40996-91-6Relevant articles and documents
Lipase-catalyzed domino dynamic kinetic resolution of racemic 3-vinylcyclohex-2-en-1-ols/intramolecular diels-alder reaction: One-pot synthesis of optically active polysubstituted decalins
Akai, Shuji,Tanimoto, Kouichi,Kita, Yasuyuki
, p. 1407 - 1410 (2004)
Combining chemistry: The use of a lipase and a ruthenium catalyst allows the direct preparation of polysubstituted decalines with high optical and chemical yields from racemic alcohols (see scheme). The lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of the racemic alcohols, the ruthenium-catalyzed racemization of the slow-reacting enantiomers, and an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the resultant esters all occur under identical conditions.
Two-Phase Synthesis of Taxol
Kanda, Yuzuru,Nakamura, Hugh,Umemiya, Shigenobu,Puthukanoori, Ravi Kumar,Murthy Appala, Venkata Ramana,Gaddamanugu, Gopi Krishna,Paraselli, Bheema Rao,Baran, Phil S.
supporting information, p. 10526 - 10533 (2020/07/27)
Taxol (a brand name for paclitaxel) is widely regarded as among the most famed natural isolates ever discovered, and has been the subject of innumerable studies in both basic and applied science. Its documented success as an anticancer agent, coupled with early concerns over supply, stimulated a furious worldwide effort from chemists to provide a solution for its preparation through total synthesis. Those pioneering studies proved the feasibility of retrosynthetically guided access to synthetic Taxol, albeit in minute quantities and with enormous effort. In practice, all medicinal chemistry efforts and eventual commercialization have relied upon natural (plant material) or biosynthetically derived (synthetic biology) supplies. Here we show how a complementary divergent synthetic approach that is holistically patterned off of biosynthetic machinery for terpene synthesis can be used to arrive at Taxol.
A highly efficient metal-free approach to: Meta - And multiple-substituted phenols via a simple oxidation of cyclohexenones
Liang, Yu-Feng,Song, Song,Ai, Lingsheng,Li, Xinwei,Jiao, Ning
supporting information, p. 6462 - 6467 (2018/06/08)
A novel and efficient metal-free approach to substituted phenols has been disclosed from simple and readily available cyclohexenones and cyclohexenone equivalents. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), a simple and common organic reagent, was employed as a mild oxidant in this I2-catalysis, which significantly tolerates various substituents including some easily oxidizable or reducible functionalities. The challenging meta- and multiple-substituted phenols could be well prepared by this method. The metal-free and mild oxidation make this protocol very simple, practical, and easy to handle.
