Structure of genipin in solution: a combined experimental and theoretical study
- S. Tommaso, P. David, C. Adamo
- Chemistry
- 30 July 2013
A combined experimental and theoretical study is here presented on the structure of genipin, a widely used molecule, whose applications range from natural cross-linker for proteins to regulating…
Pyrrole-Assisted and Easy Oxidation of Cyclic α-Amino Acid-Derived Diketopiperazines under Mild Conditions
- H. Tian, L. Ermolenko, A. Al‐Mourabit
- Chemistry, Biology
- 1 June 2011
A new procedure for the aerobic oxidation of α-amino acids acylated by pyrrole-carboxylic acid with triplet dioxygen is introduced, and the non-catalyzed direct oxidation of amino acid derivatives at the α-position with molecular dioXYgen represents a fundamental question.
Axiphenylalaninium and axityrosinium, modified amino acids from the Mediterranean marine sponge Axinella polypoides.
- Marion Gabant, Marie-Thérèse Martin, A. Al‐Mourabit
- ChemistryJournal of Natural Products
- 17 September 2009
Two new modified amino acids and four known metabolites, including C2-alpha-D-mannosylpyranosyl-L-tryptophan, are isolated from the marine sponge Axinella polypoides collected in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sulfated steroids: ptilosteroids A-C and ptilosaponosides A and B from the Solomon Islands marine sponge Ptilocaulis spiculifer.
- Marion Gabant, I. Schmitz-Afonso, A. Al‐Mourabit
- Chemistry, BiologyJournal of Natural Products
- 19 February 2009
Biological tests of three new pregnanes isolated from the marine sponge Ptilocaulis spiculifer showed that they are not cytotoxic against KB cells.
Diastereoselective preparation of cyclic β-aminoketals. Application to the total synthesis of piperidine alkaloids
- Ala Eddin Al-Sarabi, Annabelle Bariau, Marion Gabant, Jean-Charles Wypych, P. Chalard, Y. Troin
- Chemistry, Biology
- 30 April 2007
The diastereoselective synthesis of cyclic β-aminoketone derivatives which are very powerful synthons for alkaloid synthesis are described, demonstrated through the synthesis of indolizidine 209D and also in the preparation of allosedridine which has been isolated from Sedum acre.
Pyrrole-Assisted and Easy Oxidation of Cyclic α-Amino Acid-Derived Diketopiperazines under Mild Conditions.
- H. Tian, L. Ermolenko, A. Al‐Mourabit
- Chemistry
- 15 November 2011
An aerobic oxidation of pyrrole-amino acid derivatives without any metal or light catalysis is described.