A mild and simple protocol converts the labile disulfide bond of unprotected native peptides into highly stable methylene thioacetals, annihilating reductive lability and increasing stability.
A new cascade reaction involving an intramolecular Michael addition followed by an alkyne carbocyclization is presented. The reaction is promoted by a substoichiometric amount of KHMDS and represents one of the rare examples where the carbocyclization of an unactivated alkyne is mediated by an alkali metal base, under mild conditions. The reaction allows the generation of functionally dense, stereochemically defined, tricyclic structures possessing three adjacent stereocenters in good yields and with high stereoselectivity.
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