@article { ISI:000251275500002, title = {Expeditious assembly of 3,4-benzannulated 8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane systems by [2+2+2] alkyne cyclotrimerisation: Total synthesis of (-)-bruguierol A}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, number = {33}, year = {2007}, month = {NOV}, pages = {5483-5486}, publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH}, type = {Article}, address = {PO BOX 10 11 61, D-69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY}, abstract = {

Facile construction of benzene-fused 8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane systems by employing a cross alkyne cyclotrimerisation reaction was explored. With this procedure, (-)-bruguierol A was synthesised, and its absolute configuration was established.

}, keywords = {cyclotrimerisation, epoxidation, Total synthesis, Wilkinson{\textquoteright}s catalyst}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.200700648}, author = {Ramana, Chepuri V. and Salian, Sumanth R. and Gonnade, Rajesh G.} } @article { ISI:000346161500008, title = {Protecting-group-free diastereoselective total synthesis of (+/-)-6-epi-cleistenolide and chemoenzymatic synthesis of (-)-6-epi-cleistenolide}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, number = {36}, year = {2014}, month = {DEC}, pages = {8049-8054}, publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH}, address = {BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY}, abstract = {

A short, efficient, practical, and protecting-group-free diastereoselective total synthesis of (+/-)-6-epi-cleistenolide (1) has been achieved in five steps in 60\% overall yield. The use of a chemoenzymatic approach also gave (-)-6-epi-cleistenolide (1) (\>99.9\% ee). The Achmatowicz reaction, chemoselective oxidation of a hemiacetal, diastereoselective 1,3-anti reduction of alpha-hydroxy ketone, and enzymatic resolution of a 1,3-diol are the key features of this linear total synthesis. The synthetic strategy demonstrated in this paper could be extended for an asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-cleistenolide (1) and related biologically active natural products.

}, keywords = {Asymmetric synthesis, diastereoselectivity, Enzyme catalysis, Lipases, Oxygen heterocycles, Total synthesis}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201403123}, author = {Mahajan, Pankaj S. and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Mhaske, Santosh B.} } @article {44654, title = {First total synthesis of the proposed structure of pandangolide 1}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, year = {2018}, month = {JUL}, pages = {3352-3364}, abstract = {

The first total synthesis of the proposed structure of pandangolide 1 is reported. The synthesis was carried out using both an organocatalytic approach and a chiral-pool approach. The required stereochemistry at C-3 and C-5 was installed by using an organocatalytic aldol reaction and a stereoselective ketone reduction. The construction of the 12-membered core was achieved by 2-methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride-mediated Shiina lactonization. The structure of target molecule was confirmed unambiguously by single-crystal X-ray analysis, but the optical rotation and NMR spectroscopic data of the synthetic pandangolide 1 were found to be inconsistent with the natural product.

}, keywords = {lactones, Macrocycles, Natural products, structure elucidation, synthesis design, Total synthesis}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201800675}, author = {Show, Krishanu and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Kumar, Pradeep} }