Transition-metal and organocatalysis in natural product synthesis

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Editors: Prof. David Yu-Kai Chen and Prof. Dawei Ma
Seoul National University and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
 
In this Thematic Series, selected examples of metal- and organic-compound-promoted chemical processes that render the preparation of architecturally complex natural products, natural-product subdomains, or natural-product-like scaffolds, are presented. These illustrative synthetic studies are intended to showcase the most recent developments, at the same time highlight the state-of-the-art and current limitations, and in doing so set the path for the future. It is our great anticipation that this Thematic Series will instigate and inspire further investigations in this field, and challenge the existing technologies and our current mindset in target-oriented synthetic design.

See also the Thematic Series:
Organocatalysis
Copper catalysis in organic synthesis
Gold catalysis for organic synthesis II


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Transition-metal and organocatalysis in natural product synthesis

  • David Yu-Kai Chen and
  • Dawei Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1192–1193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.134

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Published 20 Jun 2013

Asymmetric synthesis of a highly functionalized bicyclo[3.2.2]nonene derivative

  • Toshiki Tabuchi,
  • Daisuke Urabe and
  • Masayuki Inoue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 655–663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.74

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Published 04 Apr 2013

Synthesis of phenanthridines via palladium-catalyzed picolinamide-directed sequential C–H functionalization

  • Ryan Pearson,
  • Shuyu Zhang,
  • Gang He,
  • Nicola Edwards and
  • Gong Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 891–899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.102

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Published 08 May 2013

Study on the total synthesis of velbanamine: Chemoselective dioxygenation of alkenes with PIFA via a stop-and-flow strategy

  • Huili Liu,
  • Kuan Zheng,
  • Xiang Lu,
  • Xiaoxia Wang and
  • Ran Hong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 983–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.113

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Published 23 May 2013

Synthesis of the tetracyclic core of Illicium sesquiterpenes using an organocatalyzed asymmetric Robinson annulation

  • Lynnie Trzoss,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Michelle H. Lacoske and
  • Emmanuel A. Theodorakis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1135–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.126

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Published 12 Jun 2013

Establishing the concept of aza-[3 + 3] annulations using enones as a key expansion of this unified strategy in alkaloid synthesis

  • Aleksey I. Gerasyuto,
  • Zhi-Xiong Ma,
  • Grant S. Buchanan and
  • Richard P. Hsung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1170–1178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.131

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Published 18 Jun 2013

Exploration of an epoxidation–ring-opening strategy for the synthesis of lyconadin A and discovery of an unexpected Payne rearrangement

  • Brad M. Loertscher,
  • Yu Zhang and
  • Steven L. Castle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1179–1184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.132

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Published 18 Jun 2013

Selective copper(II) acetate and potassium iodide catalyzed oxidation of aminals to dihydroquinazoline and quinazolinone alkaloids

  • Matthew T. Richers,
  • Chenfei Zhao and
  • Daniel Seidel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1194–1201, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.135

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Published 20 Jun 2013

An organocatalytic route to 2-heteroarylmethylene decorated N-arylpyrroles

  • Alexandre Jean,
  • Jérôme Blanchet,
  • Jacques Rouden,
  • Jacques Maddaluno and
  • Michaël De Paolis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1480–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.168

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Published 24 Jul 2013

A reductive coupling strategy towards ripostatin A

  • Kristin D. Schleicher and
  • Timothy F. Jamison

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1533–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.175

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Published 31 Jul 2013

Organocatalytic asymmetric selenofunctionalization of tryptamine for the synthesis of hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole derivatives

  • Qiang Wei,
  • Ya-Yi Wang,
  • Yu-Liu Du and
  • Liu-Zhu Gong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1559–1564, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.177

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Published 01 Aug 2013

Bioinspired total synthesis of katsumadain A by organocatalytic enantioselective 1,4-conjugate addition

  • Yongguang Wang,
  • Ruiyang Bao,
  • Shengdian Huang and
  • Yefeng Tang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1601–1606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.182

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Published 06 Aug 2013

Asymmetric allylic alkylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with α-fluoro-β-keto esters

  • Lin Yan,
  • Zhiqiang Han,
  • Bo Zhu,
  • Caiyun Yang,
  • Choon-Hong Tan and
  • Zhiyong Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1853–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.216

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Published 11 Sep 2013

Total synthesis of the endogenous inflammation resolving lipid resolvin D2 using a common lynchpin

  • John Li,
  • May May Leong,
  • Alastair Stewart and
  • Mark A. Rizzacasa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2762–2766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.310

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Published 03 Dec 2013
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