Building blocks for the total synthesis of anthracyclinones.

K. Krohn, Prog. Chem. Org. Nat. Prod., 1989, 55, 37.

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Synthesis of Anthracyclinones by Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Addition to Anthraquinones.

K. Krohn, Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 291.

Key Words:
C-C BOND FORMATION/AROMATICS/RING FORMATION/CARBOHYDRATES/O=C(R)-C-X/(O)OH/LACTIC ACID



Zirconium alkoxide catalyzed oxidation of phenols, alcohols, and amines.

K. Krohn, Synthesis, 1997, 1115.

Key Words:
ortho-quinones/zirconium catalysis/tert-butyl hydroperoxide oxygenation/alcohols/aldehydes/ketones/anilines/nitro compounds/TERT-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE/AMMONIUM CERIUM(IV) NITRATE/PONNDORF-VERLEY REDUCTION/CHEMOSELECTIVE OXIDATION/HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE/ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS/ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS/COMPLEX <MO(O2)2O>.PY.HMPT/CETYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE/DIMERIC NAPHTHOQUINONES



Biomimetic synthesis of deca- and dodecaketide-derived quinone antibiotics

K. Krohn, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2002, 1351.

Key Words:
aldol reaction/angucyclines/anthracyclines/biomimetic synthesis/polyketides/quinone antibiotics/PRACTICAL ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS/BIOGENETIC-TYPE SYNTHESES/ANGUCYCLINE ANTIBIOTICS/4-DEOXYAKLANONIC ACID/CYCLIZATION REACTIONS/STREPTOMYCES-FRADIAE/METABOLIC PRODUCTS/NATURAL-PRODUCTS/RING-SYSTEM/ANTHRACYCLINONES



Chemical synthesis of benzamide riboside

K. Krohn, H. Dorner, M. Zukowski, Curr. Med. Chem., 2002, 9, 727.

Key Words:
benzamide riboside/C-nucleoside/chemical synthesis anomeric configuration/nucleosides/analogs/acids



Angucyclines: Total syntheses, new structures, and biosynthetic studies of an emerging new class of antibiotics.

K. Krohn, J. Rohr, Top. Curr. Chem., 1997, 188, 127.

Key Words:
FURAN CYCLOADDITION APPROACH/INVIVO ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES/ORTHO METALATION REACTIONS/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENE/STREPTOMYCES SP NO-89009/TAITUNGENSIS SUBSP NOV/ANTI-TUMOR ANTIBIOTICS/ARYL C-GLYCOSIDES/PRADIMICIN-A/RING-SYSTEM