Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, our sister journal, publishes many articles that cover a variety of natural product chemistry, and its 10th Anniversary issue is no exception!
Here is our selection of the latest Natural Products‘ related articles from OBC Anniversary issue 30:
Methylthioxylose – a jewel in the mycobacterial crown?
W. Bruce Turnbull and Susanne A. Stalford
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25630D, Perspective
Photochemical oxazole–nitrile conversion downstream of rhizoxin biosynthesis and its impact on antimitotic activity
Kirstin Scherlach, Nicole Brendel, Keishi Ishida, Hans-Martin Dahse and Christian Hertweck
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25250C, Communication
Synthesis of 1,2,4-triazines and the triazinoisoquinolinedione DEF ring system of noelaquinone
Liming Cao, John P. Maciejewski, Stephan Elzner, David Amantini and Peter Wipf
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25353D, Communication
The stereocontrolled total synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester. Expedient construction of the key fragments
Ian Paterson, Edward A. Anderson, Stephen M. Dalby, Jong Ho Lim, Philip Maltas, Olivier Loiseleur, Julien Genovino and Christian Moessner
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25100K, Paper
The stereocontrolled total synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester. Fragment coupling studies and completion of the synthesis
Ian Paterson, Edward A. Anderson, Stephen M. Dalby, Jong Ho Lim and Philip Maltas
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25101A, Paper
Combined coinage metal catalysis in natural product synthesis: total synthesis of (+)-varitriol and seven analogs
Tao Sun, Carl Deutsch and Norbert Krause
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25069A, Paper
Platinum catalyzed 7-endo cyclization of internal alkynyl amides and its application to synthesis of the caprazamycin core Chihiro Tsukano, Shinsuke Yokouchi, Anne-Lise Girard, Toshifumi Kuribayashi, Shota Sakamoto, Taro Enomoto and Yoshiji Takemoto
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25111F, Paper
Structure, stereochemistry and synthesis of enantiopure cyclohexenone cis-diol bacterial metabolites derived from phenols
Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, John F. Malone, Peter B. A. McIntyre, Paul J. Stevenson, Christopher C. R. Allen, Marcin Kwit and Jacek Gawronski
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25079A, Paper
Also of interest is the Natural Products themed issue from MedChemComm, and this OBC blog featuring 10 of the best, most highly cited papers covering natural products from the past 10 years.