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Antiplasmodial dimer

Posted by naturalproductman on April 11, 2011

Thomas Schmidt and co-workers from the University of Munster have reported in Phytochemistry on the isolation of

anti-plasmodial

Phytochemistry

Posted in Dimer, Diseases, Guiane-type, Lactones, Malaria | Leave a Comment »

Chinensiolide Synthesis

Posted by naturalproductman on January 12, 2010

Chinensiolide has recently been synthesized by Dennis Hall and co-worker at the University of Alberta.  This molecule has a similar carbon backbone to the 5,7-skeleton that is found in englerin A.

chinensiolide


JACS paper

Posted in Cascade Reactions, Favorskii rearrangement, Grieco elimination, Guiane-type, Methodology | Leave a Comment »