Allocolchicinoids are analogues of the important antimitotic compound (−)-colchicine 1. A
strategy is reported for the synthesis of ring C functionalized allocolchicinoids, which is …

Modern organic synthesis requires easily obtainable synthetic building blocks that can be
manipulated without the need of severe reaction conditions and that show high chemical …

Despite its status as one of the world's most prevalent and deadly bacterial pathogens,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is not routinely diagnosed by rapid and highly …

Formal syntheses of tetracyclic terpenoids frondosin B and liphagal are described. Both
synthetic routes rely on the use of platinum-catalyzed α, β-unsaturated carbene formation for …

Me2AlCl-catalyzed Diels− Alder reaction of N-tigloyloxazolidinone with 6, 6-dimethyl-1-
vinylcyclohexene selectively provided the exo adduct, which was converted to nosyberkol …

Convenient Syntheses of Tonghaosu and Two Thiophene Substituted Spiroketal Enol Ether
Natural Products Page 1 Pergamon 0040-4039(95)02311-9 Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 37, No. 6 …

Tonghaosu 1, a natural product discovered from several plants of tribe Athemdeae, is a [4.4]
spiroketal with an enediyne side-chain and shows interesting insect antifeeding activity. In …

Pterolobirin H (3), a cassane diterpene isolated from the roots of Pterolobium macropterum,
exhibits important anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. However, its relatively …

The first enantioselective total synthesis of cassane‐type furanoditerpenoids featuring an
aromatic C ring and a substituted B ring is presented. The strategy employed relied on …

Extremely mild (no metal Lewis acid catalyst, ambient temperature) and experimentally
simple (no high-pressure apparatus needed) conditions were established for the Diels …