Revised Structure of Anthelvencin A and Characterization of the Anthelvencin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster.

Anthelvencins A and B are pyrrolamide metabolites produced by ATCC 14583 and 14585. Isolated in 1965, they were reported to exhibit anthelmintic and moderate antibacterial activities. In this study, we revise the structure of anthelvencin A and identify a third anthelvencin metabolite, bearing two -methylated pyrrole groups, which we named anthelvencin C.

Modular Access to N-Substituted cis 5-Amino-3-hydroxypiperidines.

A sequence of oxidative cleavage/reductive amination/reductive cleavage enables the preparation of N-substituted cis 5-amino-3-hydroxypiperidines from a readily available bicyclic adduct. This new route provides straightforward and versatile access to drug-relevant scaffolds or fragments.

Mono thiomalonates as thioester enolate equivalents--enantioselective 1,4-addition reactions to nitroolefins under mild conditions.

Mono thiomalonates (MTMs) are introduced as thioester enolate equivalents. Asymmetric organocatalyzed conjugate addition reactions to nitroolefins proceed under mild conditions to afford synthetically useful γ-nitrothioesters with excellent yields and enantioselectivities.