Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition/Cyclization Cascade Reaction and Total Synthesis of cis-Bis(cyclotryptamine) Alkaloids

Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Heck Carbonylation with a Monodentate Phosphoramidite Ligand: Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)‐Physostigmine, (+)‐Physovenine, and (+)‐Folicanthine

(2020) Ming Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Discovery and Total Synthesis of a Bis(cyclotryptamine) Alkaloid Bearing the Elusive Piperidinoindoline Scaffold

(2020) Jordan J. Dotson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Enantioselective Dearomatization/Rearomatization of 2-Nitroindoles to Access 3-Indolyl-3′-Aryl-/Alkyloxindoles: Application in the Formal Synthesis of Cyclotryptamine Alkaloids

(2020) Wei-Cheng Yuan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Catalytic Concise Synthesis of Hetero-3,3′-Bisoxindoles for the Construction of Bispyrroloindoline Alkaloids

(2020) Jian Xu et al.   CCS Chemistry

Cu(ii)–tBu–PHOX catalyzed enantioselective malonate addition onto 3-hydroxy 2-oxindoles: application in the synthesis of dimeric pyrroloindoline alkaloids

(2018) K. Naresh Babu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Asymmetric [8+3] Annulation Reactions of Tropones or Azaheptafulvenes with meso-Aziridines

(2018) Jianlin Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrroloindolines via Noncovalent Stabilization of Indole Radical Cations and Applications to the Synthesis of Alkaloid Natural Products

(2018) Emily C. Gentry et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organo-Cation Catalyzed Asymmetric Homo/Heterodialkylation of Bisoxindoles: Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters and Total Synthesis of (−)-Chimonanthidine

(2018) Si-Kai Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Divergent Total Syntheses of C3 a−C7′ Linked Diketopiperazine Alkaloids (+)-Asperazine and (+)-Pestalazine A Enabled by a Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Tertiary Alkyl Chloride

(2018) Long Luo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition onto 3-Sulfonyl-3′-indolyl-2-oxindoles: Formal Total Syntheses of (−)-Chimonanthine, (−)-Folicanthine, and (+)-Calycanthine

(2018) K. Naresh Babu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Concise Synthesis of (−)-Hodgkinsine, (−)-Calycosidine, (−)-Hodgkinsine B, (−)-Quadrigemine C, and (−)-Psycholeine via Convergent and Directed Modular Assembly of Cyclotryptamines

(2017) Petra Lindovska et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalyst-controlled oligomerization for the collective synthesis of polypyrroloindoline natural products

(2017) Christopher R. Jamison et al.   Nature Chemistry

Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dearomatization of Indole Acetamides with 3-Indolylphenyliodonium Salts

(2016) Chuan Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Biogenetically-Inspired Total Synthesis of Epidithiodiketopiperazines and Related Alkaloids

(2015) Justin Kim et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylations of a Mixture of Allyl Carbonates and Allyl Esters: Total Synthesis of (−)- and (+)-Folicanthine

(2015) Santanu Ghosh et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Alkylation of β-Keto Acids with 3-Hydroxy-3-indolyloxindoles

(2015) Xiao-Dong Tang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Stereocontrolled enantioselective total synthesis of the [2+2] quadrigemine alkaloids

(2015) Stephen M. Canham et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Salicifoxazines A and B, new cytotoxic tetrahydro-1,2-oxazine-containing tryptamine-derived alkaloids from the leaves of Chimonanthus salicifolius

(2015) Guang-Lei Ma et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

CH Functionalization/Asymmetric Michael Addition Cascade Enabled by Relay Catalysis: Metal Carbenoid Used for CC Bond Formation

(2014) Dian-Feng Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Unified Synthesis of (–)-Folicanthine and (–)-Ditryptophenaline Enabled by a Room Temperature Nickel-Mediated Reductive Dimerization

(2014) Yu Peng et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Chiral N,N′-dioxide ligands: synthesis, coordination chemistry and asymmetric catalysis

(2014) Xiaohua Liu et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters and its Application to the Synthesis of Cyclotryptamine Alkaloids

(2013) Barry M. Trost et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Enantioselective Bromocyclization of Tryptamines and Its Application in the Synthesis of (−)-Chimonanthine

(2013) Weiqing Xie et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective construction of vicinal all-carbon quaternary centers via catalytic double asymmetric decarboxylative allylation

(2013) Santanu Ghosh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Homocoupling of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides at Room Temperature and Its Synthetic Application

(2013) Yu Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters by Catalytic Asymmetric Alkylation Reaction of 3-Bromooxindoles with 3-Substituted Indoles: Total Synthesis of (+)-Perophoramidine

(2013) Hailong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Indoles to Isatylidene-3-acetaldehydes: Application to the Formal Total Synthesis of (−)-Chimonanthine

(2013) Renrong Liu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Application of diazene-directed fragment assembly to the total synthesis and stereochemical assignment of (+)-desmethyl-meso-chimonanthine and related heterodimeric alkaloids

(2013) Stephen P. Lathrop et al.   Chemical Science

Catalytic Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Chimonanthine, Folicanthine, and Calycanthine through Double Michael Reaction of Bisoxindole

(2012) Harunobu Mitsunuma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrisation as a Tool for the Synthesis of Hodgkinsine and Hodgkinsine B

(2012) Robert H. Snell et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Total Synthesis of (±)-Communesin F via a Cycloaddition with Indol-2-one

(2012) Johannes Belmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

ChiralN,N′-Dioxides: New Ligands and Organocatalysts for Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions

(2011) XiaoHua Liu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Catalytic Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Hodgkinsine B

(2011) Robert H. Snell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Core-Structure-Oriented Asymmetric Organocatalytic Substitution of 3-Hydroxyoxindoles: Application in the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Folicanthine

(2011) Chang Guo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Structure, Bioactivity and Synthesis of Natural Products with Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole

(2011) Pau Ruiz-Sanchis et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Highly enantioselective aza-ene-type reaction catalyzed by chiral N,N′-dioxide-nickel(ii) complex

(2010) Ke Zheng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Enantioselective Stereoablative Alkylation of 3-Halooxindoles: Facile Access to Oxindoles with C3 All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

(2009) Sandy Ma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Concise Total Synthesis of (+)-WIN 64821 and (−)-Ditryptophenaline

(2008) Mohammad Movassaghi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

New Strategies for the Synthesis of Hexahydropyrroloindole Alkaloids Inspired by Biosynthetic Hypotheses

(2008) Mohammad Movassaghi et al.   SYNLETT