alkyl bromide.

 

JACS paper

Callyspongiolide synthesis

Tao Ye and co-workers from Peking University have reported in JACS on the synthesis of callyspongiolide.

 

JACS paper