Radical cascade reactions triggered by single electron transfer

MP Plesniak, HM Huang, DJ Procter - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
The rapid generation of molecular complexity from simple starting materials is of paramount
importance in synthetic chemistry. The unique combination of high reactivity and high …

Methods utilizing first-row transition metals in natural product total synthesis

JE Zweig, DE Kim, TR Newhouse - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
First-row transition-metal-mediated reactions constitute an important and growing area of
research due to the low cost, low toxicity, and exceptional synthetic versatility of these …

Stereocontrolled radical bicyclizations of oxygenated precursors enable short syntheses of oxidized abietane diterpenoids

D Vrubliauskas, BM Gross… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The power of cation-initiated cyclizations of polyenes for the synthesis of polycyclic
terpenoids cannot be overstated. However, a major limitation is the intolerance of many …

Total synthesis and antiviral activity of indolosesquiterpenoids from the xiamycin and oridamycin families

Z Meng, H Yu, L Li, W Tao, H Chen, M Wan… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Indolosesquiterpenoids are a growing class of natural products that exhibit a wide range of
biological activities. Here, we report the total syntheses of xiamycin A and oridamycins A and …

Recent applications of Cp 2 TiCl in natural product synthesis

SP Morcillo, D Miguel, AG Campaña… - Organic Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review highlights the recent applications of titanocene (III) complexes in the field of
natural product synthesis from the seminal precedents to the development of modern …

Titanocene‐Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Epoxypolyprenes: Straightforward Synthesis of Terpenoids by Free‐Radical Chemistry

J Justicia, A Rosales, E Buñuel… - … A European Journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The titanocene‐catalyzed cascade cyclization of epoxypolyenes, which are easily prepared
from commercially available polyprenoids, has proven to be a useful procedure for the …

A formal total synthesis of taxol aided by an automated synthesizer

T Doi, S Fuse, S Miyamoto, K Nakai… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A 36‐step synthesis was carried out in automated synthesizers to provide a synthetic key
intermediate of taxol. A key step involved a microwave‐assisted alkylation reaction to …

Strained heterocycles in radical chemistry

A Gansäuer, T Lauterbach… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few decades the use of radicals in synthesis has witnessed an explosive
growth through introduction of efficient chain and electron‐transfer reactions. Strained …

The Proven Versatility of Cp2TiCl

AR Martínez, LP Morales, ED Ojeda… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, titanocene monochloride has been postulated as a monoelectronic
transfer reagent capable of catalyzing an important variety of chemical transformations. In …

Cp2TiCl: An Ideal Reagent for Green Chemistry?

M Castro Rodríguez, I Rodriguez Garcia… - … Process Research & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The development of Green Chemistry inevitably involves the development of green
reagents. In this review, we highlight that Cp2TiCl is a reagent widely used in radical and …