In 1982, Jolad et al. isolated uvaricin, a new antitumor agent, from the roots of Uvaria
acuminata (Annonaceae), a bis-tetrahydrofuranoid fatty acid lactone (1) related to …

The importance of asymmetric synthesis as a tool for obtaining enantiomerically pure
compounds has grown dramatically in the last two decades not only in synthetic organic …

The coffee white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae),
is the foremost pest of arabica coffee in India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, and Thailand …

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The reaction between an allylic ester and a magnesium diallylcuprate, or an allylic Grignard
reagent in combination with a catalytic amount of a copper salt, has been studied. These …

Under a variety of basic conditions, 2, 3‐epoxy alcohols rearrange with inversion at C‐2.
The reaction, originally referred to in the literature as the β‐oxanol rearrangement, is now …

6-Hydroxy-(4 E)-sphingenine-containing ceramides were found recently in human skin. We
present here the first synthesis of the 6 S and 6 R diastereoisomers 2 and 3, which represent …

A concise enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-epi-muricatacin, a potent cytotoxic agent, is
described. A key feature of this protocol is a catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation and a chiral …

Advances in the synthesis of natural butano- and butenolides Page 1 Russian Chemical
Reviews Advances in the synthesis of natural butano- and butenolides To cite this article: Tanzila …

A study of the structure-cytotoxic activity of the acetogenin of Annonaceae, muricatacin 1, is
reported. Indeed, muricatacin 1 has shown promising antitumoral activity. Therefore several …