Natural Products Blog

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 signing up to OBC’s e-alert (free service) means you will receive the tables of content directly in your inbox every time an issue is published.

Hand-picked for you from the latest issues are:

DMSO/Tf2O-mediated cross-coupling of tryptamine with substituted aniline to access C3a–N1′-linked pyrroloindoline alkaloids
Masanori Tayu, Takako Ishizaki, Kazuhiro Higuchi and Tomomi Kawasaki
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00190K, Communication
From themed collection 2015 Hot Articles in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Molecular characterization of the boron adducts of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib with epigallocatechin-3-gallate and related polyphenols
Stephen J. Glynn, Kevin J. Gaffney, Marcos A. Sainz, Stan G. Louie and Nicos A. Petasis
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02512A, Paper

Total syntheses of five uvacalols: structural validation of uvacalol A, uvacalol B and uvacalol C and disproval of the structures of uvacalol E and uvacalol G
Adiyala Vidyasagar and Kana M. Sureshan
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02663B, Paper
From themed collection 2015 Hot Articles in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Cytotoxic scalarane sesterterpenoids from the South China Sea sponge Carteriospongia foliascens
Fei Cao, Ze-Hong Wu, Chang-Lun Shao, Sen Pang, Xiao-Yan Liang, Nicole J. de Voogd and Chang-Yun Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02532F, Paper

First total synthesis of the marine natural products clavulolactones II and III
Charlotte M. Miller, Tore Benneche and Marcus A. Tius
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00074B, Paper

Absolute configuration of remisporines A & B
Edward C. Sherer, James R. Cheeseman and R. Thomas Williamson
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00082C, Communication

One-pot total synthesis of streptindole, arsindoline B and their congeners through tandem decarboxylative deaminative dual-coupling reaction of amino acids with indoles
Jiachen Xiang, Jungang Wang, Miao Wang, Xianggao Meng and Anxin Wu
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00025D, Paper

Synthesis and structural reconfirmation of bacillamide B
Xue Sun, Yi Liu, Jun Liu, Guofeng Gu and Yuguo Du
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00093A, Paper

A concise synthetic approach to brazilin via Pd-catalyzed allylic arylation
Youngeun Jung and Ikyon Kim
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00216H, Paper

Chirality extension of an oxazine building block en route to total syntheses of (+)-hyacinthacine A2 and sphingofungin B
Seok-Hwi Park, Xiangdan Jin, Jong-Cheol Kang, Changyoung Jung, Seong-Soo Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Kee-Young Lee and Won-Hun Ham
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00251F, Paper

Stereoselective synthesis of the C13–C22 fragment of callystatin A by a non-aldol approach
Sadagopan Raghavan and Sheelamanthula Rajendar
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00413F, 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?

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 signing up to OBC’s e-alert (free service) means you will receive the tables of content directly in your inbox every time an issue is published.

Hand-picked for you from the latest issues are:

Functional chromatographic technique for natural product isolation
Eric C. Lau, Damian J. Mason, Nicole Eichhorst, Pearce Engelder, Celestina Mesa, E. M. Kithsiri Wijeratne, G. M. Kamal B. Gunaherath, A. A. Leslie Gunatilaka, James J. La Clair and Eli Chapman
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02292K, Communication

Volatiles from nineteen recently genome sequenced actinomycetes
Christian A. Citron, Lena Barra, Joachim Wink and Jeroen S. Dickschat
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02609H, Paper

Convergent synthesis of isomeric heterosaccharides related to the fragments of galactomannan from Aspergillus fumigatus
D. A. Argunov, V. B. Krylov and N. E. Nifantiev
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02634A, Paper

Synthesis of the tricyclic core of manzamine A
Ravindra B. Pathak, Benjamin C. Dobson, Nandita Ghosh, Khalid A. Ageel, Madeha R. Alshawish, Rungroj Saruengkhanphasit and Iain Coldham
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02582B, Paper

The total synthesis of (−)-cryptocaryol A
L. C. Dias, P. K. Kuroishi and E. C. de Lucca
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00080G, Communication

Concise total syntheses of (±)-mesembrane and (±)-crinane
Mrinal Kanti Das, Subhadip De, Shubhashish and Alakesh Bisai
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00183H, Communication

Direct biosynthetic cyclization of a distorted paracyclophane highlighted by double isotopic labelling of L-tyrosine
Alexandre Ear, Séverine Amand, Florent Blanchard, Alain Blond, Lionel Dubost, Didier Buisson and Bastien Nay
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00114E, 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?