The first, highly enantioselective, copper/phosphoramidite-catalyzed conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to N-substituted 2,3-dehydro-4-piperidones is described.

The efficiency of the Photo-Dehydro-Diels-Alder (PDDA) reaction was considerably improved by triplet sensitization using xanthone. This allowed use UVA lamps as light source, which have a markedly higher output compared with previously used UVB lamps. In combination flow photochemistry PDDA is powerful method for total synthesis arylnaphthalen lignans.

For EPR measurements of RNA, DNA, or proteins, the occurrence of the paramagnetic species is necessary. The aim of this work is to improve the synthesis of two different EPR spinlabels 2,2,6,6-tetra methyl-3,4-dehydro-piperidin-N-oxyl-4-acetylene (TEMPA) 6 and 15N-labeled TEMPA 6* and their coupling to uridine. The yield of the synthesis of TEMPA could be increased to 40% and the second nitroxi...

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (1R)-methyl 6-bromo-7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-octa-hydro-phen-anthrene-1-carboxyl-ate], C(21)H(29)BrO(2), was synthesized from N-bromo-succinimide and methyl dehydro-abietate, which was prepared through an esterification reaction using dehydro-abietic acid and methanol as raw materials. The three six-membered rings adopt planar (mean devi...

Re(I) complexes are applied as catalysts for the dehydro-coupling of Me2NH.BH3 and the transfer-hydrogenation of olefins.

A new route for constructing PAHs from cyclohexanone by trimerization, bromination, trisannulation and aromatization, and the synthesis of a novel sulfur-containing polycyclic heteroaromatic have been described.