Total synthesis of biologically active natural products based on highly selective synthetic methodologies

Abstract

Total syntheses of structurally and biologically intriguing natural products relying on new synthetic methodologies are described. This article features cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed asymmetric Morita-Baylis-Hillman reactions, heterocycle syntheses based on rhodium-catalyzed C-H amination and indium-catalyzed Conia-ene reactions, and their utilization for the syntheses of the phoslactomycin family of antibiotics, glutamate receptor agonists and antagonists, and alkaloids with characteristic highly substituted pyrrolidinone core structures.