The catalytic enantioselective oxidative hetero-coupling of arenols using a chiral vanadium(v) complex has been developed. The coupling of hydroxycarbazole derivatives with various arenols provided axially chiral biarenols in high chemo-,...

The first enantioselective Pictet–Spengler reaction of acyclic α-ketoesters with tryptamines has been developed. Excellent yields and enantioselectivity were obtained for the reaction using chiral imidazoline-phosphoric acid catalysts. Density functional theory calculations suggested possible transition states that explain the origin of chiral induction. This process provides an efficient route for the synthesis of tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives.

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Four new cholestane glycosides (1-4) were isolated from the leaves of Cordyline terminalis (Agavaceae). The structures of the new compounds were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and a few chemical transformations followed by chromatographic and spectroscopic analyses.

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