In recent decades, transient and highly reactive ortho-quinodimethanes (o-QDMs), ortho-
quinone methides (o-QMs) and aza-ortho-quinone methides (aza-o-QMs) have attracted …

Natural product libraries contain specialized metabolites derived from plants, animals, and
microorganisms that play a pivotal role in drug discovery due to their immense structural …

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

Covering: 2000–2018 In this review, we highlight recent examples of natural product total
syntheses employing transition metal-mediated/catalyzed carbonylative cyclization …

Cyclopropanols are readily available via the Kulinkovich cyclopropanation, the Simmons-
Smith reaction, and other synthetic methods. Due to their intrinsic ring stains, cyclopropanols …

The first asymmetric synthesis of pepluanol A (1) is presented. The synthesis route is very
concise (10 steps) and features a Curtin–Hammett-driven stereoconvergent intramolecular …

Abstract A nearly‐30‐year‐old unanswered synthetic puzzle, astellatol, has been solved in
an enantiospecific manner. The highly congested pentacyclic skeleton of this rare …

A concise bioinspired synthesis of Schisandra nortriterpenoid propindilactone G has been
accomplished from a readily accessible steroidal lactone. Key transformations include a …

A new and efficient synthesis of rubriflordilactone A has been realized. The key
transformations include the following:(1) an intramolecular Prins cyclization to establish the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants of the Schisandraceae family have a rich and
medicinal history dating back to ancient times. Many of them are used as folk medicine in the …