Olefin cross-metathesis, hydrogenation, and reductive amination give [b]-annulated azepane derivatives

Olefin cross-metathesis, hydrogenation, and reductive amination give [b]-annulated azepane derivatives
Useful building blocks for the construction of peptidomimetics and helical foldamers
Avoiding the risk of chain walking to obtain useful levels of regio-retention
Cyclization of o-haloarylalkynes in the presence of Te
Au-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of o-alkynyl phenols or metal-free transformations of benzofurans used to obtain benzofuran-3(2H)-ones
Natural product that could inhibit quorum sensing in bacteria
Carbohydrates on the surface of bacteria can be important for their fitness as pathogens
Mild photocatalytic synthesis from sulfonyl azides and electron-rich azo reagents
Reaction allows the introduction of a nucleophile in the perfluorinated side chain
Fast, transition-metal-free, one-pot synthesis of unsymmetrical disulfides by NIS (N-iodosuccinimide) promotion