Archive for September, 2011

Natural Products in OBC

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, our sister journal, publishes many articles that cover natural product chemistry. We will try to keep you updated, although the safest bet is for you to sign up to OBC’s e-alert (free service) and receive the table of content directly in your inbox every time an issue is published.

The latest natural products’ related articles in OBC Issue 20 have been collated here:

Total synthesis of the proposed structures of the DNA methyl transferase inhibitors peyssonenynes, and structural revision of peyssonenyne B
Patricia García-Domínguez, Ilaria Lepore, Cathie Erb, Hinrich Gronemeyer, Lucia Altucci, Rosana Álvarez and Ángel R. de Lera
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6979-6987
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05932G, Paper

A flexible and unified strategy for syntheses of cladospolides A, B, C, and iso-cladospolide B
Debjani Si, Narayana M. Sekar and Krishna P. Kaliappan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6988-6997
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05787A, Paper

Resolving natural product epimer spectra by matrix-assisted DOSY
Ralph W. Adams, Juan A. Aguilar, Julia Cassani, Gareth A. Morris and Mathias Nilsson
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7062-7064
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06097J, Paper

New apocarotenoids and β-carotene cleavage in Blakeslea trispora
Alejandro F. Barrero, M. Mar Herrador, Pilar Arteaga, Jesús Gil, Jose-Antonio González, Eugenio Alcalde and Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7190-7195
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05712J, Paper

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Latest issue online – flavonoids, SAM enzymes, hypervalent iodine regants and diterpenoids

Issue 10 is now available online, featuring some of our regular reviews from Peter Roach, Nigel Veitch and Jim Hanson.  Also in the issue, the latest Hot off the Press article from Robert Hill and Andrew Sutherland and an interesting review from Berit Olofsson on hypervalent iodine reagents in NP synthesis:

Flavonoids and their glycosides, including anthocyanins
Nigel C. Veitch and Renée J. Grayer, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1626

Radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes: Mechanism, control and function
Martin R. Challand, Rebecca C. Driesener and Peter L. Roach, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1696

Hypervalent iodine reagents in the total synthesis of natural products
Luiz F. Silva, Jr., Berit Olofsson, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1722

Diterpenoids of terrestrial origin
James R. Hanson, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1755

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Top ten most accessed articles in August

This month sees the following articles in Natural Product Reports that are in the top ten most accessed:

Natural sesquiterpenoids
Braulio M. Fraga
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1580-1610
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00046B

Hypervalent iodine reagents in the total synthesis of natural products
Luiz F. Silva, Jr. and Berit Olofsson
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00028D

Platensimycin and its relatives: A recent story in the struggle to develop new naturally derived antibiotics
Muhammad Saleem, Hidayat Hussain, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Teunis van Ree and Karsten Krohn
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1534-1579
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00010A

Natural products in anti-obesity therapy
Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro M. Viljoen and Josias H. Hamman
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1493-1533
DOI: 10.1039/c1np00035g

Similar interactions of natural products with biosynthetic enzymes and therapeutic targets could explain why nature produces such a large proportion of existing drugs
Esther Kellenberger, Andreas Hofmann and Ronald J. Quinn
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1483-1492
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00026H

Flavonoids and their glycosides, including anthocyanins
Nigel C. Veitch and Renée J. Grayer
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00044F

Marine natural products
John W. Blunt, Brent R. Copp, Murray H. G. Munro, Peter T. Northcote and Michèle R. Prinsep
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 196-268
DOI: 10.1039/C005001F

Diterpenoids of terrestrial origin
James R. Hanson
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP90021H

Hot off the Press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1345-1349
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP90027G

Plant volatiles: Production, function and pharmacology
Massimo E. Maffei, Jürg Gertsch and Giovanni Appendino
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1359-1380
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00021G

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

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RSC e-membership now launched

This week, the RSC launched a new product, RSC e-membership, allowing anyone to access an electronic version of Chemistry World through a MyRSC account and to enjoy the benefits of electronic networking via this professional online community for £20/year.

Subscribers to this do not benefit from the professional recognition or any of the other many services and discounts available to RSC Members, but it allows chemists from around the world, many already members of another chemical society in their own country, to benefit from the highly-esteemed content in Chemistry World and the networking opportunities offered from MyRSC, which now stands at over 11,000 members. The RSC e-membership also allows subscribers to join a virtual specialist interest group on MyRSC. If you are interested in joining, please visit www.rsc.org/emembership.

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