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Ya-Jian Hu, Chen-Chen Gu, Xin-Feng Wang, Long Min, Chuang-Chuang Li
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Ali Mansour, Fabien Gagosz
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Maximilian Kaiser, David Schoenbauer, Katharina Schragl, Matthias Weil, Peter Gaertner, Valentin S. Enev
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Bai-Yu Xue, Chen-Ying Hou, Xiao-Bing Wang, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Organic
Sambasivarao Kotha, Ramakrishna Reddy Keesari, Ongolu Ravikumar
Summary: Here, a new synthetic approach to a highly strained 1,3-fused cis-cis-cis-5/5/6 tricyclic system is reported. The fusion of a six-membered ring to a diquinane moiety is achieved through substrate-controlled regio- and stereoselective epoxidation and ring-rearrangement metathesis (RRM) sequence. This short synthetic sequence may be useful for designing various biologically important molecules.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Kalina Doytchinova, Jeffrey D. Winkler
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Takeo Sakai, Tomoki Furuhata, Kota Hosoe, Kaho Umemura, Yuji Mori
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Bao-Long Hou, Li-Xuan Li, Chuang-Chuang Li
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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
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Long Min, Jing-Chun Han, Wen Zhang, Chen-Chen Gu, Yun-Peng Zou, Chuang-Chuang Li
Summary: This article reviews the progress made in the total synthesis of Taxol in the last few decades, including the development of synthetic strategies and key lessons learned. It also briefly discusses the future of research in this area.
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