The γ-lactam moiety is present in a large number of natural and non-natural biologically
active compounds. The range of biological activities covered by these compounds is very …

Covering: up to August 2015 Alkaloids account for some of the most beautiful and
biologically active natural products. Although they are usually classified along biosynthetic …

The destruction of crops by invertebrate pests is a major threat against a background of a
continuously rising demand in food supply for a growing world population. Therefore …

Carbon monoxide is a cheap and abundant C1 building block that can be readily
incorporated into organic molecules to rapidly build structural complexity. In this Perspective …

A unified total synthesis of stemoamide-type alkaloids is reported. Our synthetic approach
features the chemoselective convergent assembly of five-membered building blocks via …

A convenient and efficient synthetic method has been developed to construct highly
functionalized N‐bridgehead azepine skeletons, which are of great importance in biological …

In the last two decades, hydrogen bonds have been established as useful interactions to
control the selectivity of various chemical transformations. In this Perspective, the …

Nucleophilic addition to amides has been recognized as a promising transformation for total
synthesis of complex alkaloids. Amides can accept two different organometallic reagents …

Stemona alkaloids represent a unique class of natural products exclusively known from the
three genera Stemona, Stichoneuron, and Croomia of the monocotyledonous family …

cis-Hydroindole scaffolds widely exist in a large number of natural products,
pharmaceuticals, and organocatalysts. Therefore, the development of efficient and …