Attempt to Built 13-Hydroxy-9,15-cyclo GA Skeletons

An easy and mild way to construct 13-hydroxy-9,15-cyclo GA skeletons was reported and it could be used as a general protocol in the synthesis of GAs with this structure.

Copper（I）-Catalyzed Intramolecular N-N Coupling of Cyclopropyl O-Acyl Ketoximes： Synthesis of Spiro-fused Pyrazolin-5-ones

A convenient copper-catalyzed approach has been developed for the synthesis of substituted spiro-fused pyrazolin-5-ones from readily available cyclopropyl O-acyl ketoximes via an intramolecular N-N bond formation reaction. These catalytic reactions proceed in excellent yields with a broad scope.

Asymmetric annulations based on cycloisomerization of cyclopropyl tethered allenyl ketones by bimetallic relay catalysis

The diastereo-and enantioselective tandem cycloisomerization/[4+2]-cycloaddition reaction of cyclopropyl tethered allenyl ketones withα,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds was realized firstly under mild reaction conditions by using bimetallic silver(I)/chiral metal-N,N′-dioxide catalysts,providing a facile and atom-economic route to enantioenriched polysubstituted furopyran derivatives with good results.Possible transition state models were proposed to explain the stereoinduction.

In vitro characterization of a nitro-forming oxygenase involved in 3-(trans-2’-aminocyclopropyl)alanine biosynthesis

In vitro characterization experiments revealed the formations of 3-(trans-2’-aminocyclopropyl)alanine((3-Acp)Ala)and 3-(trans-2’-nitrocyclopropyl)alanine((3-Ncp)Ala)are originated via two homologous proteins,BelK and HrmI,which regioselectively catalyze the N𝜀-oxygenation of l-lysine.The two enzymes belong to the emerg-ing heme-oxygenase-like diiron oxidase and oxygenase(HDO)superfamily and the catalytic center of BelK is validated by homology modeling and site-directed mutations.Based on the in vitro characterization,the biosyn-thetic pathways of(3-Acp)Ala and(3-Ncp)Ala are proposed.

The spin delocalization substituent parameter σ(?)——6.The spin-delocalizing abilities of the thiomethyl,cyclopropyl and t-butyl groups.Synthesis of three substituted trifluorostyrenes

Three substituted α,β,β-trifluorostyrenes(TFS's),i.e.,p-thiomethyltrifluorostyrene(4), p-cyclopropyltrifluorostyrene(5)and p-t-butyltrifluorostyrene(6),have been synthesized.The rate constants(k_2)of the thermal cyclodimerization of these compounds have been measured in the tem- perature range 120—160℃.The polar parameters σ_(mb) of these TFS's calculated from ^(19)F NMR chemi- cal shifts are:for p-thiomethyl,-0.18;p-cyclopropyl,-0.31 and p-t-butyl,-0.22.The spin delo- calization substituent parameters σ'_T(140°)of p-thiomethyl,cyclopropyl and t-butyl groups are 0.59, 0.27 and 0.30 respectively.Thus all of these groups act as electron-donating groups which can also effectively stabilize a spin.