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

Rubriflordilactone B synthesis

Ang Li and co-workers reported in ACIE on the synthesis of rubriflordilactone B.

 

ACIE paper

[2+2+2] towards rubriflordilactone B

Zhixiang Xie and co-workers from Lanzhou University have reported in Organic Letters on an approach towards rubriflordilactone B using Wilkinson’s catalyst.

OL paper

Rubriflordilactone A synthesis

Edward Anderson and co-workers from the University of Oxford have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of rubriflordilactone A.

ACIE paper

Propindilactone G synthesis

Zhen Yang and co-workers from Peking University have reported in JACS on the synthesis of propndilactone G.

JACS paper

Dicarabrones A and B

Yang Ye and co-workers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported in Organic Letters on isolation of dicarabrones A and B.

OL paper

Sinulariaoid A

Cui-Xian Zhang and co-workers from Guangzhou University have reported in Tetrahedron on a poly-sulfur lactone compound.

Tetrahedron paper

Aluminum porphyrin

George O’Doherty and co-workers from Northeastern University have reported in JACS on an aluminum catalyzed beta-lactone synthesis from epoxides.

JACS paper

Sweriledugenin A

Ji-Jun Chen and co-workers at the Kunming Institute of Botany have reported in Org Lett on the isolation of sweriledugenin A.

OL paper

Ophiodilactones A and B syntheses

Susumi Hatakeyama and co-workers from Nagasaki University have reported in ACIE on the syntheses of ophiodilactones A and B.

ACIE paper