The dearomatising dihydroxylation of aromatic molecules mediated by arene dioxygenase
enzymes can provide cyclohexadiene-diols that are versatile starting materials for organic …

Covering: 1998 up to the end of 2023 Since its initial disclosure in 1951, the Kornblum
DeLaMare rearrangement has proved an important synthetic transformation and has been …

Two undescribed polyoxygenated seco-cyclohexene derivatives named macclureins A and
B, and three undescribed polyoxygenated cyclohexene derivatives macclureins C–E …

A novel palladium-mediated carbonylogous 1, 4-dipole was developed by in situ
deprotonation. By using our own-developed C 2-unsymmetric phosphoramidite as …

Six undescribed compounds, uvarirufols D and E,(+)-uvarigranol B,(−)-uvarigranol E, 6-
acetoxy-5-hydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone and cherrevenaphthalene D, along with twelve …

We report the enantioselective total syntheses of zeylenol (+)‐1, as well as its congeners (−)‐
7 and 16, and of 3‐O‐debenzoylzeylenone 28. To this end, a new variant of the Kornblum …

(+)-Grandifloracin was synthesized from sodium benzoate by means of a dearomatizing
dihydroxylation that proceeds with unusual regioselectivity. Iron diene complexes formed …

This review describes the major discoveries of structurally diverse and/or biologically
significant compounds from plant resources in China, mainly from the traditional Chinese …

Two new chlorine-containing polyoxygenated seco-cyclohexenes, albanols A (1) and B (2),
along with the oxepinone metabolite grandiuvarone (3) were isolated from the endemic …

Human pancreatic cancer cell lines are known for their inherent tolerance to nutrition
starvation, which enables them to survive under a hypovascular (austerity) tumor …