A protecting group free and biomimetic total synthesis of (+)-ainsliadimer A has been accomplished in 14 steps from α-santonin. The synthesis relies on a hydrogen bonding promoted [4 + 2]-hetero-Diels-Alder dimerization to afford the key homodimer intermediate, which demonstrates the feasibility of using nonenzymatic conditions to achieve the proposed biosynthesis.

An asymmetric synthesis of an advanced tetracyclic intermediate toward the synthesis of bielschowskysin (1) is described. A biomimetic [2 + 2]-photocyclization was used to establish the cyclobutane core of bielschowskysin. Macrocyclization under Heck conditions led to an unprecedented carbo-oxygenation of a 1,1-disubstituted double bond.

The first total synthesis of Aplidiopsamine A, a rare 3H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline alkaloid from the Aplidiopsis confluata, has been achieved following the proposed biosynthesis. This biomimetic synthesis requires only five steps and proceeds in 20.8% overall yield. Biological evaluation across large panels of discrete molecular targets identified that Aplidiopsamine A is a highly selective PDE4 ...

BACKGROUND Biomimetic peptides are synthetic compounds that are identical to amino acid sequence synthesized by an organism and can interact with growth factor receptors and provide antiaging clinical effects. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of biomimetic peptides on the repair processes in the dermis using a model of cell cultures and in vivo. PATIENTS AND ...

SYNLETT 2005, No. 4, pp 0700–070204.03.2005 Advanced online publication: 22.02.2005 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-863713; Art ID: Y04404ST © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Abstract: The total synthesis of smenochromene D, an unusual ansa-terpenoid is described. The synthesis features an unprecedented macrocyclization proceeding through a biomimetic electrocyclization. The enantiomeric relations...

AIM Biomimetic nano-assembly formation offers a convenient and bio friendly approach to fabricate complex structures from simple components with sub-nanometer precision. Recently, biomimetic (employing microorganism/plants) synthesis of metal and inorganic materials nano-particles has emerged as a simple and viable strategy. In the present study, we have extended biological synthesis of nano-pa...

Biocompatible polypeptide capsules with high enzyme loading and activity prepared by templating mesoporous silica spheres were used as biomimetic reactors for performing CaCO3 synthesis exclusively inside the capsule interior via urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis.

Abstract Biomimetic modularization and function-oriented synthesis of structurally diversified natural product-like macrocycles in a step-economical fashion is highly desirable. Inspired by marine furanocembranoids, herein, we synthesize diverse alkenes substituted furan-embedded macrolactams via modular biomimetic assembly strategy. The success this the development crucial Pd-catalyzed carbene...