• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.889-890
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• 1994

A comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) on the substituent effect of the palladium(Ⅱ) catalyzed [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of allylic esters was studied to show a good correlation between the electrostatic property of substituents and the reaction rate. The CoMFA result suggests that the reaction rate will increase as the electron-donating ability of substituents increases.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.98-100
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• 1994

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.112-113
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• 1996

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.2153-2161
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• 2007

The transition metal-induced in situ generation of carbene complexes from alkynes having a carbonyl or imino group as a nucleophilic functionality has been investigated. These reactive carbenoid species are generated with high atom efficiency through a 6-endo-dig cyclization mode based on the electrocyclization of vinylidene complexes or a 5-exo-dig cyclization mode in π-alkyne complexes, and have been found to serve as versatile intermediates in catalytic carbene transfer reactions. Highlighted and reviewed in this account are the generation and preparation of pyranylidene, furylcarbene, pyrrolylcarbene, and vinylcarbene complexes and their application to [3,3]sigmatropic rearrangement of acylcyclopropylvinylidenes, catalytic cyclopropanation reactions, [2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement or condensation reactions via ylides, ring-opening and substitution reactions with heteroaromatic compounds, and catalytic isomerization of oligoynes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.1812-1816
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• 2004

The stereoselective synthesis 4′,6′-dually branched carbocyclic nucleosides was accomplished in this study. The introduction of a methyl group in the 6′$({\alpha})$-position was accomplished by Felkin-Anh controlled alkylation. The construction of the required 4′$({\alpha})$-quaternary carbon was carried out using a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. Bis-vinyl 6 was successfully cyclized using a Grubbs' catalyst II. The natural bases (adenine, cytosine) were efficiently coupled using a Pd(0) catalyst. When the synthesized compounds were examined for their activity against several viruses such as the HIV-1, HSV-1, HSV-2 and HCMV, the cytosine analogue 13 exhibited good antiviral activity against the HCMV.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.10
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• pp.1520-1524
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• 2005

This paper describes the racemic and stereoselective synthetic route for a novel 4'$\alpha$-phenyl and 6'$\alpha$-methyl doubly branched carbocyclic nucleosides from an acyclic 2-hydroxy acetophenone. The installation of phenyl group at the 4'-position of carbocyclic nucleoside was successfully accomplished via a sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. The stereoselective introduction of a methyl group in the 6'$\alpha$-position was accomplished by Felkin-Anh controlled alkylation. Bis-vinyl 11 compound was successfully cyclized using a Grubbs’ catalyst II to desired carbocycles. The natural bases (adenine and cytosine) were efficiently coupled using a Pd(0) catalyst. Although all the synthesized compounds were examined for their activity against several viruses such as HIV-1, HSV-1, HSV-2 and HCMV, only cytosine analogues 17 exhibited weak antiviral activity against HCMV.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.197-202
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• 1987

Sigmatropic rearrangement of cis and trans-2-methyl-N-phenyl-1,3-oxathiolane-2-acetamide (b) and (c) gave unisolable sulfenic acids (d) and (f), respectively. These sulfenic acids were confirmed by deuterium exchange reactions involving 2-methylene and 2-methyl groups. The reactions also showed that no isomerization between the cis and trans sulfoxides (b) and (c) occurred under neutral conditions. However, the isomerization took place in the presence of acid catalyst. Stereospecific recyclization of sulfenic acids to the sulfoxides is attributable to possible hydrogen bonding between sulfenyl oxygen and NH proton or it arises from the geometrical requirements of the reacting bond and atoms in the reverse sigmatropic rearrangement. In the oxidation of 1, 3-oxathiolane, cis sulfoxide (b) could be obtained selectively in high yield by using $H_2O_2$-benzene seleninic acid.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.271-275
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• 2003

Easy and efficient synthetic route of novel 4'-C methyl branched carbocyclic nucleosides is described. The installation of alkyl and aryl groups at 4'-position of carbocyclic nucleosides were successfully made via sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) starting from simple ketones such as acetol. Adenine and uracil were coupled via Pd(0) catalyzed reaction, followed by desilylation to give novel compounds 13 and 14, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.238-246
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• 1989

1,3-Oxathiolane sulfoxide 4 in which the sulfoxide oxygen and the 2-methyl group are on the same face of the oxathiolane ring undergoes a sigmatropic rearrangement to produce a ring expansion product. The structure of this product would be dihydro-1,4-oxathiin 6 or isomeric exo compound 7. This paper describes physical and chemical methods to determine the correct structure of the two alternatives. Thus, $^1HNMR$, UV spectroscopies, and mass spectrometry showed that the product actually obtained had the structure 6. It was also found that from deuteration reactions of the product the compound 7 was initaly formed and then tautomerized to endo compound 6.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.976-980
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• 2006

The synthesis of 4'-phenyl and 1'-methyl doubly branched carbocyclic nucleoside was accomplished from 2-hydroxy acetophenone. The 4'-phenyl group was installed via a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement reaction, and the carbonyl addition of methylmagnesium bromide was used to introduce the 1'-methyl group. Cyclization of divinyl 9 was performed using $2^{nd}$ generation Grubbs catalyst. The coupling of cyclopentenol 12$\alpha$ with 6-chloropurine by Mitsunobu reaction and desilylation was used to synthesize the target nucleoside 15.