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High‐Yielding Total Synthesis of Sexually Deceptive Chiloglottones and Antimicrobial Dialkylresorcinols through an Organocatalytic Reductive Coupling Reaction (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 33/2014)
Author(s) -
Madhavachary Rudrakshula,
Ramachary Dhevalapally B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201490093
Subject(s) - chemistry , sex pheromone , total synthesis , antimicrobial , coupling reaction , coupling (piping) , stereochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , botany , catalysis , biology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The cover picture shows how an organocatalytic reductive coupling reaction became a key reaction for the high‐yielding two‐pot total synthesis of sexually deceptive chiloglottones, regarded as an unexplored class of natural products. Chiloglottones 1–6 were identified in orchids of the genus Chiloglottis , in which they act as pheromones to fool its pollinator, the male wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides . Details are discussed in the Short Communication by R. Madhavachary and D. B. Ramachary on p. 7317 ff .