• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.313-318
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• 2008

An enantioselective ring opening of racemic terminal epoxides has been achieved by using heterobimetallic cobalt salen complexes with variety of nucleophiles. They were proven to be highly enantioselective and reactive for the synthesis of valuable chiral building blocks in enantio-riched forms up to 98% ee.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.653-663
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• 2010

Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-clavosolide A and B was reported in full including the synthesis of proposed structure of (-)-clavosoldie A (1), revised structure of (-)-clavosoldie A (5), and revised structure of (-)-clavosoldie B (6). The relative and absolute stereochemistries of the natural products were confirmed unambiguously by comparing the optical rotation values and $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR spectra of them.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.2019-2022
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• 2006

(1S,2R)-cis-1-Amino-2-indanol has been synthesized. A unique feature of the synthesis involves securing the functionalities and the configurations of the two stereocenters on an acyclic precursor before cyclizing it into the final ring-skeleton. The strategy allows both the stereocenters to be controlled in an absolute manner.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1615-1616
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• 2004

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.474-480
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• 2010

Conformationally locked nucleosides are important in searching selective agonists and antagonists for P2Y receptors. There were two previous synthetic works of the crucial intermediate, cyclopentenyl alcohol (3), which had some inefficiency like using too strong dianionic base and synthesis of racemate. Here we describes a facile synthesis of the intermediate using Sharpless epoxidation and the opening of epoxide ring using zinc, followed by Grubb's metathesis as key steps. The intermediate was converted to the southern bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane for confirming its usefulness.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.432-434
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• 2001

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.1101-1103
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• 2005

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.11
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• pp.1695-1698
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• 2003

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.409-414
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• 2012

Xanthorrhizol is a bisabolane type of natural sesquiterpene, the major component of essential oils of Curcuma xanthorrhiza. 2-(3-Methoxy-4-methylphenyl)propan-1-ol and 2-(3-hydroxy-4-methyl phenyl)propan-1-ol could be essential building block for enantioselective synthesis of xanthorrhizol. Enantioselective (c = 53%, E = $80{\pm}3$) for R-(+)-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methylphenyl) propan-1-ol and (c = 58%, E = $27{\pm}1$) for R-(+)-2-(3-methoxy-4-methylphenyl) propan-1-ol resolution processes were developed via lipase-catalyzed reaction. We found lipase Aspergillus oryzae (AOL) and Porcine pancreas (PPL) are selective to transesterification and hydrolysis in organic and aqueous phase. Modified demethylated substrate is appropriate for enantioselective hydrolysis reaction without any additives. Enantiopure chiral alcohol was crystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane co-solvent system. Gram scale resolved chiral intermediate will facilitate the synthesis of the unnatural S-(+)-xanthorrhizol, the corresponding isomer of the natural one.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.167-179
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• 2005

Chiral epoxides are highly valuable intermediates, used for the synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs and agrochemicals. They have broad scope of market demand because of their applications. A major challenge in modern organic chemistry is to generate such compounds in high yields, with high stereo- and regio-selectivities. Epoxide hydrolases (EH) are promising biocatalysts for the preparation of chiral epoxides and vicinal diols. They exhibit high enantioselectivity for their substrates, and can be effectively used in the resolution of racemic epoxides through enantioselective hydrolysis. The selective hydrolysis of a racemic epoxide can produce both the corresponding diols and the unreacted epoxides with high enantiomeric excess (ee) value. The potential of microbial EH to produce chiral epoxides and vicinal diol has prompted researchers to explore their use in the synthesis of epoxides and diols with high ee values.