scholarly journals Applications of Friedel–Crafts reactions in total synthesis of natural products

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (70) ◽  
pp. 40061-40163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid M. Heravi ◽  
Vahideh Zadsirjan ◽  
Pegah Saedi ◽  
Tayebeh Momeni
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Total Syntheses

In this review, we try to underscore the applications of intermolecular and intramolecular FC reactions in the total syntheses of natural products and complex molecules, exhibiting diverse biological properties.

scholarly journals Perspectives from nearly five decades of total synthesis of natural products and their analogues for biology and medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1404-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Nicolaou ◽  
Stephan Rigol
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Total Syntheses

This review article summarises a series of total syntheses of natural and designed molecules primarily for biology and medicine. Aspects of new synthetic strategies and methods and optimisation of biological properties are emphasised.

scholarly journals The endeavor of total synthesis and its impact on chemistry, biology and medicine

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Nicolaou ◽  
Christopher R. H. Hale
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Present State ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Target Molecule ◽  
Living Nature ◽  
Medical Relevance

Abstract The synthesis of urea in 1828 set in motion the discipline of organic synthesis in general and of total synthesis in particular, the art and science of synthesizing natural products, the molecules of living nature. Early endeavors in total synthesis had as their main objective the proof of structure of the target molecule. Later on, the primary goal became the demonstration of the power of synthesis to construct complex molecules through appropriately devised strategies, making the endeavor an achievement whose value was measured by its elegance and efficiency. While these objectives continue to be important, contemporary endeavors in total synthesis are increasingly focused on practical aspects, including method development, efficiency, and biological and medical relevance. In this article, the emergence and evolution of total synthesis to its present state is traced, selected total syntheses from the author's laboratories are highlighted, and projections for the future of the field are discussed.

scholarly journals Recent advances in the total syntheses of indole diterpenoids

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Masaru Enomoto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
Indole Ring ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Current State

Abstract Indole diterpenoids constitute a large family of natural products that are characterized by a hybrid molecular architecture consisting of an indole nucleus and diterpenoid moiety. Their pharmacologically and agriculturally important biological properties as well as intriguing molecular architectures have attracted much attention from many synthetic organic chemists. In 2012, we succeeded in the concise total synthesis of a paspalane-type indole diterpenoid, namely paspalinine, by developing a highly efficient indole ring formation protocol. After the report of this total synthesis, 4 research groups achieved the total syntheses of other paspalane- and nodulisporane-type indole diterpenoids using current state-of-the-art methods. This review summarizes the total syntheses of the paspalane- and nodulisporane-type indole diterpenoids that were described in the last 10 years.

scholarly journals Oxazolidinones as Chiral Auxiliaries in the Asymmetric 1,4-Conjugate Addition Reaction Applied to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products: A Supplemental Mini-Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Zadsirjan ◽  
Majid M. Heravi
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Conjugate Addition ◽  
Chiral Auxiliary ◽  
Addition Reactions ◽  
Chiral Auxiliaries ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Wide Range

Background: The most frequently used chiral auxiliaries, oxazolidinones (Evans' oxazolidinones) have been employed in 1,4-congugate addition reactions to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Supplementary to our previous reports in this mini-review, we attempted to underscore the applications of this strategy in a step (steps) in the total synthesis of some naturally occurring compounds exhibiting diverse biological activities. Objective: In this mini-review, we try to underscore the applications of oxazolidinones (Evans’ oxazolidinones) in 1,4-congugate addition reactions to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl in the total synthesis of some naturally occurring compounds exhibiting diverse biological activities. Conclusion: In spite of well-known superiority of asymmetric catalyzed reactions, the use of auxiliarycontrolled reactions are still considered as commanding, vital and sometimes as only tools in the generation of stereogenic centers during the construction of complex molecules and total synthesis of naturally occurring compounds. The commercial availability, or readily accessibility of a wide variety of chiral amino alcohols as starting materials to synthesize a wide range of oxazolidinones is the merits of them. In addition, the ease of removal and subjection to various and diverse stereoselective reactions make oxazolidinones as the ideal and superior chiral auxiliaries. In this regard, they were successfully used in asymmetric 1,4-conjugate addition reactions with high stereoselectivities. The high degree of asymmetric induction can be attributed to the rigid chelation of N-acyloxazolidinones with metal ions, as well as the covering of one face of the system by the bulkiness of 4-substituent. In summary, in this report, the importance of the applications of chiral oxazolidinones as suitable chiral auxiliaries in the stereoselective, 1,4-conjugate addition reactions in asymmetric synthesis and in particular, the total synthesis of naturally occurring compounds and some complex molecules were underscored. Noticeably, in these total syntheses, this chiral auxiliary is controlling the stereochemistry of a newly created stereogenic center as well as preserving the configuration of other chiral centers, which already have been presented in the precursor. General methods have been established for the attachment of the chiral auxiliary as a moiety to the substrate molecule in high to excellent yields. At the end of these reactions, this auxiliary can be easily removed leaving various desired reactive motifs for the next step in multi-step synthesis.

Total synthesis of the potent antifungal agents bengazole C and E

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 887-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Enríquez-García ◽  
Steven V. Ley
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Antifungal Activity ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Marine Natural Products ◽  
Antifungal Agents ◽  
Nitrile Oxide ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Unique Structure

The bengazoles are marine natural products with unique structure, containing two oxazole rings flanking a single carbon. They show very potent antifungal activity. The total syntheses of bengazole C and E are described following a convergent route which involves diastereoselective cycloaddition of an appropriately substituted nitrile oxide with a butane-1,2-diacetal-protected alkenediol as the key step.

Aryne-based strategy in the total synthesis of naturally occurring polycyclic compounds

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (21) ◽  
pp. 8030-8056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Takikawa ◽  
Arata Nishii ◽  
Takahiro Sakai ◽  
Keisuke Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Polycyclic Compounds ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Naturally Occurring

This review has outlined the strategies and tactics of using arynes in the total syntheses of polycyclic natural products.

scholarly journals Contiguous Quaternary Carbons: A Selection of Total Syntheses

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 3841
Author(s):  
Alina Eggert ◽  
Christoph Etling ◽  
Dennis Lübken ◽  
Marius Saxarra ◽  
Markus Kalesse
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
The Status ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Quaternary Carbons

Contiguous quaternary carbons in terpene natural products remain a major challenge in total synthesis. Synthetic strategies to overcome this challenge will be a pivotal prerequisite to the medicinal application of natural products and their analogs or derivatives. In this review, we cover syntheses of natural products that exhibit a dense assembly of quaternary carbons and whose syntheses were uncompleted until recently. While discussing their syntheses, we not only cover the most recent total syntheses but also provide an update on the status quo of modern syntheses of complex natural products. Herein, we review (±)-canataxpropellane, (+)-waihoensene, (–)-illisimonin A and (±)-11-O-debenzoyltashironin as prominent examples of natural products bearing contiguous quaternary carbons.

Construction of sulfur-containing moieties in the total synthesis of natural products

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nengzhong Wang ◽  
Puli Saidhareddy ◽  
Xuefeng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Sulfur Containing

This review surveys the total syntheses of sulfur-containing natural products where sulfur atoms are introduced with different sulfurization agents to construct related sulfur-containing moieties.

Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reaction-enabled total synthesis of indole-based natural products

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1589-1605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zheng ◽  
Shu-Li You
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Indole Derivatives ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Catalytic Asymmetric

The recent enantioselective total syntheses of natural products enabled by catalytic asymmetric dearomatization reactions of indole derivatives are presented.

scholarly journals Total synthesis of the azolemycins

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1450-1454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe J. Anderson ◽  
David J. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Natural Analogue ◽  
Total Syntheses

The first total syntheses of newly isolated polyazole natural products azolemycins A–D, along with the synthesis of the tetra-oxazole non-natural analogue, are described.

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