Anionic cascade reactions. One-pot assembly of (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofurans from β-hydroxyketones

• István E. Markó and
• Florian T. Schevenels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1319–1325, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.148

• addition of 9 then affords the intermediate 10, which undergoes a 5-exo-dig cyclisation, ultimately yielding the observed (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofuran 6. This structural motif constitutes the core of several biologically active compounds, including antimicrobial agents, fungicides and

Modulating the activity of short arginine-tryptophan containing antibacterial peptides with N-terminal metallocenoyl groups

• H. Bauke Albada,
• Alina-Iulia Chiriac,
• Michaela Wenzel,
• Maya Penkova,
• Julia E. Bandow,
• Hans-Georg Sahl and
• Nils Metzler-Nolte

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1753–1764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.200

• innate immune system, the name “antimicrobial peptides” (abbreviated as AMPs) defines a larger group of peptides that also encompasses synthetic peptides, and peptidomimetics, for example. Among these, synthetic peptide-based antimicrobial agents are especially interesting because isolation and/or

Advances in synthetic approach to and antifungal activity of triazoles

• Kumari Shalini,
• Nitin Kumar,
• Sushma Drabu and
• Pramod Kumar Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 668–677, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.79

• antimicrobial agents and the development of structurally new classes of antimicrobials with novel mechanisms of action as well as structural modifications to improve both their binding affinity and their spectrum of activity. One such strategy that has been pursued in recent years with increasing significance