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The preparation of (-)-grandisine B from (+)-grandisine D; a biomimetic total synthesis or formation of an isolation artefact?

Microwave-assisted tandem transformation on an ionic-liquid support: efficient synthesis of pyrrolo/pyridobenzimidazolones and isoindolinone-fused benzimidazoles.

Oppolzer-type intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloadditions via isomerizations of allenamides.

Directed oxidative cyclizations to C2- or C4-positions of indole: efficient construction of the bicyclo[4.3.1]decane core of welwitindolinones.

Syntheses and reactivity of naphthalenyl-substituted arenediynes.

Nickel-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3,5-trisubstituted hydantoins from acrylates and isocyanates.

The benzyne Fischer-indole reaction.

Reveromycin A biosynthesis uses RevG and RevJ for stereospecific spiroacetal formation. LID - 10.1038/nchembio.583 [doi]

Mechanistic investigation of the base-promoted cycloselenoetherification of pent-4-en-1-ol.

An entry to curcuphenol/elvirol core structures via a retro-Aldol reaction.

Structure and mechanism of the diterpene cyclase ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase. LID - 10.1038/nchembio.578 [doi]

Different modes of cyclization in zoanthamine alkaloid system, bisaminal versus spiroketal formation.

Highly stereoselective Bronsted acid catalyzed synthesis of spirooxindole pyrans.

Multicomponent assembly and diversification of novel heterocyclic scaffolds derived from 2-arylpiperidines.

A highly efficient access to spiroketals, mono-unsaturated spiroketals, and furans: Hg(II)-catalyzed cyclization of alkyne diols and triols.

Bile acid-based cage compounds with lipophilic outer shells and inner cavities.

Chiral Lewis base-assisted Bronsted acid (LBBA)-catalyzed enantioselective cyclization of 2-geranylphenols.

Complete facial selectivity in the Diels-Alder reaction of a 5-amino-5-carboxycyclopentadiene derivative.

Ni-catalyzed ketene cycloaddition: a system that resists the formation of decarbonylation side products.

Hydrogen-bonding catalysis and inhibition by simple solvents in the stereoselective kinetic epoxide-opening spirocyclization of glycal epoxides to form spiroketals.