This work was supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal (projects PTDC/QUI-QUI/113687/2009 and PEst-C/QUI/UI0081/2013). A.G. (SFRH/BD/43531/2008) and M.J.M. (SFRH/BD/61262/2009) thank FCT for grants.

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Chromone: A Valid Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry

Die organisch-chemische Synthese hat stets eine grose Faszination auf den Chemiker ausgeubt, und sie wird auch in Zukunft nichts von ihrer Bedeutung verlieren. Es ist eine Binsenweisheit, das alle Chemiker - und nicht nur die - auf die Synthese chemischer Verbindungen, mit denen sie arbeiten wollen, angewiesen sind. So ist die organisch-chemische Synthese heute mehr denn je die Schnittstelle von Organischer Chemie, Biologie. Biochemie, Medizin, Physik und Materialwissenschaft. Man sollte auch nicht vergessen, das die Grundlage der chemischen Industrie die Synthese ist. Fur den Synthetiker aus Leidenschaft aber ist die Synthese weit mehr als nur Mittel zu dem Zweck, Verbindungen in die Hand zu bekommen; sie ist Ausdruck seiner Kreativitat. Intelligenz und seines handwerklichen Konnens, aber auch seiner Ausdauer.

Sequentielle Transformationen in der Organischen Chemie eine Synthesestrategie mit Zukunft

Palladium catalysed allylic substitution has emerged as one of the more useful synthetic methods for the construction of C-C and C-X bonds. The reaction offers the advantages of mild reaction conditions, as well as the ability to accomodate a wide range of nucleophiles and their electrophilic partners. The issues of regiocontrol, diastereocontrol and enantiocontrol have been documented by a number of researchers over the last twenty years. The levels of selectivity in many cases are very high, and current research is driving these selectivities higher still. A greater understanding of the nature of the process is occurring as more detailed mechanistic and structural studies are being undertaken. Many uses have been found for palladium catalysed allylic substitution methodology, since the strong stereocontrol allows for the selective formation of numerous products. A few other metals are also able to catalyse allylic substitution, with modified stereochemical behaviour, although these are currently less well documented than for palladium catalysed process.

Selectivity in palladium catalysed allylic substitution

Synthetic methods for azaheterocyclic phosphonates and their biological activity.

Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate), which is commercially available, is a practical and useful Lewis acid catalyst for acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides or the esterification of alcohols by carboxylic acids in the presence of p-nitrobenzoic anhydrides. The remarkably high catalytic activity of scandium triflate can be used for assisting the acylation by acid anhydrides of not only primary alcohols but also sterically-hindered secondary or tertiary alcohols. The method presented is especially effective for selective macrolactonization of ω-hydroxy carboxylic acids.

Scandium Trifluoromethanesulfonate as an Extremely Active Lewis Acid Catalyst in Acylation of Alcohols with Acid Anhydrides and Mixed Anhydrides.

An efficient method for the alkynylation of oxiranes using alkynyl boranes

A diastereo- and enantioselective Michael addition of chiral amide enolates to α, β-unsaturated esters a stereoelective synthesis of (+)-dehydroiridodiol and (−)-isodehydroiridodiol

A ring opening reaction of oxetanes with lithium acetylides promoted by boron trifluoride etherate

a highly stereoselective synthesis of carbocyclic compounds by the michael induced intramolecular alkylation a stereocontrol of extracyclic chiral centers

Masahiko Yamaguchi

Papers

An efficient method for the alkynylation of oxiranes using alkynyl boranes

A diastereo- and enantioselective Michael addition of chiral amide enolates to α, β-unsaturated esters a stereoelective synthesis of (+)-dehydroiridodiol and (−)-isodehydroiridodiol

A ring opening reaction of oxetanes with lithium acetylides promoted by boron trifluoride etherate

a highly stereoselective synthesis of carbocyclic compounds by the michael induced intramolecular alkylation a stereocontrol of extracyclic chiral centers

A highly stereoselective Michael reaction of simple ester enolates to α,β-unsaturated esters