A concise and scalable synthesis of a cis-fused bicyclo[5.3.0]decane ring system has been developed for the total synthesis of echinopines. The core of the natural products was constructed efficiently through an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and ring contraction strategy.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(8)H(13)NO(6), a sucrose derivative, consists of two fused tetra-hydro-furan rings having the cis arrangement at the ring junctions, giving a V-shaped mol-ecule. An intra-molecular O-H⋯O inter-action occurs. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds help to stabilize the crystal structure.

The total synthesis of hyacinthacine A2 is reported via a novel transannular hydroamination in which planar chirality of a 5-aza-trans-cyclooctene precursor is transferred to point chirality in the product. Key to the success of this strategy was the development of a method for establishing absolute planar chirality via stereocontrolled photoisomerization of a 5-aza-cis-cyclooctene. This was ac...

Dendritic localization of mRNA/RNA involves interaction of cis-elements and trans-factors. Small, non-protein coding dendritic BC1 RNA is thought to regulate translation in dendritic microdomains. Following microinjections into cultured cells, BC1 RNA fused to larger mRNAs appeared to impart transport competence to these chimeras, and its 5' ID region was proposed as the cis-acting dendritic ta...

A highly congested decalin embodying an alpha-methylene ketone is synthesized in 11 steps from the Wieland-Miescher ketone and efficiently converted to the polycyclic frameworks of anominine and tubingensin A, which constitutes the first approach to the skeleton of these indole diterpenoids.

We communicate a general method for the syntheses of acenaphthene-fused imidazolinium salts that are direct precursors to augmented N-heterocyclic carbenes with fixed cis geometry. Reduction bis(imino)acenaphthene ligands LiAlH4/AlCl3 reagent mix initially produced corresponding 1,2-diamines which, upon ring-closing reaction triethyl orthoformate in acidic solution, gave requisite ionic interme...