The chemistry of superacids has developed in the last two decades into a field of growing
interest and importance. Now available in a new expanded second edition, this definitive …

The use of stable isotopes has been recently introduced in the biosynthetic studies of
metabolites produced by opisthobranch molluscs. This methodology offers numerous …

The occurrence of increased antibiotic resistance has reduced the availability of drugs
effective in the control of infectious diseases, especially those caused by various …

Nine new diterpenoid acid glycerides (4–12) have been isolated, together with the
previously reported 13 and 14, from the skin extract of the Mediterranean nudibranch Doris …

The family of scalaranic sesterterpenoids has been known since the early 70s, but they have
attracted the attention of synthetic organic chemists only in the last decade. These marine …

Superacidic low temperature cyclisation of bicyclogeranylfarnesoic acid methyl esters (1 and
2) exhibiting the 13Z-configuration afforded cheilanthane and rearranged cheilanthane …

A straightforward and efficient synthetic access to biologically active marine sesterterpenoids
, sesterstatins 4 and 5 - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C0CC04857G …

The synthesis of the first example of C12 oxygenated marine scalaranic sesterterpenes (+)-
scalarolide was achieved through three key steps including the ring-opening rearrangement …

Synthesis of natural bicyclic and tricyclic diterpenoid diacylglycerols has been performed by
regioselective coupling of terpenoid acid with glycerol at 1′-sn position. This method may …

The stereoselective synthesis of C12 oxygenated marine scalaranic sesterterpenes 16-
deacetoxy-scalarafuran,(+)-scalarolide and their unnatural analogs were described. Three …