Natural Products in OBC – our latest selection

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

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Hand-picked for you from the latest issues are:

Non-isoprenoid polyene natural products – structures and synthetic strategies
Katrina S. Madden, Fathia A. Mosa and Andrew Whiting
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 7877-7899
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01337A, Review Article

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of the pentacyclic core of (−)-nakadomarin A via oxazolidine as an iminium cation equivalent
Nobuya Tsuji, Michael Stadler, Naoya Kazumi, Tsubasa Inokuma, Yusuke Kobayashi and Yoshiji Takemoto
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 7919-7922
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01678E, Communication

A one-pot multicomponent coupling/cyclization for natural product herbicide (±)-thaxtomin A
Jean Paul Bourgault, Amarendar Reddy Maddirala and Peter R. Andreana
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8125-8127
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01148A, Communication

Regiodivergent and short total synthesis of calothrixins
Dipakranjan Mal, Joyeeta Roy and Kumar Biradha
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8196-8203
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01309C, Paper

Asymmetric total synthesis of paecilomycin E, 10′-epi-paecilomycin E and 6′-epi-cochliomycin C
Pratik Pal, Nandan Jana and Samik Nanda
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8257-8274
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01400F, Paper

The first stereoselective total synthesis of neosemburin and isoneosemburin
Gadi Madhusudhan Reddy and Perali Ramu Sridhar
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8408-8414
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01239A, Paper

ent-Kaurane-based regio- and stereoselective inverse electron demand hetero-Diels–Alder reactions: synthesis of dihydropyran-fused diterpenoids
Chunyong Ding, Lili Wang, Haijun Chen, Christopher Wild, Na Ye, Ye Ding, Tianzhi Wang, Mark A. White, Qiang Shen and Jia Zhou
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8442-8452
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01040J, Paper

The amphiphilic nature of saponins and their effects on artificial and biological membranes and potential consequences for red blood and cancer cells
Joseph H. Lorent, Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq and Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8803-8822
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01652A, Review Article

Structures, chemotaxonomic significance, cytotoxic and Na+,K+-ATPase inhibitory activities of new cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica
Rong-Rong Zhang, Hai-Yan Tian, Ya-Fang Tan, Tse-Yu Chung, Xiao-Hui Sun, Xue Xia, Wen-Cai Ye, David A. Middleton, Natalya Fedosova, Mikael Esmann, Jason T. C. Tzen and Ren-Wang Jiang
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 8919-8929
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01545B, Paper

The protecting-group directed diastereoselective Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi (NHK) reaction: total synthesis and biological evaluation of zeaenol, 7-epi-zeaenol and its analogues
Debendra K. Mohapatra, D. Sai Reddy, N. Arjunreddy Mallampudi, Janardhan Gaddam, Sowjanya Polepalli, Nishant Jain and J. S. Yadav
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 9683-9695
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01811G, Paper

Total synthesis and biological evaluation of the natural product (−)-cyclonerodiol, a new inhibitor of IL-4 signaling
Jens Langhanki, Kristina Rudolph, Gerhard Erkel and Till Opatz
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 9707-9715
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02021A, Paper

We hope you enjoy this selection! Let us know what you think…
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