Diagnostic, treatment, and follow-up of osteoporosis-position statement of the Latin American Federation of Endocrinology.

Unlabelled: The Latin American Federation of Endocrinology position statement on osteoporosis was developed by endocrinologists from 9 countries. It encompasses the definition, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the disease, the identification of barriers to healthcare, and proposals to improve the disease care in the region.

Introduction: There is a gap in the understanding of osteoporosis in Latin America.

Coupling of Sulfoxonium Ylides with Arynes: A Direct Synthesis of Pro-Chiral Aryl Ketosulfoxonium Ylides and Its Application in the Preparation of α-Aryl Ketones.

A general, mild, and versatile synthesis of the challenging α-aryl-β-ketosulfoxonium ylides has been developed for the first time, substituting traditional methods starting from diazo compounds. The arylation of easily accessible β-ketosulfoxonium ylides using aryne chemistry allowed the preparation of a large scope of the pro-chiral ylides in very good yields (40 examples; up to 85%). As applications, these ylides were smoothly converted into α-aryl ketones after desulfurization in good yields (up to 98%) as well as in other important derivatives.

Six-Step Syntheses of (-)-1-Deoxyaltronojirimycin and (+)-1-Deoxymannonojirimycin from N-Z-O-TBDPS-l-serinal.

Highly stereoselective six-step syntheses of (-)-1-deoxyaltronojirimycin (altro-DNJ) and (+)-1-deoxymannojirimycin (manno-DNJ) from N-Cbz-O-TBDPS-l-serinal are described. Key transformations involve a two-step preparation of a functionalized dihydropyridin-3-one as a common intermediate followed by Luche reduction and dihydroxylation (for altro-DNJ). The same sequence employing an epoxidation/epoxide opening in place of dihydroxylation furnishes manno-DNJ.