RNA plays key roles in essential biological processes, such as protein synthesis, transcriptional regulation, splicing and retroviral replication. The structural diversity of RNA molecules and the lack of known RNA repair mechanisms make these biopolymers ...
Aminoglycosides are powerful antibiotics, but the emergence of resistant bacterial strains has prompted the search for analogues with better pharmacological profiles. The synthesis of 2-deoxystreptamine (2-DOS) dimers linked by polyamines and analogues bas ...
meso-1,1'-Methylenedi[(1R,1'S,3R,3'S,5S,5'R)-3-hydroxy-S-oxabicyclo[3.2. 1]oct-6-ene-1-yl] 14 obtained through the [4+3]-cycloaddition of 2,T-methylenedifuran to oxyallyl cation, followed by reduction, has been desymmetrized by means of a lipase catalyzed ...
A mild and general method for the selective cleavage of anti-1,3-acetonides has been developed for the differentiation of 1,3-anti and 1,3-syn diols in long chain polyolic fragments. The diluted acidic conditions applied to these systems are compatible wit ...
A straightforward approach to macrocyclic structures containing deoxysugar subunits was developed through the functionalization of a bishemiketal. The choice of the length and the nature of the linkers can provide macrocycles with diverse rigidities and po ...
New pathways toward the synthesis of polyketide-like macrolides have been developed through the functionalization of long chain polyolic fragments readily obtained from 3,3'-methylenebis{[6-(benzyloxy)methoxy]cyclohept-3-en-1-ol} derivatives 6. This synthe ...
The asymmetric synthesis of long chain di- and tri-amino polyols is reported. The developed methodology is based on the functionalization of 3,3'-methylenebis{[6-(benzyloxy)methoxy]cyclohept-3-en-1-ol} derivatives that allows the selective introduction of ...