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Book SynopsisAn overview of the new technologies that have revolutionized organic chemistry and allowed easy access to complex bioactives, this book brings modern synthetic techniques and bioactives together. The synthesis of structurally complex molecules has become a real challenge for the synthetic community.
Table of ContentsFOREWORD vii
PREFACE ix
CONTRIBUTORS xi
CHAPTER 1 C–H FUNCTIONALIZATION: A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS 1
Sophie Rousseaux, Benoýˆt Lie´gault, and Keith Fagnou
CHAPTER 2 THE NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLING IN THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOACTIVE MOLECULES 33
Evelina Colacino, Jean Martinez, and Fre´de´ric Lamaty
CHAPTER 3 METAL-CATALYZED C–HETEROATOM CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS 77
Renata Marcia de Figueiredo, Jean Marc Campagne, and Damien Prim
CHAPTER 4 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS 111
Fabien Gagosz
CHAPTER 5 METATHESIS-BASED SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX BIOACTIVES 155
Jean-Alexandre Richard, Sin Yee Ng, and David Y.-K. Chen
CHAPTER 6 ENANTIOSELECTIVE ORGANOCATALYSIS: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES 189
Mitsuru Shoji and Yujiro Hayashi
CHAPTER 7 ASYMMETRIC PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSIS 213
Seiji Shirakawa, Shin A. Moteki, and Keiji Maruoka
CHAPTER 8 REARRANGEMENTS IN NATURAL PRODUCT SYNTHESIS 243
Jose´ Marco-Contelles and Elena Soriano
CHAPTER 9 DOMINO REACTIONS IN THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS 271
Lutz F. Tietze, Scott G. Stewart, and Alexander Du¨fert
CHAPTER 10 FLUOROUS LINKER-FACILITATED SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY INTERESTING MOLECULES 335
Wei Zhang
CHAPTER 11 THE EVOLUTION OF IMMOBILIZED REAGENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN FLOW CHEMISTRY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS 359
Rebecca M. Myers, Kimberley A. Roper, Ian R. Baxendale, and Steven V. Ley
CHAPTER 12 SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TO BIOACTIVE CARBOHYDRATES 395
Xavier Guinchard, Se´bastien Picard, and David Crich
CHAPTER 13 AMMONIUM YLIDES AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ALKALOID SYNTHESIS 433
Scott Bur and Albert Padwa
CHAPTER 14 PRECURSOR-DIRECTED BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYKETIDE AND NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE NATURAL PRODUCTS 485
Colin J. B. Harvey and Chaitan Khosla
CHAPTER 15 TARGET-ORIENTED AND DIVERSITY-ORIENTED ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 513
Raphae¨l Rodriguez
CHAPTER 16 DNA AS A TOOL FOR MOLECULAR DISCOVERY 539
Michael Smietana, Jean-Jacques Vasseur, Janine Cossy, and Stellios Arseniyadis
INDEX 557
