Arizonin C1 synthesis

Reinhard Bruckner and co-workers at Universitat Freiburg have reported in the European JOC on their synthesis of arizonin C1.

European JOC paper

Kendomycin Synthesis

Masaya Nakata and co-workers at Keio University have recently published in Organic Letters on an approach for kendomycin.  The key reaction was a macrocyclization of a chromium carbene complex with an alkyne, also known as the Dotz benzannulation.

OL paper