Hypervalent iodine reagents are among the most fascinating reagents described in the last
30 years since they allow a plethora of different transformations and are environmentally …

The first asymmetric total synthesis of the hexacyclic veatchine-type C20-diterpenoid
alkaloid (−)-garryine is presented. Key steps include a Pd-catalyzed enantioselective Heck …

A ring distortion approach for the synthesis of an advanced intermediate en route to
rhodomolleins XIV and XLII was described, which led to successful construction of the …

A practical and efficient protocol for synthesis of> 99% diastereopure Z-and E-alkenyl nitriles
is developed, through tetramethylthiourea-mediated stereospecific deoxygenation of …

A new asymmetric synthesis of the A/E-ring fragment of C18-diterpenoid alkaloids is
described. The crucial contiguous stereogenic centers at C4, C5, and C11 were established …

This review highlights the history and recent advances in dealkenylative functionalization.
Through this deconstructive strategy, radical functionalizations occur under mild, robust …

Abstract Talatisamine [(–)-1] is a C 19-diterpenoid alkaloid with an intricately fused ABCDEF-
ring system. In 2020, we reported a total synthesis of racemic talatisamine [(±)-1], in which …

Divergent nitrogen‐containing fused polycyclic ring systems are constructed from simple
starting materials via a one‐pot aldehyde‐alkyne‐amine (A3) coupling and intramolecular …

The Aconitum plants have been used as traditional medicines in China for the treatment of
pain, rheumatism, and injuries, the effective components of which are an array of diterpenoid …

Significance: Liu, Qin, and co-workers report the first total synthesis of (±)-vilmoraconitine, a
norditerpenoid alkaloid isolated in 2008 from Aconitum vilmorinianum. Vilmoraconitine was …