A biomimetic synthesis of (±)-basiliolide B.

A general approach to the basiliolide/transtaganolide natural products: total syntheses of basiliolide B, epi-8-basiliolide B, transtaganolide C, and transtaganolide D.

Base-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of 2H-pyran-2,5-diones: a mild approach to basiliolide B.

A new class of base-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of 2H-pyran-2,5-diones has been developed using catalytic amount of dicyclohexylmethylamine in tert-butyl alcohol. This method has been successfully employed for construction of the tricyclic core of basiliolide B at room temperature with good yields and exclusive endo selectivity.

The total syntheses of basiliolide C, epi-basiliolide C, and protecting-group-free total syntheses of transtaganolides C and D.

The total syntheses of basiliolide C and previously unreported epi-basiliolide C are achieved by an Ireland-Claisen/Diels-Alder cascade. The development of a palladium catalyzed cross-coupling of methoxy alkynyl zinc reagents allows for the protecting-group-free syntheses of transtaganolides C and D. Syntheses of transtaganolides C and D are accomplished in a single operation to generate three ...

Studies of a Tripodal Biomimetic Siderophore Analog: An Efficient Encapsulation for Fe(III) Ion

A new tris-(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN) capped tripodal Schiff base ligand has been developed by mimicking structural features of a natural siderophore, Bacillibactin, by substituting the catechol units with salicylaldehyde and employing amino acid as spacer. Synthesis of the ligand N-[2-[bis[2-[[2-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)methylamino]acetyl] amino]ethyl]amino]ethyl]-2-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)methylamino]...

Biomimetic synthesis of 1-aryl-2,5-dimethyl pyrroles using egg white nano-ovalbumin at room temperature under solvent-free conditions

Ovalbumin, as the major component of egg-white, is a globular, biocompatible, nontoxic and biodegradable phosphoglyco protein. This protein with the molecular weight of 44.5 kDa, contains 385 residues of amino acids with isoelectric point (pI) of 4.5. Many purification procedures have been reported for egg-white proteins such as gel permeation and anion exchange chromatography. In this study, w...