@article { ISI:000381122100030,
	title = {Single pot transfer hydrogenation and aldolization of furfural over metal oxide catalysts},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {146},
	number = {8},
	year = {2016},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {1611-1619},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	address = {233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>One pot catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) of furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FAL) by using hydrogen producing alcohols and simultaneous aldolization of carbonyl compounds produced during CTH, with furfural was achieved over non-noble metal oxides with bifunctional sites. Basic sites of MgO responsible for abstraction of proton showed complete conversion of furfural to give FAL and C8 monomer in a ratio of 3:1, respectively, the later altered to 1:1 by incorporating Al into MgO. Catalyst stability was established by its four cycles study. [GRAPHICS]</p>},
	keywords = {Aldol, furfural, Furfuryl alcohol, Metal oxides, transfer hydrogenation},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-016-1786-6},
	author = {Biradar, Narayan S. and Hengne, Amol M. and Sakate, S. S. and Swami, R. K. and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
@article {46137,
	title = {Neural anti-inflammatory natural product periconianone A: total synthesis and biological evaluation},
	journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry},
	year = {2019},
	month = {APR },
	pages = {2376-2381},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Total synthesis of periconianone A, an eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoid with impressive neural anti-inflammatory potential, has been accomplished. Diels-Alder/aldol strategy to construct tetrahydro-naphthalene-2,6-dione scaffold, allylic oxidation of dienone using DBU/O-2 and postulated biomimetic aldol reaction to construct 6/6/6 tricyclic system are the highlights of the present synthesis. Furthermore, the synthesized (+/-)-periconianone A and two close analogs were tested for their neural anti-inflammatory activity using various assays. In the course of our study we found a structurally simplified analog is superior to (+/-)-periconianone A.</p>
},
	keywords = {Aldol, Allylic oxidation, Biological evaluation, Cytotoxicity, Diels-Alder, Periconianone A},
	issn = {1434-193X},
	doi = {10.1002/ejoc.201900048},
	author = {Kalmode, Hanuman P. and Patil, Suhag S. and Handore, Kishor L. and Athawale, Paresh R. and Dandela, Rambabu and Verma, Abhishek Kumar and Basu, Anirban and Reddy, D. Srinivasa}
}
