Complex molecular architectures containing cyclopropanes present significant challenges
for any synthetic chemist. This review aims to highlight the strategic considerations for …

Propellanes are a unique class of compounds currently consisting of well over 10 000
representatives, all featuring two more or less inverted tetrahedral carbon atoms that are …

Alkaloids: chemical and biological perspectives Page 2 Alkaloids: Chemical and Biological
Perspectives Page 3 S. William Pelletier Editor Alkaloids: Chemical and Biological Perspectives …

Covering: up to August 2015 Alkaloids account for some of the most beautiful and
biologically active natural products. Although they are usually classified along biosynthetic …

Herein we report a general rhodium‐catalyzed asymmetric intermolecular dearomative
cyclopropanation of indoles using trifluoromethyl N‐triftosylhydrazones as carbene …

Gold catalysis is an extremely enthusiastic field of investigation in the catalysis area. The
development of alternative, highly inventive, precompetitive techniques based on gold …

The development of new strategies for synthesis of medium-sized heterocycles has
remained a highly attractive but challenging proposition. In the last few years, the application …

Eleven new indole alkaloids, in addition to the previously reported rhazinal (1), and 14 other
known alkaloids, were obtained from the Malayan Kopsia singapurensis, viz., kopsiloscines …

Simmons–Smith cyclopropanation is a widely used reaction in organic synthesis for
stereospecific conversion of alkenes into cyclopropane. The utility of this reaction can be …

The alkaloids of the aspidospermine group have not been surveyed in this series since
Cordell's review in Volume 17 (1), which covered the area up to 1977. The present chapter …