Direct and rapid heating by microwave irradiation in combination with sealed vessel
processing in many cases enables reactions to be carried out in a fraction of the time …

Batrachotoxin is an extremely potent cardio‐and neurotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in
certain species of frogs, birds, and beetles. The steroidal 6/6/6/5‐membered carbocycle …

We review the most important achievements of the last decade in the field of steroid
synthesis in the presence of palladium catalysts. Various palladium-catalyzed cross …

The steroidal neurotoxin (−)-batrachotoxin functions as a potent agonist of voltage-gated
sodium ion channels (NaVs). Here we report concise asymmetric syntheses of the natural …

An enantioselective total synthesis of (−)-batrachotoxinin A is accomplished based on a key
photoredox coupling reaction and the subsequent local-desymmetrization operation. After …

The steroidal ABCD-ring system of the potent neurotoxin batrachotoxin was efficiently
assembled in a convergent fashion. Bridgehead radical coupling between the simple AB …

Pentacyclic analogues of the potent voltage-gated sodium ion channel agonist
batrachotoxin can be accessed through an intermediate furan by exploiting Diels–Alder …

Herein, we report on a comparative Stille and Suzuki cross‐coupling study of steroidal vinyl
(pseudo) halides with different boronic acids and tributyltin organyls. Furthermore, we have …

A review with 1627 references to transition metal catalyzed or mediated reactions and
functional group preparations.

Batrachotoxin, isolated from frogs belonging to the genus Phyllobates, is a very potent
neurotoxin and a steroidal alkaloid that has been found to block the Na+ channels in nerves …