https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/NP/C8NP00092A

Marine natural products.

The applications of copper (Cu) and Cu-based nanoparticles, which are based on the earth-abundant and inexpensive copper metal, have generated a great deal of interest in recent years, especially in the field of catalysis. The possible modification of the chemical and physical properties of these nanoparticles using different synthetic strategies and conditions and/or via postsynthetic chemical treatments has been largely responsible for the rapid growth of interest in these nanomaterials and their applications in catalysis. In addition, the design and development of novel support and/or multimetallic systems (e.g., alloys, etc.) has also made significant contributions to the field. In this comprehensive review, we report different synthetic approaches to Cu and Cu-based nanoparticles (metallic copper, copper oxides, and hybrid copper nanostructures) and copper nanoparticles immobilized into or supported on various support materials (SiO2, magnetic support materials, etc.), along with their applications i...

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00482

Cu and Cu-Based Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis.

The key attribute of the thiol-Michael addition reaction that makes it a prized tool in materials science is its modular “click” nature, which allows for the implementation of this highly efficient, “green” reaction in applications that vary from small molecule synthesis to in situ polymer modifications in biological systems to the surface functionalization of material coatings. Over the past few decades, interest in the thiol-Michael addition reaction has increased dramatically, as is evidenced by the number of studies that have been dedicated to elucidating different aspects of the reaction that range from an in-depth analysis aimed at understanding the mechanistic pathways of the reaction to synthetic studies that have examined modifying molecular structures with the aim of yielding highly efficient thiol-Michael reaction monomers. This review examines the reaction mechanisms, the substrates and catalysts used in the reaction, and the subsequent implementation of the thiol-Michael reaction in materials...

The Thiol-Michael Addition Click Reaction: A Powerful and Widely Used Tool in Materials Chemistry

Good Partnership between Sulfur and Fluorine: Sulfur-Based Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Reagents for Organic Synthesis

Stereochemical Control in Organic-Synthesis Using Silicon-Containing Compounds

http://www.chtf.stuba.sk/~szolcsanyi/education/files/Organicka%20chemia%20II/Prednaska%205_Aldehydy%20a%20ketony_Reakcie%20II/Doplnkove%20studijne%20materialy/Michael%20reaction/Discovery%20of%20the%20Michael%20Reaction.pdf

Discovery of the Michael Reaction

Synthesis of Clerodane Diterpenoids and Related Compounds - Stereoselective Construction of the Decalin Skeleton with Multiple Contiguous Stereogenic Centers

Biarylheptanoids and other constituents from wood of Alnus japonica

One of the gamones (gamone II) which are effective for the induction of conjugation in Blepharisma intermedium has been isolated in a crystalline form and designated as blepharismin. From the result of chemical and spectroscopic investigations, in which x-ray crystallographic analysis was used as a definitive tool, blepharismin has been found to have the structure of calcium 3-(2'-formylamino-5'-hydroxybenzoyl)lactate.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/179/4071/400.full.pdf

Isolation and Structure Determination of Blepharismin, a Conjugation Initiating Gamone in the Ciliate Blepharisma

The structure of yahazunol, an antimicrobial substance isolated from the brown seaweed D. undulata Okamura, was established on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence.

Takashi Tokoroyama

Papers

Discovery of the Michael Reaction

Synthesis of Clerodane Diterpenoids and Related Compounds - Stereoselective Construction of the Decalin Skeleton with Multiple Contiguous Stereogenic Centers

Biarylheptanoids and other constituents from wood of Alnus japonica

Isolation and Structure Determination of Blepharismin, a Conjugation Initiating Gamone in the Ciliate Blepharisma

The Structure of Yahazunol, a New Sesquiterpene-substituted Hydroquinone from the Brown Seaweed Dictyopteris undulata Okamura