A.L.-P. thanks CSIC for a contract under the JAE-doctor
program. Financial support by PLE2009 project from MCIINN
and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (proyecto MULTICAT) are also
acknowledged.

Gold-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom bond-forming reactions.

Recent developments in the synthesis and utilization of chiral sulfoxides.

Catalytic asymmetric oxidations using optically active (salen)manganese(III) complexes as catalysts

During the last decade, there have been enormous advances in our knowledge of glycoproteins and the stage has been set for the biotechnological production of many of them for therapeutic use. These advances are reviewed, with special emphasis on the structure and function of the glycoproteins (excluding the proteoglycans). Current methods for structural analysis of glycoproteins are surveyed, as are novel carbohydrate-peptide linking groups, and mono- and oligo-saccharide constituents found in these macromolecules. The possible roles of the carbohydrate units in modulating the physicochemical and biological properties of the parent proteins are discussed, and evidence is presented on their roles as recognition determinants between molecules and cells, or cell and cells. Finally, examples are given of changes that occur in the carbohydrates of soluble and cell-surface glycoproteins during differentiation, growth and malignancy, which further highlight the important role of these substances in health and disease.

Protein glycosylation. Structural and functional aspects.

Schiff bases: A short review of their antimicrobial activities

Enzyme-catalyzed organic synthesis: practical routes to aza sugars and their analogs for use as glycoprocessing inhibitors

Enzyme-catalyzed oligosaccharide synthesis.

Trimethylorthoformate: A mild and effective dehydrating reagent for solution and solid phase imine formation

Methods for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: The Use of Fast 13C NMR Analysis for Gel Phase Reaction Monitoring

Strategies for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: Solution and Polymer-Supported Synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones and 4-Metathiazanones Derived from Amino Acids

Gary C. Look

Papers

Enzyme-catalyzed organic synthesis: practical routes to aza sugars and their analogs for use as glycoprocessing inhibitors

Enzyme-catalyzed oligosaccharide synthesis.

Trimethylorthoformate: A mild and effective dehydrating reagent for solution and solid phase imine formation

Methods for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: The Use of Fast 13C NMR Analysis for Gel Phase Reaction Monitoring

Strategies for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: Solution and Polymer-Supported Synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones and 4-Metathiazanones Derived from Amino Acids