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Transformation of the cyclohexane ring to the cyclopentane fragment of biologically active compounds

  • Natalya Akhmetdinova,
  • Ilgiz Biktagirov and
  • Liliya Kh. Faizullina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2416–2446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.185

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  • information. Keywords: biological activity; cyclopentane/enone; rearrangements; ring/cycle contractions; total synthesis; Introduction The functionalized cyclopentane/enone fragment is part of the structure of a large number of natural and synthetic biologically active compounds, including prostaglandins
  • , terpenoids, alkaloids, steroids and carbanucleosides. The spectrum of biological activities of the listed classes is wide and unique in efficacy. Natural prostaglandins are polyoxygenated derivatives of a hypothetical twenty-atom prostanoic acid, the C8–C12 atoms of which are contained in a cyclopentane ring
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Published 06 Nov 2025

Asymmetric total synthesis of tricyclic prostaglandin D2 metabolite methyl ester via oxidative radical cyclization

  • Miao Xiao,
  • Liuyang Pu,
  • Qiaoli Shang,
  • Lei Zhu and
  • Jun Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1964–1972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.152

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  • synthesis of tricyclic-PGDM methyl ester in 9 steps and 8% overall yield. Keywords: asymmetric total synthesis; oxidative radical cyclization; tricyclic prostaglandin D2 metabolite methyl ester; Introduction Prostaglandins (PGs), a family of hormone-like lipid compounds, are ubiquitous natural products
  • allylation to install the side chain at C8, and a diastereoselective spirolactonization to generate the spiroketal moiety in 26. This total synthesis is promising for divergent total syntheses of other PGs and structurally related pharmaceutical derivatives. Representative prostaglandins and general
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Published 24 Sep 2025

Synthetic applications of the Cannizzaro reaction

  • Bhaskar Chatterjee,
  • Dhananjoy Mondal and
  • Smritilekha Bera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1376–1395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.120

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  • biologically relevant compounds, which include prostaglandins [65], β-lactams [66][67], homatropine [68][69] among many more [70] (Figure 3), reinforce the importance of the Cannizzaro reaction. Modifications of both intermolecular and intramolecular Cannizzaro reactions have been observed in numerous
  • synthesis of medicinally useful molecules (Scheme 23) [90]. The Cannizzaro reaction has also been applied to the preparation of mandelic acid-based synthons, which gain potential importance in the synthesis of prostaglandins, cephalosporins, and homatropine [65][66][67][68][69]. Synthesis of useful
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Published 19 Jun 2024

Structural basis for endoperoxide-forming oxygenases

  • Takahiro Mori and
  • Ikuro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 707–721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.71

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  • photosensitizers or visible light, non-enzymatically reacts with the biosynthetic intermediates to produce endoperoxide structures [16][22][23]. However, over the past three decades, only a few endoperoxide-forming enzymes have been identified, including the cyclooxygenases in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins
  • cyclooxygenases, FtmOx1, and NvfI. Review COX: Heme-dependent cyclooxygenases in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins Enzyme reaction of COXs The cyclooxygenases are the best studied and understood oxygenases among the mammalian oxygenases [29][30]. Mammals have two cyclooxygenase isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2 [31][32
  • reduced to produce PGH2. PGH2 is metabolized by downstream enzymes to yield a series of prostaglandins, which play important roles in inflammatory responses [35][36][37]. Although the active site architectures of COX-1 and COX-2 are not completely identical, the reaction mechanisms and catalytic residues
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Published 21 Jun 2022

Aminosugar-based immunomodulator lipid A: synthetic approaches

  • Alla Zamyatina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 25–53, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.3

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  • cytokines, chemokines, prostaglandins and reactive oxygen species which manifest an acute inflammatory response to infection. The “endotoxic principle” of LPS resides in its amphiphilic membrane-bound fragment glycophospholipid lipid A which directly binds to the TLR4·MD-2 receptor complex. The lipid A
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Published 04 Jan 2018

A new and expeditious synthesis of all enantiomerically pure stereoisomers of rosaprostol, an antiulcer drug

  • Wiesława Perlikowska,
  • Remigiusz Żurawiński and
  • Marian Mikołajczyk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2234–2239, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.215

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  • C-2 of the cyclopentane ring opposite to that in natural prostaglandins of the A and J series. Therefore these compounds are expected to exhibit an increased biological stability as compared with 1a and 1b, and to be more efficacious in the treatment of gastric ulcers [23]. Recently we devised and
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Published 21 Oct 2016

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

  • Ivan A. Yaremenko,
  • Vera A. Vil’,
  • Dmitry V. Demchuk and
  • Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

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Published 03 Aug 2016

Effects of RAMEA-complexed polyunsaturated fatty acids on the response of human dendritic cells to inflammatory signals

  • Éva Rajnavölgyi,
  • Renáta Laczik,
  • Viktor Kun,
  • Lajos Szente and
  • Éva Fenyvesi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3152–3160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.332

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  • body. ALA can be converted to EPA and DHA [1], while LA is converted to arachidonic acid (AA, C20:4 n−6), the precursor of prostaglandins and related compounds playing crucial roles in inducing inflammatory reactions. EPA is the precursor of prostanoids with less inflammatory potential. DHA is a
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Published 30 Dec 2014

Conserved and species-specific oxylipin pathways in the wound-activated chemical defense of the noninvasive red alga Gracilaria chilensis and the invasive Gracilaria vermiculophylla

  • Martin Rempt,
  • Florian Weinberger,
  • Katharina Grosser and
  • Georg Pohnert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 283–289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.30

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  • oxylipins. Common products are 7,8-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and a novel eicosanoid with an unusual γ-lactone moiety. Several prostaglandins were predominantly formed by the invasive species. The role of some of these metabolites was investigated by surveying the attachment of E. peruviana on
  • artificial food containing the respective oxylipins. Both algae species are defended against this general herbivore by 7,8-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, whereas the prostaglandins and the novel oxylipins were inactive at naturally occurring concentrations. The role of different oxylipins in the invasive
  • potential of Gracilaria spp. is discussed. Keywords: activated chemical defense; invasive species; oxylipins; prostaglandins; red algae; regulation; Introduction The red alga Gracilaria chilensis is native along the Chilean coast and is commercially farmed for the production of agar hydrocolloids [1
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Published 21 Feb 2012
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