Synthetic organic chemistry has developed in a fascinating way over the past decades.
Several highly selective procedures have been developed which allow the preparation of …

This tutorial review provides a survey of syntheses in which an enzymatic step contributed to
generating downstream molecular complexity in the target. The first part provides a guide to …

Intrigued as much by its complex nature as by its outsider status in traditional organic
chemistry, the editors of The Organic Chemistry of Sugars compile a groundbreaking …

The scope of the Diels− Alder reaction catalyzed by bis (oxazoline) copper complexes has
been investigated. In particular,[Cu ((S, S)-t-Bu-box)](SbF6) 2 (1b) has been shown to …

1.3 Types of arene dioxygenase biocatalysts 1.4 Types of dioxygenase-catalysed oxidations
1.5 Syntheses using arene cis-dihydrodiols 1.6 Industrial applications and potential 2 …

The formose reaction (FR) has been long the focus of intensive investigations as a simple
method for synthesis of complex biologically important monosaccharides and other sugar …

Cyclitols are defined as cycloalkanes containing one hydroxyl group on each of three or
more ring atoms; that is, they are cycloalkane polyols, excluding diols. 1 The term inositol is …

Several synthetic pathways to cyclohex-5-ene-1R, 2S, 3R, 4R-tetrol (conduritol C) and
cyclohex-5-ene-1S, 2R, 3R, 4R-tetrol (conduritol F) are compared; each is analyzed for …

The past decade witnessed a renaissance in the chemistry and biochemistry of inositols,
mainly due to the realization of the role played by phosphorylated myo-inositol (1, Chart 1) …

Derivatives of 7-oxabicyclo [2.2. l] heptanes (7-oxanorbornanes) are found in Nature, some
of these having interesting biological activities. Analogues of these compounds have also …