Stereocontrolled (E,Z and erythro, threo) synthesis of ⊙-hydroxyallylic sulphides

All four isomers of substituted 3-alkylthio-4-hydroxybutenes have been synthesised: both the geometry of the double bond and the relative stereochemistry of the two chiral centres are controlled.     

Steroidal antifeedants from the dorid nudibranch Aldisasanguineacooperi

Two steroids, 3-oxo-chol-4-ene-24-oic acid ($\text{2}$) andi ts unsaturated analog $\text{4}$ have been isolated from the dorid nudibranch $\text{Aldisa}$$\text{sanguinea}$$\text{cooperi}$, and the acid $\text{2}$ has been shown to have antifeedant properties.     

New highly oxidized fusicoccane diterpenoids from the liverwort plagiochilaacanthophylla subsp. japonica

Four novel fusicoccane diterpenoids, fusicoplagins A, B, C, and D, have been isolated from the liverwort $\text{Plagiochila}$$\text{acanthophylla}$ subsp. $\text{japonica}$ and the structures determined by spectroscopic methods, chemical transformations, and X-ray crystallographic analysis.     

Empirical determination of medium effects on the equilibrium between transcis and transtrans 1,2-dibromo-4-t-butylcyclohexanes

Head space analysis, GLC retention time data, and solution calorimetry are used to determine the effect of medium on the thermodynamic parameters for the equilibrium (1) ? (2). It is shown that changes in ΔG° and ΔH° can be evaluated for the transfer of the equilibrium from a series of solvents to the gaseous phase which is used as the reference medium.     

The alkaloids of Delphiniumbicolor nutt.

The structures of alkaloid-$\text{A}$ and -$\text{B}$ were established via X-ray crystallography of the former as its HI salt, and its chemical conversion to the latter.     

A new class of macrocyclic diterpenes from Bertyadimerostigma (euphorbiaceae)

Three diterpene acids, representing a new class of bicyclic diterpenes, have been isolated from $\text{Bertya dimerostigma}$ F. Muell. (Euphorbiaceae). Spectroscopic and X-ray cryatallographic evidence for their structure is presented. A rationale for their origin $\text{via}$ modification of the casbane skeleton is given.     

Synthesis of the O-specific polysaccharide of Shigellaflexneri

A regular heteropolysaccharide built of tetrasaccharide repeating units is synthesised by means of regio- and stereospecific polycondensation of a tritylated cyanoethylidene derivative. The polysaccharide obtained is identical with the O-antigenic polysaccharides of $\text{Shigella}$$\text{flexneri}$ serotypes 3b, 3c, and variant Y. It also represents the basic chain of O-antigenic polysaccharides of all serotypes of this bacterium.     

Highly substituted chromanols from cultures of aspergillusduricaulis

The new compounds $\text{1}$ – $\text{4}$ and $\text{8}$ have been isolated from cultures of $\text{Aspergillus}$$\text{duricaulis}$