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 …

Recent studies on the reactions of α-diazocarbonyl compounds

Z Zhang, J Wang - Tetrahedron, 2008 - Elsevier
The chemistry of diazo compounds has a long history. It has attracted attention because of
their various useful applications in organic synthesis. In particular, they have been used …

Total synthesis of indoline alkaloids: a cyclopropanation strategy

D Zhang, H Song, Y Qin - Accounts of chemical research, 2011 - ACS Publications
Indoline alkaloids constitute a large class of natural products; their diverse and complex
structures contribute to potent biological activities in a range of molecules. Designing an …

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of pyrroloindolines via a rhodium (II)-catalyzed annulation of indoles

JE Spangler, HML Davies - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Herein we report the synthesis of pyrroloindolines via a catalytic enantioselective formal [3+
2] cycloaddition of C (3)-substituted indoles. This methodology utilizes 4-aryl-1-sulfonyl-1, 2 …

Cyclization and annulation reactions of nitrogen-substituted cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes

F de Nanteuil, F De Simone, R Frei, F Benfatti… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclization and annulation reactions initiated by ring-opening of small rings, especially
cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes are now well-established in synthetic chemistry …

Direct Access to Quinazolines and Pyrimidines from Unprotected Indoles and Pyrroles through Nitrogen Atom Insertion

JC Reisenbauer, ASK Paschke, J Krizic, BB Botlik… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in single-atom insertion reactions have opened up new synthetic
approaches for molecular diversification. Developing innovative strategies to directly …

Cascade reactions: a driving force in akuammiline alkaloid total synthesis

JM Smith, J Moreno, BW Boal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The akuammiline alkaloids are a family of intricate natural products which have received
considerable attention from scientists worldwide. Despite the fact that many members of this …

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 3, 3-disubstituted oxindoles: diazooxindole joins the field

ZY Cao, YH Wang, XP Zeng, J Zhou - Tetrahedron Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
The catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 3, 3-disubstituted oxindoles, a big family of privileged
scaffolds in natural products and drugs, is of current interest. Recently, the catalytic …

Total Synthesis of the Akuammiline Alkaloid (±)-Vincorine

M Zhang, X Huang, L Shen, Y Qin - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The first total synthesis of the akuammiline alkaloid (±)-vincorine (6) has been accomplished
in about 1% overall yield in 31 steps. A concise assembly of the core 1, 2-disubstituted 1, 2 …

Enantioselective cyclopropanation of indoles: construction of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters

G Özüduru, T Schubach, MMK Boysen - Organic letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
The first enantioselective copper-catalyzed cyclopropanation of N-acyl indoles is described.
Using carbohydrate-based bis (oxazoline) ligands (gluco Box), the products were obtained …