Alejandra G. Suárez

TL;DR: In this paper, the microwave assisted pyrolysis of cellulose towards its conversion into levoglucosenone is reported and an experimental design approach is used to find the variables involved in this transformation.

TL;DR: The selective pyrolytic conversion of cellulose or cellulose-containing materials produces levoglucosenone, a highly functionalized chiral structure that has been used as a template for the synthesis of key intermediates of biologically active products and for the preparation of chiral auxiliaries, catalysts, and organocatalysts for their application in asymmetric synthesis as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A comprehensive study to explore the scope and limitations of the DP4+ methodology in the stereoassignment of terminal or spiroepoxides bearing a wide variety of molecular complexity and conformational freedom.

TL;DR: Preliminary results showed that Cellulose-derived chiral pyrrolidines are promising organocatalysts for iminium ion-based asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions.

TL;DR: Detailed quantum chemical calculations, experimental evidence, and NMR data rationalize the participation of pi-stacking interaction in the highly asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction using levoglucosenone derived internal chiral auxiliaries, including the appealing effect of inversion of the enantioselectivity by coordination of the substrate with Et 2AlCl.