Oligo switches: photoresponsive oligonucleotide conjugates by solid-supported click chemistry

Photoresponsive oligonucleotides (ONs) incorporating isoxazole-linked azobenzene (AB) moieties were prepared by resin-supported nitrile oxide-alkyne cycloaddition (NOAC) chemistry. The thermal and photochromic properties of the modified ONs were significantly influenced by the extent of pi-conjugation between the isoxazole and the AB modules.

Total Synthesis of the Antitumor Macrolides, (+)-Brefeldin A and 4‑Epi-Brefeldin A from D‑Glucose: Use of the Padwa Anionic Allenylsulfone [3+2]-Cycloadditive Elimination To Construct Trans-Configured Chiral Cyclopentane Systems

A new synthesis of (+)-brefeldin A is reported via Padwa allenylsulfone [3+2]-cycloadditive elimination. Cycloadduct 13 was initially elaborated into iodide
27, which, following treatment with Zn, gave aldehyde 28 whose C(9) stereocenter was epimerized. Further elaboration into enoate 38 and Julia−Kocienski olefination with 5 subsequently afforded 39, which was deprotected at C(1) and O(15). Yamaguchi macrolactonization of the seco-acid thereafter afforded a macrocycle that underwent O-desilylation and inversion at C(4) to give (+)-brefeldin A following deprotection