Main description:

An 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. The development of innovative methodologies enabling control of the exact connectivity of the atoms within a molecule and setting correct three-dimensional arrangements, have gained a great interest. Combining representative experimental procedures for particular methods, the book is suited for advanced students, researchers, and pharmaceutical employees.

Contents:

FOREWORD vii PREFACE ix CONTRIBUTORS xi CHAPTER 1 C H FUNCTIONALIZATION: A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS 1 Sophie Rousseaux, Benoy t 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 Dufert 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 Raphael Rodriguez CHAPTER 16 DNA AS A TOOL FOR MOLECULAR DISCOVERY 539 Michael Smietana, Jean-Jacques Vasseur, Janine Cossy, and Stellios Arseniyadis INDEX 557