Archive for September, 2014

Welcome to the Fungal Natural Products themed issue!

Natural Product Reports is delighted to present a themed collection dedicated to Fungal Natural Products.

Guest-edited by Professors Sheryl Tsai (UC Irvine) and Greg Challis (University of Warwick), the collection features contributions from leaders in the field and highlights the emerging impact of fungal biology on natural product chemistry.

This collection is also dedicated to three colleagues who have made seminal contribution to the fungal natural product research: Prof. Thomas Simpson, Craig Townsend, and John Vederas.

The recent advancement in fungal biology related to natural product biosynthesis, enzymology and biochemistry has bridged a key knowledge gap, especially in elucidating how fungi creates such a huge diverse array of natural products.

The collection comprises 3 personal Viewpoints and Perspectives by Tom Simpson, Craig Townsend and John Vederas, 6 Highlights and 6 Reviews,  for an exciting overview of this flourishing field. We hope you enjoy the read!

Have you missed previous thematic collections? Access all NPR themed issues here.

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Natural Products in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry – 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:

Nitroso Diels–Alder (NDA) reaction as an efficient tool for the functionalization of diene-containing natural products
Serena Carosso and Marvin J. Miller
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7445-7468
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01033G, Review Article

Approaches to the total synthesis of chaetochalasin A
Eric J. Thomas and Mark Willis
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7537-7550
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01308E, Paper
From themed collection In Celebration of Richard Taylor’s 65th Birthday

Total synthesis and biological studies of cryptocin and derivatives of equisetin and fusarisetin A
Lili Kong, Mingjin Rao, Jinjie Ou, Jun Yin, Weiqiang Lu, Mingyao Liu, Xiufeng Pang and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7591-7597
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01149J, Paper

A new approach to asymmetric synthesis of infectocaryone
Xiubing Liu, Lingling Hu, Xiaojing Liu, Junhao Jia, Lizhen Jiang, Jiangfeng Lin and Xiaochuan Chen
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7603-7611
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01162G, Paper

The first synthesis of the antiangiogenic homoisoflavanone, cremastranone
Bit Lee, Halesha D. Basavarajappa, Rania S. Sulaiman, Xiang Fei, Seung-Yong Seo and Timothy W. Corson
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7673-7677
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01604A, Communication

Total synthesis and biological evaluation of atrop-O-benzyl-desmethylabyssomicin C
R. Matovic, F. Bihelovic, M. Gruden-Pavlovic and R. N. Saicic
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7682-7685
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01436G, Communication

Linear synthesis of the branched pentasaccharide repeats of O-antigens from Shigella flexneri 1a and 1b demonstrating the major steric hindrance associated with type-specific glucosylation
Jason M. Hargreaves, Yann Le Guen, Catherine Guerreiro, Karine Descroix and Laurence A. Mulard
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7728-7749
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01200C, Paper

Theoretical insight into the antioxidant properties of melatonin and derivatives
Jeffrey R. Johns and James A. Platts
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 7820-7827
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01396D, Paper

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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