Brian W. Skelton

TL;DR: In this article, a series of room-temperature single-crystal X-ray studies were conducted on the dmso adducts obtained by the crystallizatior of lanthanoid (III) nitrate (Ln (NO3)3.-xH2O) with excess dimethyl sulfoxide ('dmso ') in methanol or ethanol, defining more clearly the manner in which stoichiometry and structure systematically vary with change in metal ion radius.

TL;DR: Structural studies have confirmed that it is possible to exploit the relatively low nucleophilicity of the “external” amino substituents on the CoIII complex of 1,8-diaminosarcophagine in acylation and alkylation reactions leading to a variety of functionalized cage amine complexes.

TL;DR: In this article, a three-step synthesis of a new fused bisindole system isomeric with the heterocyclic skeleton present in the marine natural product iheyamine A has been achieved.

TL;DR: In this paper, a porphyrin strapped by a single dibenzo crown ether and two benzo-15-crown-5 units was reported to be able to complex the bipyridinium cations paraquat, diquat, and [Pt(bpy)(NH3)2]2]-2+ in two different configurations.

TL;DR: An improved synthesis of the anti-inflammatory natural product antrocamphin A, involving a key Castro-Stephens reaction, is presented, along with the first total synthesis of its congener antrocampshin B.