The oxidative conversion of alicyclic ketones into lactones with permonosulfuric acid was
discovered by Baeyer and Villiger in 1899, and in their honor the general process by which …

Glycoside hydrolases, the enzymes responsible for hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond in di-,
oligo-and polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates, are ubiquitous in Nature and fundamental …

Humans have utilized carbohydrates in natural forms such as cellulose in cotton, sucrose in
cane sugar, and sucrose, D-fructose, and D-glucose in honey from the dawn of civilization …

The (1S, 2R, 8R, 8aR)-1, 2, 8-trihydroxyindolizidine,(2)-swainsonine (1), which was first
isolated from the fungus Rhizoctonia leguminicola1 and later found in the Australian plant …

The inhibition of glycoside hydrolases, through transition-state mimicry, is important both as
a probe of enzyme mechanism and in the continuing quest for new drugs, notably in the …

The total syntheses of the potent glycosidase inhibitors castanospermine ((+)-1), 6-
epicastanospermine ((+)-2), australine ((+)-3), and 3-epiaustraline ((+)-4) are described. The …

This chapter discusses the various methods for the preparation of oxabicyclic compounds,
with an emphasis on the stereo-and enantioselective synthesis of these substances …

The stereoselective incorporation of fluorine atoms into N-heterocycles can lead to dramatic
changes in the molecules' physical and chemical properties. These changes can be …

Forty years of discoveries and research on imino sugars, which are carbohydrate analogues
having a basic nitrogen atom instead of oxygen in the sugar ring and, acting as potent …

Since its inception in 1945, this serial has provided critical and integrating articles written by
research specialists that integrate industrial, analytical, and technological aspects of …