Practical Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclocarbonylation of Allenyl Alcohols in 2,4,6-Collidine Leading to α,β-Unsaturated Lactones: Concise Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)-Isomintlactone

Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Five Pyrrole-Type Stemona Alkaloids

The asymmetric total syntheses of five pyrrole-type Stemona alkaloids and two stereoisomers were accomplished, among which 3-n-butylneostemonine and bisdehydroneostemonine were synthesized for the first time, and the NMR data of...

Total synthesis of rugulovasine A

A concise total synthesis of rugulovasine A is achieved by using Uhle's ketone derivative as the key intermediate, which was synthesized by intramolecular cyclization via metal-halogen exchange. Two different routes to construct a spirocyclic butyrolactone subunit involving a Ru-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation and a special Ru-catalyzed double bond rearrangement were studied.

Regio- and stereoselective selenium dioxide allylic oxidation of (E)-dialkyl alkylidenesuccinates to (Z)-allylic alcohols: synthesis of natural and unnatural butenolides

The first SeO(2) induced (Z)-selective allylic alcohol formation of dialkyl alkylidenesuccinates has been demonstrated to accomplish one-step syntheses of several essential butenolides and fused butenolides via an unusual E- to Z- carbon-carbon double bond isomerisation followed by the lactonization pathway. The observed regio- and stereoselective SeO(2) allylic oxidation protocol has also been extended to the diastereoselective total synthesis of bioactive natural product isomintlactone, its direct conversion to mintlactone and an example of the base-catalyzed intramolecular rearrangement of γ-lactone to δ-lactone.