Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry - Volume 18, Issue 3, 2021

Marine mollusks are a prolific source of secondary metabolites with complex/diverse structures and various aspects of biological activities. For the above-mentioned reason, these animals have been extensively explored and have become the hotspot of the research subject in recent years. It is well documented that mollusks can escape from predation by utilizing bioactive metabolites as defensive chemicals. In the last decade, Read More

Enzyme-catalyzed cascade reactions have attracted an increasing attention with many advantages, such as environmental protection, high efficiency and no need for intermediate purification. The present overview has summarized enzymatic cascade benefit systems, including double-enzyme, multi-enzyme, and chemical-enzyme catalytic one-pot reactions. With the continuous developments in protein engineering, me Read More

Mimosa pudica Linn is an integrated part of the Traditional Medicines Systems of India, China, Africa, Korea and America. It has been used for centuries in traditional medicines to cure different diseases like fever, diabetes, constipation, jaundice, ulcers, biliousness, and dyspepsia. It is an essential ingredient of a wide class of herbal formulations. To assess the scientific evidence for therapeutic potential of Mimosa pudica Li Read More

Thioaurones are known for more than one hundred years; however, they are relatively less studied. In some way, due to their appealing as a candidate of photoswitchable molecules, they have led to generating considerable interest in the last years. In this literature survey, we report and discuss the recent advancements made in the synthesis, reactivity and applications of the thioaurone derivatives. To a great extent, the Read More

China primarily contains medium and low-grade phosphorus ores that are used to produce phosphoric acid. Here, we provide an overview of phosphoric acid production processes, including wet, thermal, and Kiln methods, as well as the fundamental principles, major equipment, and technological aspects of each process. Progress in the Kiln method using low-grade phosphate rock is described, which involves the KPA Read More

Haloamination (or called aminohalogenation) upon the C-C unsaturated bonds is an important amino functionalization, which can introduce the halogen atoms accompanying with the amino groups into the substrate backbones in a tandem manner. Over the past two decades, it has drawn increasing attention due to its versatile applications. In this review, we will mainly focus on the synthetic strategies anchoring the interm Read More

At present, due to increased costs, decreased productivity, and lack of breakthrough technologies, many pharmaceutical firms face various challenges in their research and development projects. A variety of environmental concerns have also been gradually placing pressure on the pharmaceutical industry, including substantial profit losses due to patent expiration, more expensive health care facilities, and more stri Read More

Benzoxazoles are an important class of the heterocyclic compound and display a wide range of pharmacological activities and other applications. Due to their varied application, they are always an important moiety for synthetic chemists to develop newer methodologies for their synthesis. In this review, an attempt has been made to briefly describe and summarize all of the available methods for the preparation of benzoxazol Read More