Natural products containing eight-membered carbocycles constitute a class of structurally
intriguing and biologically important molecules such as the famous diterpenes taxol and …

Metal-mediated cyclizations are important transformations in a natural product total
synthesis. The Pauson-Khand reaction, particularly powerful for establishing …

Limonoid and limonoid-like natural products have demonstrated diverse bioactive properties
and attracted considerable synthetic efforts. They provide a good platform to examine the …

Covering: January 2012 to January 2018 Sesterterpenoids are a small family of terpenes
that often possess intriguing biological profiles and complicated chemical structures. Their …

Transition metal-catalyzed carbocyclization reactions provide a powerful method for the
stereoselective assembly of complex, highly substituted (poly) cyclic scaffolds. Although 1, 6 …

Rubriflordilactone B (1) is a schinortriterpenoid isolated by Sun and colleagues, which
possesses a tetrasubstituted benzene moiety and eight stereocenters. The previous …

Herein, we report a new method for the synthesis of oxa-bridged carbocyclic units based on
intramolecular Prins reaction of dioxinones. Our new synthetic approach is flexible and …

The chemical structure of isopropyl trans-hydrindane sesterterpenoids features a highly
substituted trans-hydrindane moiety that holds an isopropyl or isopropenyl group at the …

This is a review of papers published in the year 2018 that focus on the synthesis, reactivity,
or properties of compounds containing a carbon-transition metal double or triple bond …

New synthetic methods to prepare seven-membered heterocyclic compounds containing
one, two, or three of the heteroatoms N, O or S are covered. Aromatic systems containing at …