Archive for November, 2013

Natural Products in OBC – Our latest selection

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, our sister journal, publishes many articles that cover a variety of natural product chemistry.

We try to keep you updated here, although your best bet is for you to sign up to OBC’s e-alert (free service), and receive the tables of content directly in your inbox every time an issue is published.

Hand-picked for you from the latest issues are:

Construction of the basic skeleton of ophiobolin A and variecolin
Ke Li, Cheng Wang, Gang Yin and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7550-7558
DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41693C

Effective synthesis of kynurenine-containing peptides via on-resin ozonolysis of tryptophan residues: synthesis of cyclomontanin B
Clarence T. T. Wong, Hiu Yung Lam and Xuechen Li
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7616-7620
DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41631C

Characterization of CYP76AH4 clarifies phenolic diterpenoid biosynthesis in the Lamiaceae
Jiachen Zi and Reuben J. Peters
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7650-7652
DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41885E

Synthesis of integerrimide A by an on-resin tandem Fmoc-deprotection–macrocyclisation approach
Sirirat Kumarn, Nitirat Chimnoi and Somsak Ruchirawat
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7760-7767
DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41447G

Enantioselective total synthesis of macrolide (+)-neopeltolide
Arun K. Ghosh, Khriesto A. Shurrush and Zachary L. Dawson
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7768-7777
DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41541D

We hope you enjoy this selection! Let us know what you think…
… and why not submit your latest natural product research to OBC today?

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Q3 Top ten most accessed Natural Product Reports articles

These are the Top ten most accessed articles between the months for July to September 2013

Marine natural products
John W. Blunt, Brent R. Copp, Robert A. Keyzers, Murray H. G. Munro and Michèle R. Prinsep
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 237-323
DOI: 10.1039/c2np20112g

Natural product isolation – how to get from biological material to pure compounds
Franz Bucar, Abraham Wube and Martin Schmid  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 525-545
DOI: 10.1039/c3np20106f

Recent advances in the heterologous expression of microbial natural product biosynthetic pathways
Sarah E. Ongley, Xiaoying Bian, Brett A. Neilan and Rolf Müller
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1121-1138
DOI: 10.1039/c3np70034h

Hot off the Press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1074-1078
DOI: 10.1039/c3np90022c

Natural sesquiterpenoids
Braulio M. Fraga  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1226-1264
DOI: 10.1039/c3np70047j

Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature
Paul G. Arnison et al.
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 108-160
DOI: 10.1039/c2np20085f

The chemistry and biological activity of the Hyacinthaceae
Dulcie A. Mulholland, Sianne L. Schwikkard and Neil R. Crouch  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1165-1210
DOI: 10.1039/C3NP70008A 

Natural compounds with anti-ageing activity
Aikaterini Argyropoulou, Nektarios Aligiannis, Ioannis P. Trougakos and Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1412-1437
DOI: 10.1039/C3NP70031C

Yeast-based genome mining, production and mechanistic studies of the biosynthesis of fungal polyketide and peptide natural products
Yuta Tsunematsu, Kan’ichiro Ishiuchi, Kinya Hotta and Kenji Watanabe
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1139-1149
DOI: 10.1039/c3np70037b

From micrograms to grams: scale-up synthesis of eribulin mesylate
Melvin J. Yu, Wanjun Zheng and Boris M. Seletsky  
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013,30, 1158-1164
DOI: 10.1039/C3NP70051H

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