Advancing the logic of chemical synthesis: C− H activation as strategic and tactical disconnections for C− C bond construction

NYS Lam, K Wu, JQ Yu - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The design of synthetic routes by retrosynthetic logic is decisively influenced by the
transformations available. Transition‐metal‐catalyzed C− H activation has emerged as a …

Construction of sulfur-containing moieties in the total synthesis of natural products

N Wang, P Saidhareddy, X Jiang - Natural Product Reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: January 2013 to September 2018 Sulfur-containing natural products are a large
class of significant functional molecules. Many of these compounds exhibit potent biological …

Transfer of sulfur: from simple to diverse

H Liu, X Jiang - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of sulfur atoms onto target molecules is an important area in organic
synthesis, in particular in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds, and a wide variety of …

A brief history of antibiotics and select advances in their synthesis

KC Nicolaou, S Rigol - The Journal of antibiotics, 2018 - nature.com
The advent of modern antibiotics contributed enormously to the dramatic extension of
human lifespan since their discovery by virtue of their lethal and selective action against …

Marine natural products

JW Blunt, BR Copp, RA Keyzers, MHG Munro… - Natural product …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2012. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013, 30, 237–323. This review covers
the literature published in 2012 for marine natural products, with 1035 citations (673 for the …

[HTML][HTML] Late-stage modification of bioactive compounds: Improving druggability through efficient molecular editing

T Huo, X Zhao, Z Cheng, J Wei, M Zhu, X Dou… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthetic chemistry plays an indispensable role in drug discovery, contributing to hit
compounds identification, lead compounds optimization, candidate drugs preparation, and …

Electro‐oxidative S− H/S− H cross‐coupling with hydrogen evolution: facile access to unsymmetrical disulfides

P Huang, P Wang, S Tang, Z Fu, A Lei - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur is an essential element because it exists widely in proteins. The disulfide bond is an
important moiety in many different types of significant organic molecules. A new approach …

Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically precise metal nanoclusters from disulfide

ZM Zhu, Y Zhao, H Zhao, C Liu, Y Zhang, W Fei… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Practical approaches to the synthesis of atomically precise metal nanoclusters are in high
demand as they provide the structural basis for investigating nanomaterials' structure …

New design of a disulfurating reagent: facile and straightforward pathway to unsymmetrical disulfanes by copper‐catalyzed oxidative cross‐coupling

X **ao, M Feng, X Jiang - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A novel reagent, which introduces two sulfur atoms in one step, was designed and used for
the construction of diverse disulfanes by copper‐catalyzed oxidative cross‐coupling under …

Polysulfurating reagent design for unsymmetrical polysulfide construction

X **ao, J Xue, X Jiang - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
From life science to material science, to pharmaceutical industry, and to food chemistry,
polysulfides are vital structural scaffolds. However, there are limited synthetic methods for …