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Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria.

The human diet contains a great variety of natural mutagens and carcinogens, as well as many natural antimutagens and anticarcinogens. Many of these mutagens and carcinogens may act through the generation of oxygen radicals. Oxygen radicals may also play a major role as endogenous initiators of degenerative processes, such as DNA damage and mutation (and promotion), that may be related to cancer, heart disease, and aging. Dietary intake of natural antioxidants could be an important aspect of the body’s defense mechanism against these agents. Many antioxidants are being identified as anticarcinogens. Characterizing and optimizing such defense systems may be an important part of a strategy of minimizing cancer and other age-related diseases.

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Dietary carcinogens and anticarcinogens Oxygen radicals and degenerative diseases

III. Foldamer Research 3910 A. Overview 3910 B. Motivation 3910 C. Methods 3910 D. General Scope 3912 IV. Peptidomimetic Foldamers 3912 A. The R-Peptide Family 3913 1. Peptoids 3913 2. N,N-Linked Oligoureas 3914 3. Oligopyrrolinones 3915 4. Oxazolidin-2-ones 3916 5. Azatides and Azapeptides 3916 B. The â-Peptide Family 3917 1. â-Peptide Foldamers 3917 2. R-Aminoxy Acids 3937 3. Sulfur-Containing â-Peptide Analogues 3937 4. Hydrazino Peptides 3938 C. The γ-Peptide Family 3938 1. γ-Peptide Foldamers 3938 2. Other Members of the γ-Peptide Family 3941 D. The δ-Peptide Family 3941 1. Alkene-Based δ-Amino Acids 3941 2. Carbopeptoids 3941 V. Single-Stranded Abiotic Foldamers 3944 A. Overview 3944 B. Backbones Utilizing Bipyridine Segments 3944 1. Pyridine−Pyrimidines 3944 2. Pyridine−Pyrimidines with Hydrazal Linkers 3945

A field guide to foldamers.

Since the discovery of organic azides by Peter Griess more than 140 years ago, numerous syntheses of these energy-rich molecules have been developed. In more recent times in particular, completely new perspectives have been developed for their use in peptide chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, and heterocyclic synthesis. Organic azides have assumed an important position at the interface between chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science. In this Review, the fundamental characteristics of azide chemistry and current developments are presented. The focus will be placed on cycloadditions (Huisgen reaction), aza ylide chemistry, and the synthesis of heterocycles. Further reactions such as the aza-Wittig reaction, the Sundberg rearrangement, the Staudinger ligation, the Boyer and Boyer-Aube rearrangements, the Curtius rearrangement, the Schmidt rearrangement, and the Hemetsberger rearrangement bear witness to the versatility of modern azide chemistry.

Organic Azides: An Exploding Diversity of a Unique Class of Compounds

The design and implementation of cascade reactions is a challenging facet of organic chemistry, yet one that can impart striking novelty, elegance, and efficiency to synthetic strategies. The application of cascade reactions to natural products synthesis represents a particularly demanding task, but the results can be both stunning and instructive. This Review highlights selected examples of cascade reactions in total synthesis, with particular emphasis on recent applications therein. The examples discussed herein illustrate the power of these processes in the construction of complex molecules and underscore their future potential in chemical synthesis.

Cascade reactions in total synthesis.

Pyrolyse des (di-t-butyl-4,6 azido-3)-, (azido-3 chloro-6 ethoxy-5 phenethyl-4) et (azido-3 chloro-6 ethoxy-5 styryl-4) benzoquinones-1,2. Dans les 2 premiers cas obtention de cyano-2 alcene-1yl cetenes, dans le 3eme formation de derives de l'indoledione-6,7

Synthesis of Vinylketenes. Thermolysis of 3-Azido-1,2-benzoquinones.

Umlagerungen von azidochinonen 8. mitt. photolytische umlagerung von 2,5-diazido-1,4-benzochinonen in 2-cyan-4-azido-cyclopentendione-(1,3), vorstufen von cyanketenen

The total synthesis of the indolizidine alkaloid,(±)-septicine ( 5 ) (27% overall yield) in 8 steps from dimethyl squarate is presented. The key st

Synthesis of (.+-.)-Septicine.

Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 3‐Acyl‐4‐alkoxy‐5‐aryl‐1,2,4(E)‐ pentatrienes and Their Subsequent Electrocyclization to Naphthalenes.

A new synthetic route to highly substituted cyclobutenones is reported. This involves the 1,6-addition of both heteroatom- and carbon-based nucleophiles to 4,4-dimethoxy-3-ethenyl-2-methyl-cyclobuten-1-one (8) to give further functionalized cyclobutenedione monoketals. These ketals function as precursors to quinones as illustrated by the synthesis of the natural benzofuranosesquiterpene 23

Harold W. Moore

Papers

Synthesis of Vinylketenes. Thermolysis of 3-Azido-1,2-benzoquinones.

Umlagerungen von azidochinonen 8. mitt. photolytische umlagerung von 2,5-diazido-1,4-benzochinonen in 2-cyan-4-azido-cyclopentendione-(1,3), vorstufen von cyanketenen

Synthesis of (.+-.)-Septicine.

Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 3‐Acyl‐4‐alkoxy‐5‐aryl‐1,2,4(E)‐ pentatrienes and Their Subsequent Electrocyclization to Naphthalenes.

Synthetic Utility of Alkenylcyclobutenedione Monoketals. Michael Additions and the Synthesis of a Natural Benzofuranosesquiterpenequinone.