Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Blog

The following Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry articles have all been recommened by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or particularly significant research. These have all been made free to access until 20th April 2015. The order they appear in the list holds no special meaning or ranking.

Silver catalysed decarboxylative alkylation and acylation of pyrimidines in aqueous media
Wen-Peng Mai, Bin Sun, Li-Qin You, Liang-Ru Yang, Pu Mao, Jin-Wei Yuan, Yong-Mei Xiao and Ling-Bo Qu
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02524E

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Templating carbohydrate-functionalised polymer-scaffolded dynamic combinatorial libraries with lectins
Clare S. Mahon, Martin A. Fascione, Chadamas Sakonsinsiri, Tom E. McAllister, W. Bruce Turnbull and David A. Fulton
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02587C

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Oxidative asymmetric umpolung alkylation of Evans’ β-ketoimides using dialkylzinc nucleophiles
Tom A. Targel, Jayprakash N. Kumar, O. Svetlana Shneider, Sukanta Bar, Natalia Fridman, Shimon Maximenko and Alex M. Szpilman
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02601B

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Cyclopropanation using flow-generated diazo compounds
Nuria M. Roda, Duc N. Tran, Claudio Battilocchio, Ricardo Labes, Richard J. Ingham, Joel M. Hawkins and Steven V. Ley
DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00019J, Communication

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Supramolecular control of transition metal complexes in water by a hydrophobic cavity: a bio-inspired strategy
Olivia Bistri and Olivia Reinaud
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02511C

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Cyclopenta[b]naphthalene cyanoacrylate dyes: synthesis and evaluation as fluorescent molecular rotors
Laura S. Kocsis, Kristyna M. Elbel, Billie A. Hardigree, Kay M. Brummond, Mark A. Haidekker and Emmanuel A. Theodorakis
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02563F

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Chiral nanostructuring of multivalent macrocycles in solution and on surfaces
Marco Caricato, Arnaud Delforge, Davide Bonifazi, Daniele Dondi, Andrea Mazzanti and Dario Pasini
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02643H

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Physicochemical studies on the copper(II) binding by glycated collagen telopeptides
Meder Kamalov, Paul W. R. Harris, Christian G. Hartinger, Gordon M. Miskelly, Garth J. S. Cooper and Margaret A. Brimble
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02536A
Regiodivergent Lewis base-promoted O- to C-carboxyl transfer of furanyl carbonates
Craig D. Campbell, Caroline Joannesse, Louis C. Morrill, Douglas Philp and Andrew D. Smith
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02629B

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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
10.1039/C4OB02663B

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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

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The following Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry articles have all been recommened by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or particularly significant research. These have all been made free to access until 16th March 2015. The order they appear in the list holds no special meaning or ranking.

E. coli cells expressing the Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase ‘MO14’ (ro03437) from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 catalyse the gram-scale resolution of a bicyclic ketone in a fermentor
Benjamin D. Summers, Muhiadin Omar, Thomas O. Ronson, Jared Cartwright, Michael Lloyd and Gideon Grogan
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01441C, Paper
From themed collection In Celebration of Richard Taylor’s 65th Birthday

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Synthesis of unsaturated phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphates and the effects of substrate unsaturation on SopB phosphatase activity
Samuel Furse, LokHang Mak, Edward W. Tate, Richard H. Templer, Oscar Ces, Rüdiger Woscholski and Piers R. J. Gaffney
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02258K, Paper

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A microwave-assisted multicomponent synthesis of substituted 3,4-dihydroquinazolinones
Marc Y. Stevens, Krzysztof Wieckowski, Peng Wu, Rajiv T. Sawant and Luke R. Odell
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02417F, Paper

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Near-instant surface-selective fluorogenic protein quantification using sulfonated triarylmethane dyes and fluorogen activating proteins
Qi Yan, Brigitte F. Schmidt, Lydia A. Perkins, Matharishwan Naganbabu, Saumya Saurabh, Susan K. Andreko and Marcel P. Bruchez
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02309A, Paper

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Bacterial patterning controlled by light exposure
Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen and Ben L. Feringa
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02483D, Communication

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Exploring the scope of the isothiourea-mediated synthesis of dihydropyridinones
Pei-Pei Yeh, David S. B. Daniels, Charlene Fallan, Eoin Gould, Carmen Simal, James E. Taylor, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Andrew D. Smith
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02408G, Paper

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Energy transfer between amphiphilic porphyrin polymer shells and upconverting nanoparticle cores in water-dispersible nano-assemblies
T. Wu, S. Kaur and N. R. Branda
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02401J, Paper

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Copper-catalyzed oxidative alkenylation of thioethers via Csp3–H functionalization
Hao Cao, Dong Liu, Chao Liu, Xinquan Hu and Aiwen Lei
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02564D, Communication

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

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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

The following Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry articles have all been recommened by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or particularly significant research. These have all been made free to access until 15th February 2015. The order they appear in the list holds no special meaning or ranking.

Cationic azacryptands as selective three-way DNA junction binding agents
Jana Novotna, Aurelien Laguerre, Anton Granzhan, Marc Pirrotta, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou and David Monchaud  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01846J, Paper

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Efficient merging of copper and photoredox catalysis for the asymmetric cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkynes and tetrahydroisoquinolines
Inna Perepichka, Soumen Kundu, Zoë Hearne and Chao-Jun Li  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02138J, Paper

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A peptide topological template for the dispersion of [60]fullerene in water
S. Bartocci, D. Mazzier, A. Moretto and M. Mba  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02102A, Communication
From themed collection Supramolecular Chemistry in Water

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6-Substituted 1,2-benzoxathiine-2,2-dioxides are isoform-selective inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrases IX, XII and VA
Muhammet Tanc, Fabrizio Carta, Andrea Scozzafava and Claudiu T. Supuran  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02155J, Communication

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Artificial metalloenzymes for the diastereoselective reduction of NAD+ to NAD2H
Tommaso Quinto, Daniel Häussinger, Valentin Köhler and Thomas R. Ward  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02071E, Communication
From themed collection Supramolecular Chemistry in Water

 

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Design and synthesis of fluorescent 7-deazaadenosine nucleosides containing π-extended diarylacetylene motifs
Sara De Ornellas, John M. Slattery, Robert M. Edkins, Andrew Beeby, Christoph G. Baumann and Ian J. S. Fairlamb  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02081B, Communication

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One-pot quadruple/triple reaction sequence: a useful tool for the synthesis of natural products
K. Kashinath and D. Srinivasa Reddy  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02143F, Perspective

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Indole-based novel small molecules for the modulation of bacterial signalling pathways
Nripendra Nath Biswas, Samuel K. Kutty, Nicolas Barraud, George M. Iskander, Renate Griffith, Scott A. Rice, Mark Willcox, David StC. Black and Naresh Kumar  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02096K, Paper

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Carbocycles from donor–acceptor cyclopropanes
Huck K. Grover, Michael R. Emmett and Michael A. Kerr  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02117G, Review Article

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Synthesis of isoxazolidine-containing uridine derivatives as caprazamycin analogues
Mayumi Yamaguchi, Akira Matsuda and Satoshi Ichikawa  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02142H, Paper

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The following Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry articles have all been recommened by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or particularly significant research. These have all been made free to access until 31st December 2014. The order they appear in the list holds no special meaning or ranking.

Catalytic asymmetric desymmetrization approaches to enantioenriched cyclopentanes
Madhu Sudan Manna and Santanu Mukherjee  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01649A, Perspective

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Corrin-based chemosensors for the ASSURED detection of endogenous cyanide
Felix Zelder and Lucas Tivana  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01889C, Perspective

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An efficient synthetic route to 1,3-bis(arylethynyl)isobenzofuran using alkoxybenzocyclobutenone as a reactive platform
Kenta Asahina, Suguru Matsuoka, Ryosuke Nakayama and Toshiyuki Hamura  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02012J, Communication

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Cationic azacryptands as selective three-way DNA junction binding agents
Jana Novotna, Aurelien Laguerre, Anton Granzhan, Marc Pirrotta, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou and David Monchaud  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01846J, Paper

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An efficient reagent for covalent introduction of alkynes into proteins
Jie Zhang, Dejun Ma, Dawei Du, Zhen Xi and Long Yi  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01873G, Communication

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Efficient merging of copper and photoredox catalysis for the asymmetric cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkynes and tetrahydroisoquinolines
Inna Perepichka, Soumen Kundu, Zoë Hearne and Chao-Jun Li  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02138J, Paper

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Naphthalene diimides as red fluorescent pH sensors for functional cell imaging
Filippo Doria, Marco Folini, Vincenzo Grande, Graziella Cimino-Reale, Nadia Zaffaroni and Mauro Freccero  
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02054E, Paper