Polyether Natural Product Inspired Cascade Cyclizations: Autocatalysis on π‐Acidic Aromatic Surfaces

Natural product-inspired cascade synthesis yields modulators of centrosome integrity.

In biology-oriented synthesis, the scaffolds of biologically relevant compound classes inspire the synthesis of focused compound collections enriched in bioactivity. This criterion is, in particular, met by the scaffolds of natural products selected in evolution. The synthesis of natural product-inspired compound collections calls for efficient reaction sequences that preferably combine multipl...

Synthesis of natural product-inspired compound libraries

An important aim in biology research is the elucidation of the role of proteins in complex, dynamic biological systems through the selective perturbation of their function. In contrast to genetic perturbations, chemical perturbations of protein function are conditional, acute, easily tuneable and reversible. [1] Furthermore, drug development still largely depends on the availability of bioactiv...

Cascade polycyclisations in natural product synthesis.

The efficient, stereocontrolled construction of polycyclic ring systems has long presented a formidable challenge to synthetic chemists. Cascade reactions offer a 'quick fix'--building multiple rings in a single step--and often dramatically shorten a synthetic route. In this Emerging Area article, a selection of the most recent and impressive examples of applications of this tactic to natural p...

Antimicrobial surfaces through natural product hybrids.

Desorption Kinetics of Polyether Lubricants from Surfaces

Desorption or evaporation is one of the mechanisms for loss of perfluoropolyalkylether (PFPE) lubricants from the surfaces of data storage media. One approach to minimizing PFPE loss to desorption is the use of lubricants with increasing molecular weight or increasing average chain length. In order to understand the effects of chain length on the lubricant evaporation kinetics we have studied t...