The first synthesis of cytotoxic (-)-taiwaniaquinone A and (-)-taiwaniaquinone F has been achieved through the intramolecular aldol condensation of a ketoaldehyde and the oxidative cleavage of an isopropylidene ketal.

The evolutionary origins of metabolism, in particular the emergence of the sugar phosphates that constitute glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, and the RNA and DNA backbone, are largely unknown. In cells, a major source of glucose and the large sugar phosphates is gluconeogenesis. This ancient anabolic pathway (re-)builds carbon bonds as cleaved in glycolysis in an aldol condensation of ...

An aldol condensation and an Algar-Flynn-Oyamada oxidative cyclization were key steps in the direct synthesis of chrysosplenol D, an efflux pump inhibitor that can potentiate the activity of commercially important antibiotics and antimalarials.

Aldol condensation of n -pentanal can lead to pore blocking and hence transport limitations in supported liquid phase (SLP) catalysts. By careful texture optimization this effect be minimized.

The stereoselective aldol reaction represents one of the major challenges of modern synthetic organic chemistry.1 Many useful methodologies have been reported during the last few decades. For instance, 1,2-asymmetric induction in the aldol reaction of a-alkoxy aldehydes with silyl enol ethers or ketene silyl acetals is well-established.2 The aldol reaction between a-alkoxy aldehydes and a malon...

The understanding of electrocatalytic activity and poisoning resistance properties Pt Pd nanoparticles, recognized as the best electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation reaction, is an essential step commercialization direct fuel cells (DEFCs). In this paper, mono bimetallic nanoparticles with different atomic ratios have been synthesized to study their reaction in alkaline solutions. were physioc...

The 4-oxofurofuran lignan, (+)-aptosimon (1), was synthesized from gamma-butyrolactone (9). To construct the two benzylic chiral center of (+)-aptosimon (1), highly erythro selective aldol condensation and stereoconvergent SN1 intramolecular cyclization were used as the key reactions.

Formose reaction converts formaldehyde to carbohydrates. We found that formose reaction can be used linking the biomass gasification with the aqueous-phase processing (APP) to produce liquid transportation fuel in three steps. First, formaldehyde from syn-gas was converted to triose. This was followed by aldol condensation and dehydration to 4-hydroxymethylfurfural (4-HMF). Finally, 4-HMF was h...

Chalcones are the primary building blocks for flavonoids and isoflavonoids production. a three-carbon, -unsaturated carbonyl system. form when an aromatic aldehyde reacts with acetophenones in presence of catalyst. For synthesis these molecules, variety methods approaches have been reported. The Aldol condensation Claisen-Schmidt reactions most commonly referenced synthetic protocols literature...

[reaction: see text] A new one-pot tandem aldol process is described in which a secondary epoxy silyl ether is converted into the 1,5-bis-silyloxy-3-alkanone in good yield. Thus, treatment of the epoxy silyl ether 8 with TBSOTf and base affords the silyl enol ether 9 via non-aldol aldol rearrangement and addition of benzaldehyde and TBSOTf gives the ketone 10 with 4:1 syn selectivity. The diast...