[6+4] for CP structures (Naturalproductman’s Blog)

James Gleason and co-workers from McGill University in Canada have recently reported in Tetrahedron on a novel approach for the synthesis of CP molecules. They used a cycloheptatrienone for a [6+4] reaction to form the bridged bicyclic component of the molecule.Tetrahedron…

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Coprinastatin 1 (Naturalproductman’s Blog)

George Pettit and co-workers at Arizona State University have recently published in the Journal of Natural Products on the isolation of coprinastatin 1 that was found from a cap fungus, Coprinus cinereus, which was growing on a small plant found in Shasta-Trinity…

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Ru-Catalyzed C-H activation (Naturalproductman’s Blog)

Sylvain Darses and co-workers at CNRS have recently published in JOC on the C-H activation of the beta-position of enone substrates by coupling with a vinyl silane.JOC paper…

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