Enantioselective organocatalytic partial transfer hydrogenation of lactone-fused quinolines.

The first enantioselective synthesis of 4-aza-podophyllotoxin derivatives by partial transfer hydrogenation of lactone-fused quinolines was achieved using a chiral Brønsted acid catalyst. This reaction was extended to a large scope of substrates with good yields and enantioselectivities.

First steps towards conformationally selective artificial lectins: the chair-boat discrimination by molecularly imprinted polymers.

A series of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared in the presence of a synthetic galactoside locked in a (1,4)B boat conformation. This study demonstrates that, depending on the polymerisation technique, an organic material can selectively bind a carbohydrate in a biologically relevant boat conformation.

Synthesis, electronic properties and electropolymerisation of EDOT-capped sigma3-phospholes.

EDOT-capped sigma3-phosphole self-rigidifies due to an unprecedented P-O interaction and can be electropolymerised affording functionalizable polymers.