Small-molecule MDM2 inhibitors in clinical trials for cancer therapy

S Wang, FE Chen - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruption of the MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction by small-molecule inhibitors has
been highly pursued by many academic laboratories and pharmaceutical companies as a …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the total synthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids enabled by asymmetric catalysis

XY Liu, Y Qin - Green Synthesis and Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Asymmetric catalysis has continued to enable the preparation of optically active natural
products over the past decade. This minireview summarizes progress in the catalytic …

Recent progress in transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric reductive amination

NUD Reshi, VB Saptal, M Beller, JK Bera - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric reductive amination (ARA) of a prochiral carbonyl compound with an amine
using a H2/hydrogen surrogate is a concise and operationally simple method for the …

A Tailored Versatile and Efficient NHC‐Based NNC‐Pincer Manganese Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Polar Unsaturated Compounds

Z Wei, H Li, Y Wang, Q Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reactivity of metal‐hydride complexes can be harnessed by the modification of ancillary
ligands. With the aim of improving the hydride‐donor ability of the key Mn− H intermediate …

Asymmetric reductive amination of structurally diverse ketones with ammonia using a spectrum-extended amine dehydrogenase

DH Wang, Q Chen, SN Yin, XW Ding, YC Zheng… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Amine dehydrogenase-catalyzed reductive amination of prochiral ketones with ammonia is
a promising method for the synthesis of optically pure amines in the pharmaceutical and fine …

A Bischler-Napieralski and homo-Mannich sequence enables diversified syntheses of sarpagine alkaloids and analogues

H Qiu, X Fei, J Yang, Z Qiao, S Yuan, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sarpagine alkaloids offer signicant opportunities in drug discovery, yet the efficient total
syntheses and diverse structural modifications of these natural products remain highly …

One-pot biocatalytic synthesis of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines with two stereocenters from α, β-unsaturated ketones using alkyl-ammonium formate

T Knaus, ML Corrado, FG Mutti - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The efficient asymmetric catalytic synthesis of amines containing more than one stereogenic
center is a current challenge. Here, we present a biocatalytic cascade that combines ene …

[HTML][HTML] Iron-catalyzed indolo [2, 3-c] quinoline synthesis from nitroarenes and benzylic alcohols/aldehydes promoted by elemental sulfur

R Li, S Jiang, H Zheng, H Lei, Z Huang, S Chen… - Green Synthesis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An iron-catalyzed strategy for the rapid synthesis of indolo [2, 3-c] quinolines has been
developed. This cascade reaction involving alcohol oxidation, nitro reduction, and oxidative …

Asymmetric total syntheses of schizozygane alkaloids

W Zhou, T Zhou, M Tian, Y Jiang, J Yang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The concise, collective, and asymmetric total syntheses of four schizozygane alkaloids,
which feature a “Pan lid”-like hexacyclic core scaffold bearing up to six continuous …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery and development of ferrocene-based tetradentate ligands for Ir-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketone

J Yu, F Huang, W Fang, C Yin, C Shi, Q Lang… - Green Synthesis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of highly active and enantioselective ligands and catalysts for the
asymmetric hydrogenation of ketone has been the goal of synthetic chemists for more than …