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Steglich esterification: A versatile synthetic approach toward the synthesis of natural products, their analogues/derivatives.

Saba Munawar, Ameer Fawad Zahoor, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Sajjad Ahmad, Asim Mansha, Bushra Parveen, Kulsoom Ghulam Ali, Ahmad Irfan

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Saba MunawarDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ameer Fawad ZahoorDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Syed Makhdoom HussainDepartment of Zoology, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sajjad AhmadDepartment of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Asim ManshaDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Bushra ParveenDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Kulsoom Ghulam AliDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ahmad IrfanDepartment of Chemistry, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia.
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKKing Khalid University · SAUniversity of Engineering and Technology Lahore · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The exploitation of natural products and their analogues in the field of pharmacology has been regarded as of great importance. It can be attributed to the fact that these scaffolds exhibit diverse chemical properties, distinct biological activities and zenith specificity in their biochemical processes, enabling them to act as favorable structures for lead compounds. The synthesis of natural products has been a crafty and hard-to-achieve task. Steglich esterification reaction has played a significant role in that area. It is a mild and efficient technique for constructing ester linkages. This technique involves the establishment of ester moiety via a carbodiimide-based condensation of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol, thiol or an amine catalyzed by dimethyl aminopyridine (DMAP). Specifically, labile reagents with multiple reactive sites are esterified efficiently with the classical and modified Steglich esterification conditions, which accounts for their synthetic utility. This review encloses the performance of the Steglich esterification reaction in forging the ester linkage for executing the total synthesis of natural products and their derivatives since 2018.

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PMID38170008
PMCPMC10758822
OpenAlexW4389509951

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