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First Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Prorocentin (A. Fürstner, 2023)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Prorocentin (1, as shown in Figure 1) is a complex C-35 strain polyketide that was initially repo...

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Organic Chemistry

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This website is intended to provide a unique insight into research in organic and medicinal che...

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Inspired by the fascinating world of natural products, their biosynthesis, and their significant ...

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Total Synthesis of Mycinolide IV and Aldgamycin N (A. Fürstner, 2021)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Mycinolide IV (1, Figure 1) and aldgamycin N (2) are complex, bioactive polyketides. The macrolid...

Updated 10 months ago by Stephan Scheeff

Total Synthesis of Salimabromide (Hai-Hua Lu, 2022)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Salimabromide (1, Figure 1) is a natural product of marine source with an unique structure. Since...

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Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Rubellin C (U. Tambar, 2020)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Rubellin C (1, see Figure 1) is a polyketide featuring an anthraquinone skeletal structure. The r...

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First Total Synthesis of Tuscoron D and E (D. Menche, 2019)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Almost 20 years ago Prof. G. Höfle and his research group isolated the complex polyketides tuscol...

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Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Amphirionin-2 (H. Fuwa, 2021)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Polyketides

Amphirionin-2 (1, Figure 1) is a linear polyketide isolated in 2015 by Masashi Tsuda and co-worke...

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Adenosine Analogue VV116

Nucleoside Analogues

The nucleoside analogue VV116 (1, Fig. 1) is a nucleoside analogue derived from remdesivir (2) sh...

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Synthesis of Antiviral Nucleoside Analogue Remdesivir

Nucleoside Analogues

Remdisivir (1) is a nucleoside analogue prodrug of GS-441524 (2, Fig. 1) developed by Gilead Scie...

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Total Synthesis of Tronocarpine (K. Namba, 2021)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Tronocarpine (1, see Figure 1) is a pentacyclic alkaloid isolated from the plant species Tabernae...

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Total Synthesis of Talatisamine (M. Inoue, 2020)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Talatisamine (1, see Figure 1) is a highly oxidized hexacyclic alkaloid. Isolated already almost ...

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Total Synthesis of Stephadiamine and Metaphanine (K. Nagasawa, 2021)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Stephadiamine (1, see Figure 1) and metaphanine (2) are two alkaloids with a hasubanan core struc...

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Total Synthesis of Ritterazine B (S. Reisman, 2021)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Ritterazine B (1, Figure 1) is an alkaloid bearing a pyrazine core with two pseudodimeric sites. ...

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Total Synthesis of Alterbrassicicene C (J. L. Wood, 2022)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Terpenoids and Terpenes

Alterbrassicicene C (1) is a diterpenoid with an unusual tetracyclic core structure. John L. Wood...

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Total Synthesis of racemic Phyllantidine by Ring Expansion (J. L. Wood, 2020)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Phyllantidine (1) is member of the Securinega alkaloids family named after their first isolation ...

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First Total Synthesis of Kopsinitarine E (D. Ma, 2020)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Kopsinitarine E (1) is a polycyclic alkaloid isolated from Kopsia species. In the journal Angewan...

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Total Synthesis of Himalensine A (J. Xu, 2019)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

Himalensine A (1) is a member of the daphniphyllum alkaloids isolated in 2016 from Daphniphyllum ...

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Total Synthesis of Cortistatin A (K. C. Nicolaou, 2009)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

The total synthesis of cortistatin A (1, see Scheme 1) by the K. C. Nicolaou research group publi...

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Total Synthesis of Cortistatin A (M. Shair, 2008)

Total Syntheses of Natural Products Alkaloids

In one of the early total syntheses of cortistatin A (1, see Figure 1) the research group of Matt...

Updated 10 months ago by Stephan Scheeff