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Synthesis of Lignans Based on a Borate‐mediated One‐pot Sequential Suzuki‐Miyaura Coupling of Cyclic Boranes

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Mechanistic analysis of carbon–carbon bond formation by deoxypodophyllotoxin synthase

(2021) Haoyu Tang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Confirmation of (−)-Olivil, (+)-Cycloolivil, (−)-Alashinols F and G, (+)-Cephafortin A, and Their Congeners: Filling in Biosynthetic Gaps

(2020) Jithender Reddy Vakiti et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Update on naturally occurring novel arylnaphthalenes from plants

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An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

(2020) Yeersen Patehebieke   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Total Synthesis of (+)-Galbulin and Unnatural Lignans

(2020) Florian Clausen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Chemoenzymatic Total Synthesis of deoxy-, epi- and Podophyllotoxin and a Biocatalytic Kinetic Resolution of Dibenzylbutyrolactones

(2019) Mattia Lazzarotto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of (−)-Podophyllotoxin and Related Aryltetralin Lignans

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Site-Selective Alkoxylation of Benzylic C−H Bonds by Photoredox Catalysis

(2019) Byung Joo Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Dearomatization of Indole Derivatives with N-Hydroxycarbamates Enabled by Photoredox Catalysis

(2019) Yuan-Zheng Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Selective Oxidative [4+2] Imine/Alkene Annulation with H2 Liberation Induced by Photo-Oxidation

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(2018) Xu Zhang et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

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

Divergent Asymmetric Syntheses of Podophyllotoxin and Related Family Members via Stereoselective Reductive Ni-Catalysis

(2018) Jian Xiao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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(2018) Peter D. Morse et al.   TETRAHEDRON

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(2018) Kangjiang Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dual Photoredox/Copper Catalysis for the Remote C(sp3 )−H Functionalization of Alcohols and Alkyl Halides by N -Alkoxypyridinium Salts

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Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of (−)-Podophyllotoxin

(2017) Saumen Hajra et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A General Approach to Catalytic Alkene Anti-Markovnikov Hydrofunctionalization Reactions via Acridinium Photoredox Catalysis

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Acridinium-Based Photocatalysts: A Sustainable Option in Photoredox Catalysis

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(2016) Rémy Bertrand Teponno et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

A Bio-Inspired Total Synthesis of Tetrahydrofuran Lignans

(2015) Anna K. F. Albertson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organic Photocatalytic Cyclization of Polyenes: A Visible-Light-Mediated Radical Cascade Approach

(2015) Zhongbo Yang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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Mechanistic Insight into the Photoredox Catalysis of Anti-Markovnikov Alkene Hydrofunctionalization Reactions

(2014) Nathan A. Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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(2014) Dale J. Wilger et al.   Nature Chemistry

Direct Catalytic Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Alkenes

(2013) Andrew J. Perkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible Light Photocatalysis of [2+2] Styrene Cycloadditions by Energy Transfer

(2012) Zhan Lu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Catalytic Anti-Markovnikov Hydroetherification of Alkenols

(2012) David S. Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Galbelgin, (−)-Kadangustin J, (−)-Cyclogalgravin and (−)-Pycnanthulignenes A and B, Three Structurally Distinct Lignan Classes, Using a Common Chiral Precursor

(2011) Claire E. Rye et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Radical Cation Diels–Alder Cycloadditions by Visible Light Photocatalysis

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