Publications by authors named "Marco Pierau"

(Hetero)aromatic compounds are vastly available and easy to functionalise building blocks in the chemical industry. Asymmetric arene hydrogenation enables direct access to complex three-dimensional scaffolds with (multiple) defined stereocentres in a single catalytic process and, by this, the rapid installation of molecular complexity. The potential usage of hydrogen from renewable sources and perfect atom economy bears the potential for sustainable and broadly applicable transformations to valuable products.

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Cholesterol is a sterol lipid found in all higher eukaryotic organisms. It is required to consolidate the basic structural integrity and dynamic principles of cellular membranes and participates in many essential cellular processes that range from signal transduction to membrane traffic and metabolism. Moreover, a growing number of clinically highly relevant diseases such as immunological disorders or cancer has been linked to changes or misfunctions in cholesterol homeostasis.

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The nongenetic modification of cell membranes with proteins is a straightforward way of cellular engineering. In these processes, it is important to specifically address the proteins to liquid-ordered (Lo) or liquid-disordered (Ld) domains as this can largely affect their biological functions. Herein, we report a cholesterol analogue (CHIM) with a nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) headgroup, named CHIM-NTA.

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Saturated N-heterocycles are prominent motifs found in various natural products and pharmaceuticals. Despite the increasing interest in this class of compounds, the synthesis of saturated bicyclic azacycles requires tedious multi-step syntheses. Herein, we present a one-pot protocol for the synthesis of octahydroindoles, decahydroquinolines, and octahydroindolizines through a cascade reaction.

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