@article { ISI:000248238400001, title = {Application of hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) in the synthesis of bioactive compounds}, journal = {Tetrahedron}, volume = {63}, number = {13}, year = {2007}, month = {MAR}, pages = {2745-2785}, publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD}, type = {Article}, address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND}, keywords = {Biological activity, bis-epoxides, Hydrolytic kinetic resolution, meso-epoxides, Natural products, synthesis, terminal epoxides}, issn = {0040-4020}, doi = {10.1016/j.tet.2006.12.015}, author = {Kumar, Pradeep and Naidu, Vasudeva and Gupta, Priti} } @article { ISI:000267168600002, title = {Hydrolytic kinetic resolution as an emerging tool in the synthesis of bioactive molecules}, journal = {Synlett}, number = {9}, year = {2009}, month = {JUN}, pages = {1367-1382}, publisher = {GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG}, address = {RUDIGERSTR 14, D-70469 STUTTGART, GERMANY}, abstract = {

A variety of racemic epoxides mainly derived from terminal olefins, such as aliphatic epoxides, multifuncitonalized epoxides and amine-substituted epoxides, have been successfully resolved into the enantiomerically pure epoxides and diols using Jacobsen{\textquoteright}s hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) method. The chiral epoxides thus prepared were further elaborated by synthetic manipulation to provide a variety Of Compounds of biological interest. A general synthetic strategy for the construction Of S synlanti-1,3-polyol systems using iterative HKR has been developed, which was subsequently utilized in the synthesis of natural products with a broad range of biological activity. The protocol for the 1,3-polyols was also further extended to the synthesis of 1,3-amino alcohols.

}, keywords = {Biological activity, Hydrolytic kinetic resolution, Natural products, synthesis, terminal epoxides}, issn = {0936-5214}, doi = {10.1055/s-0029-1217171}, author = {Kumar, Pradeep and Gupta, Priti} } @article { ISI:000285311000016, title = {Enantio- and diastereocontrolled total synthesis of (+)-strictifolione}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, number = {36}, year = {2010}, month = {DEC}, pages = {6993-7004}, publisher = {WILEY-BLACKWELL}, address = {COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA}, abstract = {

A concise and practical enantioselective synthesis of (+)-strictifolione has been achieved in high diastereomeric excess using Jacobsen{\textquoteright}s hydrolytic kinetic resolution, proline-catalyzed sequential alpha-aminoxylation and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination of aldehyde and cross olefin/ring-closing metathesis as the key steps.

}, keywords = {Asymmetric synthesis, Hydrolytic kinetic resolution, lactones, Natural products, organocatalysis, Ring-closing metathesis, Total synthesis}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201001221}, author = {Kumar, Pradeep and Pandey, Menaka and Gupta, Priti and Naidu, S. Vasudeva and Dhavale, Dilip D.} } @article { ISI:000371239900016, title = {Enantioselective modular total synthesis of macrolides Sch725674 and C-4-epi-Sch725674}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, number = {6}, year = {2016}, month = {FEB}, pages = {1215-1226}, publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH}, address = {POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY}, abstract = {

The convergent total synthesis of Sch725674 has been accomplished by starting from (R)-1,2-epoxyheptane and assembling five modules in a highly stereoselective manner to give the final product in 6.6\% overall yield. The same strategy was extended to the synthesis of its C-4 epimer. Key reactions of the synthetic pathway include a Jacobsen hydrolytic kinetic resolution of an epoxide followed by its regioselective opening through a Yamaguchi-Hirao alkynylation, and ring-closing metathesis reaction to furnish the unique 14-membered ring macrolactone. In addition, the influence of protecting groups on the efficiency of the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) macrocyclization has been studied to maximize its yields.

}, keywords = {Asymmetric synthesis, Hydrolytic kinetic resolution, Macrocycles, Metathesis, Natural products}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201501531}, author = {Sharma, Brijesh M. and Gontala, Arjun and Kumar, Pradeep} } @article {44654, title = {First total synthesis of the proposed structure of pandangolide 1}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, year = {2018}, month = {JUL}, pages = {3352-3364}, abstract = {

The first total synthesis of the proposed structure of pandangolide 1 is reported. The synthesis was carried out using both an organocatalytic approach and a chiral-pool approach. The required stereochemistry at C-3 and C-5 was installed by using an organocatalytic aldol reaction and a stereoselective ketone reduction. The construction of the 12-membered core was achieved by 2-methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride-mediated Shiina lactonization. The structure of target molecule was confirmed unambiguously by single-crystal X-ray analysis, but the optical rotation and NMR spectroscopic data of the synthetic pandangolide 1 were found to be inconsistent with the natural product.

}, keywords = {lactones, Macrocycles, Natural products, structure elucidation, synthesis design, Total synthesis}, issn = {1434-193X}, doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201800675}, author = {Show, Krishanu and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Kumar, Pradeep} }