The NHPI and palladium cocatalyzed radical oxidative acylation of arenes with aldehydes and alcohols as acyl equivalents via selective C-H functionalization has been described. Molecular oxygen, the most environmentally friendly oxidant, was used as the terminal oxidant in this catalytic cycle.

The general approaches to enzymatic synthesis of semisynthetic betalactam antibiotics were developed. The principal scheme includes the enzymatic transformation of natural antibiotics to key amino acids and following their acylation to produce the semisynthetic betalactams. Ten various biocatalysts are enough for production of all semisynthetic betalactams according to the scheme. The physico-c...

Methyl 9-(1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-9-oxononanoate was synthesized using Friedel–Crafts acylation between N-methyl indole and methyl 9-chloro-9-oxononanoate. The structure of the newly compound elucidated 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, NOESY-1D, ESI-MS, FT-IR, UV-Vis spectroscopy.

Enantioselective nucleophilic acylation catalysis provides a simple method of determining absolute configuration for unsaturated alcohols. Extension of this technique to natural products and synthetic compounds, as well as current limitations of this approach, are also described.

A cleaner and greener method has been developed and used to synthesize 14 different functionalized oligomer derivatives of glycerol in moderate 29%-39% yields over three steps. After successive regioselective enzymatic acylation of the primary hydroxyl groups, etherification or esterification of the secondary hydroxyl groups and chemoselective enzymatic saponification, the target compounds can ...

A highly diastereoselective and practical biomimetic total synthesis of (±)-basiliolide B has been achieved through the study of the two proposed biosynthetic pathways (O-methylation and O-acylation) for the unprecedented 7-methoxy-4,5-dihydro-3H-oxepin-2-one (C ring). The synthesis featured a cyclopropanation/ring opening strategy for establishing the stereogenic centers at C8 and C9, a biomim...

Method of chemical derivatization is the main difference among the GC-MS based methodologies reported for the analysis of ketamine and its major metabolites (norketamine and dehydronorketamine). These approaches included acylation and silylation resulting in the formation of acetyl, trifluoroacetyl, heptafluorobutyryl, and pentafluorobenzoyl (for acylation); and possibly trimethylsilyl and t-bu...