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Dicarboxylate recognition based on ultracycle hosts through cooperative hydrogen bonding and anion–π interactions

  • Wen-Hui Mi,
  • Teng-Yu Huang,
  • Xu-Dong Wang,
  • Yu-Fei Ao,
  • Qi-Qiang Wang and
  • De-Xian Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 884–889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.72

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  • than 50 atoms in the macrocyclic skeleton are denoted as ultracycles [1]. These very large macrocycles are prevalent in nature and exhibit unique functions. For instance, the archaeal lipid GDGT-0 enables archaea to thrive in extreme environments [2]; cycloamyloses enhance the stability of drug
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Published 06 May 2025

Chemical glycobiology

  • Elisa Fadda,
  • Rachel Hevey,
  • Benjamin Schumann and
  • Ulrika Westerlind

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 8–9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.2

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  • glycan assembly [9]. Target-directed synthetic strategies are being developed by Reihill et al. [10] and Karak et al. [11], exploring the syntheses of the linker-displaying, sulfated TF disaccharide and lipid II analogues, respectively. The direct application of synthetic glycans is shown by Fan et al
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Published 03 Jan 2025

Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies

  • Lucía Campos-Prieto,
  • Aitor García-Rey,
  • Eddy Sotelo and
  • Ana Mallo-Abreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261

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  • biomolecules like DNA and lipids. Lipid peroxidation and membrane disruption can cause random cross-linking, resulting in cell death and the fragmentation of proteins and enzymes. Elevated concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from various molecular processes contribute to the oxidation of proteins
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Published 03 Dec 2024

Chemical structure metagenomics of microbial natural products: surveying nonribosomal peptides and beyond

  • Thomas Ma and
  • John Chu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3050–3060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.253

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  • of action (MOA) (e.g., membrane lysis and depolarization) [30][34] and specific MOA (e.g., dysregulation of ClpP protease [33], inhibition of topoisomerase I/II [36][68], blocking lipid II transport by flippase [29], sequestration of cell wall biosynthetic intermediate C55-(di)phosphate, etc.) [35
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Published 20 Nov 2024

Interaction of a pyrene derivative with cationic [60]fullerene in phospholipid membranes and its effects on photodynamic actions

  • Hayato Takagi,
  • Çetin Çelik,
  • Ryosuke Fukuda,
  • Qi Guo,
  • Tomohiro Higashino,
  • Hiroshi Imahori,
  • Yoko Yamakoshi and
  • Tatsuya Murakami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2732–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.231

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  • likely to localize near the surface of the lipid bilayer of catC60-lip than the C60 in C60-lip [14]. Similarly, the incorporation of PyBA into the pre-prepared liposomes was tested by zeta potential analysis (–15 mV) and differential scanning calorimetry analysis (Figure 2b), showing a clear dose
  • °C to prepare the lipid films. The lipid films were then dried overnight in vacuo. Then, the films were hydrated with PBS(–) (137 mM NaCl, 2.68 mM KCl, 8.1 mM Na2HPO4, 1.47 mM KH2PO4) so that the theoretical value of DMPC concentration was 3 mg/mL, and the resulting suspension was sonicated at 30 °C
  • until the lipid membrane had completely peeled off from the flask. To remove free catC60 and C60, the resulting suspension was centrifuged at 20,000g at room temperature for 10 min. The supernatant was collected and subjected to more than 20 extrusions using a Mini-Extruder equipped with a 100 nm-pore
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Published 30 Oct 2024

The scent gland composition of the Mangshan pit viper, Protobothrops mangshanensis

  • Jonas Holste,
  • Paul Weldon,
  • Donald Boyer and
  • Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2644–2654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.222

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  • various lipid classes including sterols, triacylglycerols, and common fatty acid methyl esters [15]. Mass spectrometric analysis of the lipid content of crotalines, mainly the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (C. atrox), confirmed the presence of cholesterol [3][6][11][16], fatty acids [11], fatty amides
  • secretions of other snakes and reptiles. The most abundant compound cholesterol is a ubiquitous lipid in reptile skin and glands [2]. 1-O-Hexadecylglycerol is the second most abundant SGS component. Such ether lipids have previously been reported from the crotaline Crotalus atrox [6] or the phyton Loxocemus
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Published 18 Oct 2024

Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and antioxidant activity of sterically hindered catechols with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-triazole, thiazole or pyridine fragments

  • Daria A. Burmistrova,
  • Andrey Galustyan,
  • Nadezhda P. Pomortseva,
  • Kristina D. Pashaeva,
  • Maxim V. Arsenyev,
  • Oleg P. Demidov,
  • Mikhail A. Kiskin,
  • Andrey I. Poddel’sky,
  • Nadezhda T. Berberova and
  • Ivan V. Smolyaninov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2378–2391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.202

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  • antioxidant properties were determined using the reaction with synthetic radicals, the cupric reducing antioxidant capacity assay, the inhibition process of superoxide radical anion formation by xanthine oxidase, and the process of lipid peroxidation of rat liver (Wistar) homogenates in vitro. Keywords
  • -thiazolyl (34.0 ± 0.10 μM). Compound 1 was the least effective in this test (81.10 ± 1.86 μM) as in the case of the methods described above. We have previously shown that catechol thioethers can act as anti- or prooxidants on lipid peroxidation processes in vitro depending on a functional group or a
  • heterocycle substitute at the sulfur atom [49][50][54]. Non-enzymatic process of the rat (Wistar) liver homogenate lipid peroxidation (LP) in the presence of additives of target compounds 1–9 was studied in vitro. The concentration of the carbonyl compounds forming in the reaction of the lipid peroxidation
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Understanding X-ray-induced isomerisation in photoswitchable surfactant assemblies

  • Beatrice E. Jones,
  • Camille Blayo,
  • Jake L. Greenfield,
  • Matthew J. Fuchter,
  • Nathan Cowieson and
  • Rachel C. Evans

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2005–2015, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.176

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  • lipid tail length in the Z isomer [26]. Notably, these authors observed that the X-rays themselves also induced Z–E isomerisation in Azo-lipids, which they attributed to the X-ray radiolysis of water, which produces radicals and reactive species that can catalyse Z–E conversion [27]. This effect was
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Allostreptopyrroles A–E, β-alkylpyrrole derivatives from an actinomycete Allostreptomyces sp. RD068384

  • Marwa Elsbaey,
  • Naoya Oku,
  • Mohamed S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb and
  • Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1981–1987, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.174

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  • substitution patterns are different (Figure 1). Natural alkylpyrroles were shown to have cytotoxicity [27], antidiabetic activity [28], anti-lipid peroxidation [12], in vivo antihypoxic activity [12], and antibacterial activity [15]. Though not impressive in cytotoxicity and tyrosinase-inhibitory evaluations
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Discovery of antimicrobial peptides clostrisin and cellulosin from Clostridium: insights into their structures, co-localized biosynthetic gene clusters, and antibiotic activity

  • Moisés Alejandro Alejo Hernandez,
  • Katia Pamela Villavicencio Sánchez,
  • Rosendo Sánchez Morales,
  • Karla Georgina Hernández-Magro Gil,
  • David Silverio Moreno-Gutiérrez,
  • Eddie Guillermo Sanchez-Rueda,
  • Yanet Teresa-Cruz,
  • Brian Choi,
  • Armando Hernández Garcia,
  • Alba Romero-Rodríguez,
  • Oscar Juárez,
  • Siseth Martínez-Caballero,
  • Mario Figueroa and
  • Corina-Diana Ceapă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1800–1816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.159

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  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The effects of some of these peptides are attributed to their affinity for the lipid II component of Gram-positive bacterial cell walls [25]. Additionally, there have been reports of lantibiotics such as CMB001 displaying activity against resistant Gram-negative bacteria, including
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Synthesis of new representatives of A3B-type carboranylporphyrins based on meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin transformations

  • Victoria M. Alpatova,
  • Evgeny G. Rys,
  • Elena G. Kononova and
  • Valentina A. Ol'shevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 767–776, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.70

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  • properties and to modify the profile of biological activity due to optimum fluorine lipophylic properties, and enhanced interaction with lipid membranes [12][13][14]. Pentafluorophenyl-substituted porphyrin systems are especially useful for the connection of various functionalities capable for coupling with
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Published 12 Apr 2024

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides and polyketides via thioesterase-catalyzed macrocyclization

  • Senze Qiao,
  • Zhongyu Cheng and
  • Fuzhuo Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 721–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.66

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  • brevis [27], can penetrate the lipid phase of a Gram-positive inner cell membrane [28][29]. Despite exhibiting high antimicrobial activity, this compound also disrupts the membranes of higher mammalian cells, as evidenced by their pronounced hemolytic activity [30]. Establishing a concise and diverse
  • developed to address this challenge to produce daptomycin and its derivatives. These approaches include biosynthetic [49], chemoenzymatic [50], solid-phase [51], and solution-phase methods [52], but most only encompass modifications of the lipid chain and specific amino acid mutations. Learning from the
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Published 04 Apr 2024

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

  • Pablo Msellem,
  • Maksym Dekthiarenko,
  • Nihal Hadj Seyd and
  • Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

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  • arms, can encapsulate planar aromatic molecules, making this system promising for drug delivery. The advancement of pH-switchable molecular tweezers laid the groundwork for the development of switchable lipids [20]. When such lipids are incorporated in lipid vesicles, they provide means for controlled
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Published 01 Mar 2024

Elucidating the glycan-binding specificity and structure of Cucumis melo agglutinin, a new R-type lectin

  • Jon Lundstrøm,
  • Emilie Gillon,
  • Valérie Chazalet,
  • Nicole Kerekes,
  • Antonio Di Maio,
  • Ten Feizi,
  • Yan Liu,
  • Annabelle Varrot and
  • Daniel Bojar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 306–320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.31

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  • lipid-linked glycans. Then the detecting solution composed of anti-polyHistidine (Sigma-Aldrich, Merck, SAB4200620) and biotin anti-mouse IgG (Sigma-Aldrich, Merck, B7264) antibodies (10 µg/mL, precomplexed in a ratio of 1:1) was overlaid onto the arrays for 1 h. The final detection was with a 30 min
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Optimizations of lipid II synthesis: an essential glycolipid precursor in bacterial cell wall synthesis and a validated antibiotic target

  • Milandip Karak,
  • Cian R. Cloonan,
  • Brad R. Baker,
  • Rachel V. K. Cochrane and
  • Stephen A. Cochrane

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 220–227, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.22

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  • Milandip Karak Cian R. Cloonan Brad R. Baker Rachel V. K. Cochrane Stephen A. Cochrane School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK 10.3762/bjoc.20.22 Abstract Lipid II is an essential glycolipid found in
  • bacteria. Accessing this valuable cell wall precursor is important both for studying cell wall synthesis and for studying/identifying novel antimicrobial compounds. Herein, we describe optimizations to the modular chemical synthesis of lipid II and unnatural analogues. In particular, the glycosylation step
  • analogues through the incorporation of alternative building blocks at different stages of synthesis. Keywords: chemical glycosylation; lipid II; peptidoglycan; polyprenyls; total synthesis; Introduction Lipid II (Figure 1) is an essential bacterial glycolipid involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis [1]. It
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Cyclodextrins permeabilize DPPC liposome membranes: a focus on cholesterol content, cyclodextrin type, and concentration

  • Ghenwa Nasr,
  • Hélène Greige-Gerges,
  • Sophie Fourmentin,
  • Abdelhamid Elaissari and
  • Nathalie Khreich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1570–1579, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.115

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  • , France, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV, UR 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Av. M.Schumann, 9140 Dunkirk, France 10.3762/bjoc.19.115 Abstract Cyclodextrins (CDs) are known for their ability to extract lipid components from
  • permeability [8]. They are even able to extract the lipid membrane components leading the membrane to lose its integrity [8]. This behavior was attributed to the hemolytic activity of CDs previously observed on erythrocytes and other cell membranes [9]. Numerous reports highlighting the CDs-mediated lipid
  • not considered in the literature despite the remarkable effect of CHOL on the stability of the lipid bilayer. In fact, CHOL can greatly modulate the membrane permeability: a previous work showed that increasing the CHOL content in the membrane results in a decrease in the membrane permeability in a
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Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

  • Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
  • Alicia Bauduin,
  • Chloé Le Roux,
  • Romain Fouinneteau,
  • Wilfried Berthe,
  • Mathieu Berchel,
  • Hélène Couthon and
  • Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

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  • with the development of edelfosine (an anticancer drug). More recently, ohmline, a glyco glycero ether lipid that modulates selectively SK3 ion channels and reduces in vivo the occurrence of bone metastases, and other glyco glycero ether also identified as GAEL (glycosylated antitumor ether lipids
  • ) that exhibit promising anticancer properties renew the interest in this class of compounds. Indeed, ether lipid represent a new and promising class of compounds featuring the capacity to modulate selectively the activity of some membrane proteins or, for other compounds, feature antiproliferative
  • compounds. Keywords: amphiphiles; edelfosine; GAEL; glycerol lipids; glycolipids; ohmline; plasmalogen; Introduction Ether lipids (ELs) are natural compounds that feature a glycerol unit linked with an ether function to an alkyl (alkyl acyl ether lipid) or alkenyl (plasmalogen) lipid chain. For the
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Discrimination of β-cyclodextrin/hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) oil/flavonoid glycoside and flavonolignan ternary complexes by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with principal component analysis

  • Nicoleta G. Hădărugă,
  • Gabriela Popescu,
  • Dina Gligor (Pane),
  • Cristina L. Mitroi,
  • Sorin M. Stanciu and
  • Daniel Ioan Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 380–398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.30

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  • identification of the variables that have significance for these classifications. FTIR–PCA was successfully applied for the discrimination of raw and thermally processed chicken lipid/β-CD complexes [16]. Moreover, raw and recrystallized β-CD samples (from water and alcohol–water solutions) were successfully
  • classified by the FTIR–PCA technique [4]. In other studies, PCA was coupled with GC–MS for the classification of β-CD/Ocimum basilicum L. essential oil complexes and raw and thermally processed Mangalitza (Sus scrofa domesticus) lipid fractions, as well as for the discrimination of organic apples (Malus
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Insight into oral amphiphilic cyclodextrin nanoparticles for colorectal cancer: comprehensive mathematical model of drug release kinetic studies and antitumoral efficacy in 3D spheroid colon tumors

  • Sedat Ünal,
  • Gamze Varan,
  • Juan M. Benito,
  • Yeşim Aktaş and
  • Erem Bilensoy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 139–157, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.14

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  • our group, and detailed studies were carried out to elucidate the mechanism. Both the results of our studies and the literature emphasize that cyclodextrins show high affinity for lipid-based molecules such as cholesterol and phospholipids in biological membranes [50][55][56]. Furthermore, it was
  • . It was emphasized that the increased plasma membrane fluidity due to the decrease of lipid rafts and, moreover, cholesterol in the biological membrane plays a role in inducing apoptosis [58]. When the literature information and the findings are evaluated, it can be said that the use of CD
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Identification of the new prenyltransferase Ubi-297 from marine bacteria and elucidation of its substrate specificity

  • Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam,
  • Huijuan Guo,
  • Karsten Willing,
  • Thomas Wichard and
  • Christine Beemelmanns

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 722–731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.72

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  • seconds off intervals using Hielscher UP200St ultrasonic processor). The first cell membrane fraction was obtained by centrifugation (12000g, 20 min, 4 °C), while the enriched protein fraction, likely imbedded in lipid rafts, required ultracentrifugation of the crude protein lysates (240000g, 90 min). The
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The role of chemistry in the success of oligonucleotides as therapeutics

  • Pawan Kumar and
  • Tom Brown

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 197–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.22

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  • unmet medical need in the CNS space, and to treat diseases that have been elusive until now. Developing lipid nanoparticles that can selectively deliver oligonucleotides to a desired tissue is also an attractive strategy. Importantly, siRNA encapsulated into lipid nanoparticles has been shown to be
  • effective in patisiran, the first RNAi drug to reach patients. Lipid nanoparticles are also being used in the new generation of RNA vaccines for tackling the COVID pandemic. Another noteworthy advancement is the ease and scale with which oligonucleotides are being produced today. Without access to larger
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Published 14 Feb 2022

Synthesis of new bile acid-fused tetrazoles using the Schmidt reaction

  • Dušan Đ. Škorić,
  • Olivera R. Klisurić,
  • Dimitar S. Jakimov,
  • Marija N. Sakač and
  • János J. Csanádi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2611–2620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.174

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  • selective activity towards certain tumor cell lines. Keywords: antiproliferative activity; Schmidt reaction; steroids; tetrazoles; trimethylsilyl azide; Introduction Bile acids are naturally occurring steroidal surfactants that play various biological roles. Besides the well-known role as lipid
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Progress and challenges in the synthesis of sequence controlled polysaccharides

  • Giulio Fittolani,
  • Theodore Tyrikos-Ergas,
  • Denisa Vargová,
  • Manishkumar A. Chaube and
  • Martina Delbianco

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1981–2025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.129

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Asymmetric organocatalyzed synthesis of coumarin derivatives

  • Natália M. Moreira,
  • Lorena S. R. Martelli and
  • Arlene G. Corrêa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1952–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.128

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  • hydroquinolinone, chromene, piperidine, peptide, lipid, and glycoside moieties (Scheme 2). Bojanowski and co-workers developed a methodology to synthetize 3,4-dihydrocoumarins 10 through a decarboxylative and dearomatizative cascade reaction [33]. This reaction was carried out using coumarin-3-carboxylic acids 8
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On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

  • Renato L. Carvalho,
  • Amanda S. de Miranda,
  • Mateus P. Nunes,
  • Roberto S. Gomes,
  • Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
  • Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

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