While Nature harnesses RNA and DNA to store, read and write genetic information, the
inherent programmability, synthetic accessibility and wide functionality of these nucleic acids …

Conspectus Naturally occurring glycans and glycoconjugates have extremely diverse
structures and biological functions. Syntheses of these molecules and their artificial mimics …

Gold catalysis in total synthesis—an update - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC Publishing)
DOI:10.1039/C1CS15279C Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext …

Covering: 1994–2015 The total syntheses of 33 complex natural O-glycosides, such as the
glycosides of macrocyclic lactones/lactams, enediynes, angucyclines, and anthracyclines …

Catalytic glycosylation is a vital transformation in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry due to its
ability to expediate the large-scale oligosaccharide synthesis for glycobiology studies with …

Anomerization, which involves cleavage and formation of the anomeric C–O bond, is of
fundamental importance in the carbohydrate chemistry. Herein, the unexpected gold (I) …

The methodological developments in gold (I)-and gold (III)-catalyzed glycosylation reactions
are fully surveyed, which exploit the special alkynophilicity or the Lewis acidity of the gold …

The synthesis of N‐glycosides from stable glycosyl donors in a catalytic fashion is still
challenging, though they exist ubiquitously in DNA, RNA, glycoproteins, and other biological …

Glycosylation of proteins and lipids is critical to many life processes. Secondary metabolites
(or natural products), such as flavonoids, steroids, triterpenes, and antibiotics, are also …

Having access to mild and operationally simple techniques for attaining carbohydrate
targets will be necessary to facilitate advancement in biological, medicinal, and …