Pericyclic reactions in biological systems - Does nature know about the Diels-Alder reaction?.

S. Laschat, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1996, 35, 289.

Key Words:
BIOCHEMISTRY/ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS/DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS/PERICYCLIC REACTIONS/CATALYTIC ANTIBODIES/CHORISMATE MUTASE/BIOSYNTHESIS/CYCLIZATION/ALKALOIDS



New synthetic pathways to nitrogen heterocycles.

S. Laschat, Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1997, 1.

Key Words:
nitrogen heterocycles/imines/hetero-Diels-Alder reaction/hetero-ene reaction/DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS/INTRAMOLECULAR ENE-REACTION/DOUBLY ACTIVATED IMINES/ELECTRON-RICH ALKENES/ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS/MANNICH-MICHAEL REACTIONS/CYCLO-ADDITION REACTIONS/LEWIS-ACID/STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS/ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS



Stereoselective synthesis of piperidines.

S. Laschat, T. Dickner, Synthesis, 2000, 1781.

Key Words:
DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS/PIPECOLIC ACID-DERIVATIVES/ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS/HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS/SATURATED NITROGEN-HETEROCYCLES/ENOLATE CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT/ASYMMETRIC TOTAL SYNTHESIS/CLOSING OLEFIN METATHESIS/SUBSTANCE-P ANTAGONISTS/CHIRAL BUILDING-BLOCKS