Electrochemical difunctionalization of alkenes and alkynes for the synthesis of organochalcogens involving C–S/Se bond formation

J Liu, JP Wan, Y Liu - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Organochalcogen compounds containing C–S/Se bond are motifs frequently found in
various natural products, bioactive compounds, as well as functional materials. On the other …

Biomimetic synthesis of natural products: a journey to learn, to mimic, and to be better

R Bao, H Zhang, Y Tang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Total synthesis of natural products has been one of the most exciting and
dynamic areas in synthetic organic chemistry. Nowadays, the major challenge in this field is …

Large-scale culture as a complementary and practical method for discovering natural products with novel skeletons

Z Hu, Y Ye, Y Zhang - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to July 2020 Fungal metabolites with diverse and novel scaffolds can be
assembled from well-known biosynthetic precursors through various mechanisms. Recent …

Xylarichalasin A, a Halogenated Hexacyclic Cytochalasan from the Fungus Xylaria cf. curta

WX Wang, X Lei, YL Yang, ZH Li, HL Ai, J Li… - Organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A cytochalasan, xylarichalasin A, was obtained from the endophytic fungus Xylaria cf. curta
harbored in Solanum tuberosum. Its structure was elucidated by comprehensive …

Recent advances in total syntheses of complex dimeric natural products

J Sun, H Yang, W Tang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dimeric natural products are a collection of molecules with diverse molecular architectures
and significant bio-activities. In this tutorial review, total synthesis of complex dimeric natural …

Progress in the chemistry of cytochalasans

H Zhu, C Chen, Q Tong, Y Zhou, Y Ye, L Gu… - Progress in the …, 2021 - Springer
Cytochalasans are a group of fungal-derived natural products characterized by a perhydro-
isoindolone core fused with a macrocyclic ring, and they exhibit a high structural diversity …

Berberine bridge enzyme-like oxidase-catalysed double bond isomerization acts as the pathway switch in cytochalasin synthesis

JM Zhang, X Liu, Q Wei, C Ma, D Li, Y Zou - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Cytochalasans (CYTs), as well as their polycyclic (pcCYTs) and polymerized (meCYTs)
derivatives, constitute one of the largest families of fungal polyketide-nonribosomal peptide …

Recent advances in the total synthesis of cytochalasan natural products using bioinspired strategies

Y Zhao, X Long, H Wu, J Deng - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cytochalasans are a large class of isoindolone-containing tricyclic fungal secondary
metabolites. They have a diverse array of intriguing structures and bioactivities, including …

Metathesis reactions in natural product fragments and total syntheses

W Ahmed, V Jayant, S Alvi, N Ahmed… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The passion of total‐and fragments syntheses of natural products always remained one of
the top priorities among the synthetic chemists worldwide. Due their curiosity toward the …

Synthesis of 1, 3-diselenyl-dihydroisobenzofurans via electrochemical radical selenylation with substituted o-divinylbenzenes and diselenides

Y Wang, N Xu, W Li, J Li, Y Huo, W Zhu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient electrochemical method for the direct synthesis of complicated 1, 3-diselenyl-
dihydroisobenzofurans was developed under external oxidant free conditions at room …