Natural product synthesis is a highly demanding field in constant need of efficient
transformations that allow either straightforward, scalable, and high-yielding preparation of …

Covering: up to the end of June 2013 Copper-catalyzed Ullmann–Goldberg-type cross-
coupling reactions have undergone nothing short of a renaissance over the last decade and …

The ligand-dependent selectivities in Ullmann-type reactions of amino alcohols with
iodobenzene by β-diketone-and 1, 10-phenanthroline-ligated CuI complexes were recently …

An operationally simple method for the synthesis of peptide thioesters is developed using
standard Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis procedures. The method relies on the use of a …

In recent decades, a large number of reports related to synthesis of N-, O-and S-containing
heterocycles have appeared owing to a wide variety of their biological activity. The metal …

N-Methylated amino acids and peptides with an 8-aminoquinoline (AQ) directing group can
be subjected to stereoselective Pd-catalyzed β-functionalizations. The best results are …

Nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur-containing heterocycles have a wide range of biological
activities. Metal catalysts are used in organic reactions with high activity. New methods have …

Cyclopeptide alkaloids are macrocyclic compounds, the ring system of which consists of a
hydroxystyrylamine moiety, an amino acid and a β-hydroxy amino acid, and which is …

A wide variety of biological activities are possessed by N-, O-, and S-containing heterocycles
and recently many reports appeared for the synthesis of these heterocycles. The synthesis of …

The total synthesis of (−)-paliurine E is described in 14 steps and 11% overall yield. The first
successful application of ene− enamide ring-closing metathesis for macrocyclization serves …