Functions, therapeutic applications, and synthesis of retinoids and carotenoids

R Alvarez, B Vaz, H Gronemeyer, AR de Lera - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Vitamin A (all-trans-retinol, 1, Figure 1) is considered the most multifunctional vitamin in the
human body. 1 It plays key roles in many physiological processes such as vision …

Formal total synthesis of oximidine II via a Suzuki-type cross-coupling macrocyclization employing potassium organotrifluoroborates

GA Molander, F Dehmel - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
A formal total synthesis of oximidine II has been achieved, employing a Suzuki-type coupling
approach to construct the highly strained, polyunsaturated 12-membered macrolactone. To …

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl and alkenyl boronic acids with alkenes via oxidative addition of a carbon boron bond to palladium (O)

CS Cho, S Uemura - Journal of organometallic chemistry, 1994 - Elsevier
Arylboronic acids react with alkenes in acetic acid at 25° C in the presence of a catalytic
amount of palladium (II) acetate together with sodium acetate to give the corresponding aryl …

A Novel Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 1,2-trans Cyclopropyl Ketones via Suzuki-Type Coupling of Acid Chlorides with Cyclopropylboronic Acids

H Chen, MZ Deng - Organic letters, 2000 - ACS Publications
The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of cyclopropylboronic acids with acyl
chlorides was achieved by the combination of Ag2O and K2CO3 as the base. Highly …

Addition of organochromium reagents to carbonyl compounds

K Takai - Organic Reactions, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Organochromium compounds can be prepared by two methods:(1) transmetallation from the
corresponding organolithium,‐magnesium, or–zinc compounds with chromium (III) halides …

Highly efficient cross-coupling reactions with the perfluoroorganotrifluoroborate salts K [RFBF3](RF= C6F5, CF2 CF)

HJ Frohn, NY Adonin, VV Bardin, VF Starichenko - Tetrahedron letters, 2002 - Elsevier
Potassium pentafluorophenyl-and trifluorovinyltrifluoroborates, both containing electron-
poor organo groups, reacted with iodobenzene and p-substituted iodobenzenes in the …

Synthetic control of retinal photochemistry and photophysics in solution

G Bassolino, T Sovdat, M Liebel… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Understanding how molecular structure and environment control energy flow in molecules is
a requirement for the efficient design of tailor-made photochemistry. Here, we investigate the …

The Suzuki reaction in stereocontrolled polyene synthesis: retinol (vitamin A), its 9-and/or 13-demethyl analogs, and related 9-demethyl-dihydroretinoids

A Torrado, B Iglesias, S López, AR de Lera - Tetrahedron, 1995 - Elsevier
A new synthesis of retinol (vitamin A) and 9-and/or 13-demethylretinols, with essentially
complete control of regio-and stereochemistry, is described which is based on the thallium …

Stereocontrolled synthesis of branched enyne by stepwise cross-coupling reactions of 1, 1-dibromo-1-alkenes

J Uenishi, K Matsui - Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 - Elsevier
Stereocontrolled synthesis of branched enyne by stepwise cross-coupling reactions of 1,1-dibromo-1-alkenes
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Synthesis and activity of fluorescent isoprenoid pyrophosphate analogues

TS Kleckley, AJ Wiemer, SA Holstein… - The Journal of …, 2004 - ACS Publications
New fluorescent analogues of farnesol and geranylgeraniol have been prepared and then
converted to the corresponding pyrophosphates. These analogues incorporate anthranylate …