[HTML][HTML] Macrocyclization reactions: the importance of conformational, configurational, and template-induced preorganization

V Marti-Centelles, MD Pandey, MI Burguete… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Macrocyclic structures are common synthetic targets in drug discovery,(1, 2) and therefore,
interest in their study is continuously increasing in this field.(3, 4) A classic example is …

The evolving role of chemical synthesis in antibacterial drug discovery

PM Wright, IB Seiple, AG Myers - … Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery and implementation of antibiotics in the early twentieth century transformed
human health and wellbeing. Chemical synthesis enabled the development of the first …

Ligation technologies for the synthesis of cyclic peptides

HY Chow, Y Zhang, E Matheson, X Li - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cyclic peptides have been attracting a lot of attention in recent decades, especially in the
area of drug discovery, as more and more naturally occurring cyclic peptides with diverse …

Chemical protein synthesis: advances, challenges, and outlooks

Y Tan, H Wu, T Wei, X Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Contemporary chemical protein synthesis has been dramatically advanced over the past few
decades, which has enabled chemists to reach the landscape of synthetic …

A gold mine for drug discovery: Strategies to develop cyclic peptides into therapies

X Jing, K Jin - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a versatile therapeutic modality, peptides attract much attention because of their great
binding affinity, low toxicity, and the capability of targeting traditionally “undruggable” protein …

Advances in dearomatization strategies of indoles

SP Roche, JJY Tendoung, B Treguier - Tetrahedron, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the years, alkaloids derived from indole dearomatization, such as indolenine and
indolines have been evolved as promising therapeutic agents due to their important …

Polymyxin and lipopeptide antibiotics: membrane-targeting drugs of last resort

EVK Ledger, A Sabnis, AM Edwards - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The polymyxin and lipopeptide classes of antibiotics are membrane-targeting drugs of last
resort used to treat infections caused by multi-drug-resistant pathogens. Despite similar …

Structural diversity, biosynthesis, and biological functions of lipopeptides from Streptomyces

S Zhang, Y Chen, J Zhu, Q Lu, MJ Cryle… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2022 Streptomyces are ubiquitous in terrestrial and marine environments,
where they display a fascinating metabolic diversity. As a result, these bacteria are a prolific …

Simple indole alkaloids and those with a nonrearranged monoterpenoid unit

M Ishikura, T Abe, T Choshi, S Hibino - Natural product reports, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2012 to 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013, 30, 694–752 This review
covers the literature on simple indole alkaloids and those with a nonrearranged …

Ester coupling reactions–an enduring challenge in the chemical synthesis of bioactive natural products

M Tsakos, ES Schaffert, LL Clement… - Natural product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2014 In this review we investigate the use of complex ester fragment
couplings within natural product total synthesis campaigns. We first outline the different …