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Cassane diterpenoids with α-glucosidase inhibitory activity from the fruits of Pterolobium macropterum

  • Sarot Cheenpracha,
  • Ratchanaporn Chokchaisiri,
  • Lucksagoon Ganranoo,
  • Sareeya Bureekaew,
  • Thunwadee Limtharakul and
  • Surat Laphookhieo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 658–665, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.47

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  • -16′ to C-13 (δC 128.0), C-16 (δC 167.0), C-17 (δC 25.3), C-12′, and C-13′ (δC 71.3) clearly indicated the two CC bond linkages of both units through the C-15/C-16′ and C-17/C-15′ bonds. Furthermore, the aforementioned ring structure and functionalities accounting for 13 out of 15 degrees of
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Published 11 May 2023

Access to cyclopropanes with geminal trifluoromethyl and difluoromethylphosphonate groups

  • Ita Hajdin,
  • Romana Pajkert,
  • Mira Keßler,
  • Jianlin Han,
  • Haibo Mei and
  • Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 541–549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.39

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  • other three possible reaction pathways, this step was examined by relaxed potential energy scans along the indicated CC bond (see Supporting Information File 1 for full experimental data). Conclusion In summary, a convenient method for the synthesis of a highly fluorinated diazo reagent, diethyl 2
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Published 25 Apr 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

  • Austin Pounder,
  • Eric Neufeld,
  • Peter Myler and
  • William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

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  • rigid bicyclic framework. Secondly, through ring opening of the bicyclic framework; the C–X bond of a heterobicyclic alkene is much weaker than the corresponding CC bond of a homobicyclic alkene, which allows the C–X bond to be readily cleaved over the course of a reaction. The stereochemically well
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Published 24 Apr 2023

Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

  • Cécile Alleman,
  • Charlène Gadais,
  • Laurent Legentil and
  • François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

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  • [5-8-5] tricyclic framework, the basmane family of terpenes differs from the fusicoccans by the arrangement of the cycles, especially the position of the shared CC bond between ring B and ring C (Scheme 10). In 2010, Ravi et al. investigated the synthesis of the core skeleton of this family [35
  • found multiple applications in natural product synthesis [65]. Employed in CC bond-formation reactions, this single-electron reducing agent has been particularly useful for five- to eight-membered ring cyclizations [65]. Its tunable reactivity opens access to both radical and anionic processes, hence
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Published 03 Mar 2023

An accelerated Rauhut–Currier dimerization enabled the synthesis of (±)-incarvilleatone and anticancer studies

  • Tharun K. Kotammagari,
  • Sweta Misra,
  • Sayantan Paul,
  • Sunita Kunte,
  • Rajesh G. Gonnade,
  • Manas K. Santra and
  • Asish K. Bhattacharya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 204–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.19

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  • isolated from I. delavayi along with known (±)-rengyolone (3) [2]. (±)-Incarviditone (2) presents a new carbon-skeleton by being the first benzofuranone dimer connected by a CC bond. The cytotoxicity of (±)-incarviditone (2) has been assayed against cell lines A549, LOVO, HL-60, 6TCEM, and HepG2 and
  • reported in the literature is described. The reaction was discovered by Rauhut and Currier [5] in the year 1963. It is a nucleophile-catalyzed CC bond-forming reaction between two Michael acceptors. This reaction provides access to diverse classes of densely functionalized molecules. Rauhut–Currier (RC
  • intermolecular fashion to form a CC bond between the two Michael acceptors. This whole process involves two intermolecular conjugate additions, which leads to low reactivity. In case of intramolecular RC reactions, a high reactivity is observed. This is due to one intermolecular and one intramolecular conjugate
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Published 21 Feb 2023

Total synthesis of insect sex pheromones: recent improvements based on iron-mediated cross-coupling chemistry

  • Eric Gayon,
  • Guillaume Lefèvre,
  • Olivier Guerret,
  • Adrien Tintar and
  • Pablo Chourreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 158–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.15

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  • to overall processes with a low atom economy, generating a significant amount of chemical waste, and which can be expensive when noble metals such as palladium salts are required (Scheme 1). The high efficiency of transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling methods in CC bond formation processes
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Catalytic aza-Nazarov cyclization reactions to access α-methylene-γ-lactam heterocycles

  • Bilge Banu Yagci,
  • Selin Ezgi Donmez,
  • Onur Şahin and
  • Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 66–77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.6

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  • results show that while both isomers of the acyl chloride (6ba and 6bb) are capable of undergoing the aza-Nazarov cyclization with imine 5a affording the same cyclization product, the major (E)-isomer is understandably more reactive due to the favorable sterics of the CC-bond-forming cyclization step
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Published 17 Jan 2023

Combining the best of both worlds: radical-based divergent total synthesis

  • Kyriaki Gennaiou,
  • Antonios Kelesidis,
  • Maria Kourgiantaki and
  • Alexandros L. Zografos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1

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  • recognized the disadvantages that stemmed from prior 2-electron disconnections, namely the complicated CC bond formations and the necessity for excessive functional group manipulations but also the unavailability of a unified divergent plan for this class of diterpenoids. As an alternative, they proposed
  • quenchers (e.g., PhSSPh) to the reaction mixture. When monosubstitution of the aryl group is present, the formed radical cation, the product of the photooxidation of the cinnamyl ether, readily cyclizes to cyclobutene radical cation 217. The latter cleaves the benzylic CC bond to produce the 1,4-radical
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Synthetic study toward tridachiapyrone B

  • Morgan Cormier,
  • Florian Hernvann and
  • Michaël De Paolis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1741–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.183

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  • investigation, it is mostly restricted to substrates bearing a tertiary alkoxy group [34]. Few examples of this intermolecular strategy actually involve substrates containing a quaternary carbon and the formation of a CC bond [35][36]. Of note was the report of Takemoto and Iwata describing the 1,4-addition of
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Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

  • Elena R. Lopat’eva,
  • Igor B. Krylov,
  • Dmitry A. Lapshin and
  • Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

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  • organic chemistry. It allows chemists to avoid the use of precious and (or) toxic metals by taking advantage of the catalytic activity of small and synthetically available molecules. Today, the term organocatalysis is mainly associated with redox-neutral asymmetric catalysis of CC bond-forming processes
  • addition to the electron-rich C=C bond [58] or proton loss followed by β-functionalization [59][60][61]. The iminium cation catalysis is used in the activation of electrophilic properties of enones for the nucleophilic epoxidation by hydroperoxides (Scheme 2B). N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis
  • several cases, a good regioselectivity was achieved for complex molecules. Quinuclidine cation radicals were also involved in the generation of nucleophilic α-hydroxyalkyl radicals from alcohols for the addition to the electron-deficient C=C bond of methyl acrylate followed by lactonization [107] (Scheme
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Rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular reductive aldol-type cyclization: Application for the synthesis of a chiral necic acid lactone

  • Motoyuki Isoda,
  • Kazuyuki Sato,
  • Kenta Kameda,
  • Kana Wakabayashi,
  • Ryota Sato,
  • Hideki Minami,
  • Yukiko Karuo,
  • Atsushi Tarui,
  • Kentaro Kawai and
  • Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1642–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.176

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  • , the reductive aldol-type reaction could also be applied to an asymmetric system, although the diastereoselectivity was poor. On the other hand, reductive Mannich-type reactions were achieved in good to excellent yields with high diastereoselectivity [45][46]. As part of a wider program of CC bond
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Functionalization of imidazole N-oxide: a recent discovery in organic transformations

  • Koustav Singha,
  • Imran Habib and
  • Mossaraf Hossain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1575–1588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.168

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  • , the breaking of the CC bond of intermediate 7 led to the generation of the expected final product 4a through retro-one reaction. It was also shown that the side product, 1-benzyl-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one (8) was formed from 1a through simply thermal rearrangement. Nucleophilic
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Published 22 Nov 2022

Polymer and small molecule mechanochemistry: closer than ever

  • José G. Hernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1225–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.128

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  • to generate radicals (Scheme 3) [67]. The difference in the CC bond scission between 6 and 8 was explained based on the ability of diarylurea moieties in 8 to form strong self-assemblies through hydrogen bonding. In the solid state, this enabled the transduction of mechanical force to the
  • -methylphenyl-9-fluorenyl) peroxide (BMPF)-containing poly(butyl methacrylate) 2, in a mixer mill. Mechanochemical activation of dendronized polymer-based compound 4 by ultrasonication and ball milling in a mixer mill. Comparative mechanochemical dissociation of the central CC bond in TASN derivatives 6 and 8
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Published 14 Sep 2022

Reductive opening of a cyclopropane ring in the Ni(II) coordination environment: a route to functionalized dehydroalanine and cysteine derivatives

  • Oleg A. Levitskiy,
  • Olga I. Aglamazova,
  • Yuri K. Grishin and
  • Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1166–1176, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.121

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  • radical anions influenced by substituents in the cyclopropane ring are discussed. Optimization of the reaction conditions opens a route to the non-proteinogenic amino acid derivatives containing an α–β or β–γ double C=C bond in the side chain; the regioselectivity can be tuned by the addition of Lewis
  • ][26]. Donor–acceptor cyclopropanes constitute an easily available equivalent of all-carbon 1,3-zwitter-ions used in targeted synthesis of various alicyclic as well as carbo- or heterocyclic compounds [27][28][29][30]. The reactive synergy of the three-membered ring and the CC bond polarization due to
  • include disproportionation reaction yielding a mixture of alkenes and the corresponding hydrogenated derivatives, intramolecular cyclization and reaction with external electrophiles. Optimization of the reaction conditions opens a route to amino acid derivatives containing the α-β or β-γ double C=C bond
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Published 08 Sep 2022

Electrochemical formal homocoupling of sec-alcohols

  • Kosuke Yamamoto,
  • Kazuhisa Arita,
  • Masashi Shiota,
  • Masami Kuriyama and
  • Osamu Onomura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1062–1069, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.108

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  • electrolysis; Introduction Carbon–carbon bond formation is one of the most fundamental and important reactions in synthetic organic chemistry. Reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds known as pinacol coupling would be a powerful method to construct vic-1,2-diol scaffolds through CC bond formation [1][2
  • -2a was subjected to the present reaction conditions, oxidative CC bond cleavage of dl-2a proceeded to give the corresponding ketone 3a (Scheme 5b) [48]. Recovered 2a was found to be a mixture of dl and meso isomers, indicating that homocoupling of in situ-generated ketone 3a occurred under the
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Published 22 Aug 2022

Molecular diversity of the base-promoted reaction of phenacylmalononitriles with dialkyl but-2-ynedioates

  • Hui Zheng,
  • Ying Han,
  • Jing Sun and
  • Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 991–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.99

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  • base to catalyze the CC bond formation via a Michael addition of active methylene groups [31]. Therefore, in the presence of TBAB, the bromide assisted with the deprotonation of the phenacylmalononitrile to give a carbanion intermediate A. Secondly, the nucleophilic addition of carbanion A to electron
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Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and fluorescence studies of the products

  • Nisha Devi and
  • Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.92

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  • medicinal importance is the reason that the synthesis of β-carboline-containing derivatives has been an exciting area for researchers [34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) reaction is an astonishing CC bond forming reaction between a carbonyl electrophile and an activated alkene
  • . For this purpose, the N-ethyl derivative 9e of 6e was prepared and subjected to MBH reaction with acrylonitrile A and methylacrylate B under neat conditions to generate the corresponding MBH adducts (10eA and 10eB) (Scheme 3). Interestingly, 9e showed more affinity towards this CC bond forming
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Synthetic strategies for the preparation of γ-phostams: 1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides and 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxides

  • Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 889–915, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.90

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  • peroxide and sulfurization with sulfur, respectively (Scheme 16) [37][38]. Synthesis via formation of the CC bond neighboring at the ring phosphorus atom In 1984, Collins and co-workers attempted the synthesis of benzo-γ-phosphonolactams 56a and 93 from (chloromethyl)(phenyl)-N-methyl-N
  • -oxides 56a in 23% and 93 in 63% yields, respectively, showing the limited scope of the synthetic method (Scheme 17) [39]. Ring-closing metathesis (RCM) is an efficient strategy for the construction of cyclic compounds via the formation of a C=C bond [40][41], which can be reduced to the CC bond. 2
  • an efficient method for the synthesis of 1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides via the CC bond formation. Our research group achieved the synthesis of 1-alkyl-3-benzoyl-2-ethoxy-1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxide derivatives 106 from ethyl N-alkyl-N-aryl-1-diazo-2-oxo-2-phenylethylphosphonamidates
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Published 22 Jul 2022

Thiophene/selenophene-based S-shaped double helicenes: regioselective synthesis and structures

  • Mengjie Wang,
  • Lanping Dang,
  • Wan Xu,
  • Zhiying Ma,
  • Liuliu Shao,
  • Guangxia Wang,
  • Chunli Li and
  • Hua Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.81

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  • )benzene (5c), and S-shaped double helicenes DH-1–3 is shown in Scheme 1. The double oxidative photocyclization of 5a–c is the key step in the synthesis of DH-1–3 because oxidative photocyclization induces double radicals on a double bond, which led to the C=C bond rotation along the resulting single C
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Published 08 Jul 2022

Synthesis of bis-spirocyclic derivatives of 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane via cyclopropene cycloadditions to the stable azomethine ylide derived from Ruhemann's purple

  • Alexander S. Filatov,
  • Olesya V. Khoroshilova,
  • Anna G. Larina,
  • Vitali M. Boitsov and
  • Alexander V. Stepakov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 769–780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.77

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  • -protonated 1 and C-protonated 1'' tautomers do not contain an enol functional group. It is therefore likely that the lowest stability of the O-protonated form 1' compared to tautomers 1 and 1'' is due to the favorability of the C=O bond over the C=C bond. Next, using the equations recommended by Parr [47
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Identification of the new prenyltransferase Ubi-297 from marine bacteria and elucidation of its substrate specificity

  • Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam,
  • Huijuan Guo,
  • Karsten Willing,
  • Thomas Wichard and
  • Christine Beemelmanns

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 722–731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.72

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  • binding abilities to target proteins [3]. The prenylation reaction, most often a CC-bond-forming step between an aromatic acceptor moiety and a prenyl chain, is catalyzed by dedicated dominantly membrane-bound prenyltransferases (Ptases) [4][5][6][7]. Ptases belonging to the UbiA-superfamily are
  • preferences. While the microbial UbiA Ptase catalyzes the CC-bond formation between an isoprenyl chain and the meta-position of p-hydroxybenzoate (PHB) in the ubiquinone-Coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis (Figure 1), Ptases of type MenA perform the key step in the menaquinone biosynthesis by prenylating 1,4-dihydroxy
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Tri(n-butyl)phosphine-promoted domino reaction for the efficient construction of spiro[cyclohexane-1,3'-indolines] and spiro[indoline-3,2'-furan-3',3''-indolines]

  • Hui Zheng,
  • Ying Han,
  • Jing Sun and
  • Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 669–679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.68

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  • aryl group exist on the cis-position of the carbonyl group on the exocyclic C=C bond (Z-configuration). Thus, it can be concluded that the major isomers 3a–z have this kind of the relative configuration. In Figure 3, the aryl group and the carbonyl group of the oxindole scaffold also exist on trans
  • -position in the newly formed cyclohexyl ring, while an E-configuration was observed for the exocyclic C=C double bond. Therefore, the major and minor isomers were actually attributable to the Z/E-configuration of the C=C bond, not to the cis/trans-positions in the newly formed cyclohexyl ring. In order to
  • of readily available 1,3-dipolarophile, 3-phenacylidenoxindole, was also tested in the reaction. However, it was found that the C=C bond in 3-phenacylidenoxindole was directly reduced to give the corresponding saturated 3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)indolin-2-one. A similar reduction reaction of 3
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Unusual highly diastereoselective Rh(II)-catalyzed dimerization of 3-diazo-2-arylidenesuccinimides provides access to a new dibenzazulene scaffold

  • Anastasia Vepreva,
  • Alexander S. Bunev,
  • Andrey Yu. Kudinov,
  • Grigory Kantin,
  • Mikhail Krasavin and
  • Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 533–538, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.55

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  • intermediate D into cycloheptadiene E is an example of a relatively rare reaction of the cyclopropane-ring expansion through a 1,5-CC bond migration [15][16][17]. This concerted process is followed by yet another 1,5-migration of the hydrogen atom, leading to the final dimer 2a. The formation of a single
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Published 11 May 2022

Sesquiterpenes from the soil-derived fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride PSU-SPSF346

  • Wiriya Yaosanit,
  • Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul,
  • Souwalak Phongpaichit,
  • Sita Preedanon and
  • Jariya Sakayaroj

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 479–485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.50

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  • of C-4 constructed a propenoic acid unit with a 1,1-disubstituted oxymethyl substituent at C-2. The HMBC correlations of H-4 of this unit with C-5, C-6, C-7, and C-10 as well as the chemical shifts of C-4 and C-7 established an ether bond between C-4 and C-7 and a CC bond between C-4 and C-5 to form
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Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

  • Acácio S. de Souza,
  • Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
  • Dora C. S. Costa,
  • Fernanda P. Pauli,
  • David R. Pinho,
  • Matheus G. de Moraes,
  • Fernando de C. da Silva,
  • Luana da S. M. Forezi and
  • Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

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