Characteristics Cheletropic reactions are types of pericyclic reaction. A type of addition reaction in which a conjugated molecule forms two single bonds from terminal atoms of the conjugated system ...
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Corey-Gilman-Ganem Oxidation
Characteristics The Corey-Gilman-Ganem oxidation transforms benzylic or α,β-unsaturated aldehydes into the corresponding methyl esters. The aldehydes can be selectively oxidized to esters in presence ...
Barton-Kellogg Reaction
Characteristics The Barton-Kellogg reaction is a coupling reaction between a ketone and a thioketone through a diazo intermediate forming an alkene. The McMurry Reaction is similar to the ...
A Practical and Catalytic Reductive Olefin Coupling
Lo, J. C.; Yabe, Y.; Baran, P. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/ja4117632 A redox-economic method for the direct coupling of olefins that uses an inexpensive iron catalyst and a silane ...
Pluramycin A
The pluramycin family of natural products are an important group of complex C-aryl glycoside antibiotics that possess the tetracyclic 4H-anthra[1,2-b]pyran-4,7,12-trione moiety A–D as an aromatic ...
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1930, Rosheim, France), professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg. In 1987 he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his molecular recognition studies. ...
terazulene (2,6′:2′,6″-terazulene)
2,6′ :2′ ,6″ -terazulene, wherein three azulene units are connected linearly in the same direction. This molecule has the potential to enhance the unique properties of the azulene unit, including ...
indoxamycin B
In 2009 a research group in Japan isolated a novel class of polyketides, subsequently named indoxamycins, from saline cultures of marine-derived actinomycetes. [1] Within this family, indoxamycins A ...
Muscoride A
Muscoride A, a natural product with antibacterial activity, was isolated by Sakakibara in 1995,[1] and its total synthesis has been accomplished by Wipf,[2] Pattenden,[3], Ciufolini[4], and Itami, ...
