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Di- and trinucleotides may be used as units instead of the monomers. This convergent synthetic strategy simplifies the purification of products, since they are differentiated by a much higher jump in molecular mass and functionality from the educls than in monomer additions, and it raises the yield. We can illustrate the latter effect with an imaginary sequence of seven synthetic steps, c.g. nucleotide condensations, where the yield is 80% in each step. In a converging seven-step synthesis an octanucleotide would be obtained in 0.8 x 100 = 51% yield, compared with a 0.8 x 100 = 21% yield in a linear synthesis. 

Situation like microelectronics decades ago impetus by analytical chemistry lab-on-a-chip - biological applications microfabrication and micro devices scale out input-output board fast and hazardous reactions plug-and-play modules interconnects non-linear synthesis growth of scientific community industry s response selected key players and their activities [217]. 

Since the synthesis plan has a point of convergence it is not possible to define an overall yield for the entire synthesis by simply multiplying the respective reaction yields as would be correct for a truly linear synthesis. This can be deduced by observing that there is no common yield factor that clears all fractions when it is multiplied by the sum of all terms representing the mass of input materials. In the case of a linear plan this would be possible and thus the resulting numerator in the general expression for overall kernel RME would... 

Marc Van Regenmortel I think the synthesis that is relevant is a nonlinear synthesis. Linear synthesis and push-pull causality have been given up, because complexity cannot be analysed using linear mathematical tools. 

Scheme 4.30 Completion of a six-step linear synthesis of strychnine using a Brook rearrange-ment/conjugate addition to generate the Wieland-Gumlich aldehyde...

Harley-Mason et al. (162) have reported a linear synthesis of ( )-geissoschizine. Acylation of 293 with e77f/iro-2-bromo-3-methoxybutyroyl chloride gave a diastereomeric mixture of C-3-epimer amides 294, only one of which could be cyclized to tetracyclic ester 295. Hydrolysis and decarboxylation, fol-... 

In 1969, Szantay and co-workers published a linear synthesis of (+)-yohimbine and (—)-P-yohimbine (75) in full detail (220). Tetracyclic key intermediate 400, obtained from 3,4-dihydro-p-carboline and a properly substituted a,p-unsatu-rated ketone (173), was treated with a proper phosphonoacetic acid derivative to give unsaturated nitrile 401 or unsaturated ester 402. Catalytic reduction of the latter resulted almost exclusively in 404 with normal stereo arrangement, while reduction of 401 supplied a mixture of normal and epialloindolo[2,3-a] quinolizines 403 and 405, respectively. Dieckmann ring closure of diester 404 gave 18a-methoxycarbonylyohimbone (407) as the thermodynamically favored... 

Moreover, if the average yield per step decreases only slightly, let us say down to 85%, the overall yield of the convergent synthesis is still quite acceptable -37%-, but now the overall yield of the linear synthesis would be only 0.004%. It is clear, therefore, that for polypeptides of any complexity and for proteins, linear syntheses in solution are not practicable even if the yields of each step are kept high. However, solid-phase peptide synthesis can be quite efficient. This is because solid-phase synthesis represents an improvement in linear methodology which has, as yet, not found an equivalent in convergent methods [17]. 

The advantage of an MCR synthesis over an equivalent linear synthesis is clear, in that the size of a linear derived library is a function of the number of steps and individual inputs. For example, the library from a three-step synthesis with 10 inputs at each step would have a size of 103 compounds, whereas that from a three-... 

Linear Synthesis. The most popular method of synthesis is so-called Additive Synthesis , where the output is a sum of oscillators. While it is commonly assumed that the oscillators produce sinusoids (Fourier synthesis), in fact, they can be any waveform. Furthermore, with static additive synthesis, a pre-mixed combination of harmonics was stored in the lookup table. Unfortunately, this doesn t permit inharmonic partials. Dynamic Fourier synthesis allows the amplitudes and frequencies of the partials to be varied relative to each other. Computationally, it is important to recognize the that updating oscillator coefficients for large numbers of oscillators can be expensive. 

The structurally novel antimitotic agent curacin A (1) was prepared with an overall yield of 2.5 % for the longest linear synthesis. Three of the four stereogenic centers were built up using asymmetric transformations one was derived from a chiral pool substrate. Key steps of the total synthesis are a hydrozirconation - transmetalation protocol, the stereoselective formation of the acyclic triene segment via enol triflate chemistry and another hydrozirconation followed by an isocyanide insertion. For the preparation of the heterocyclic moiety of curacin A (1) the oxazoline - thiazoline conversion provides efficient access to the sensitive marine natural product. 

Anti-tumor compound (205)-irinotecan (1) was prepared in 13 steps with an overall yield of 1.15 % for the longest linear synthesis. The short and selective preparation of aryl iodide 11 features two key steps - ortho metalation and Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation. In only one step 11 is transformed into the target molecule 1 by application of a radical domino annulation with isonitrile 15. This method gives access to the broad family of campthotecin derivatives because of the quite impressive generality of the substrates that can be employed. 

Convergent methods avoid the cumulative disaster of linear synthesis. Access to large peptides can be provided by use of medium-sized peptide segments, easily available by solid-phase synthesis. There are two distinct approaches. One involves the synthesis and puri-... 

The next attempt was Martin s formal synthesis of racemic dendrobine (82) (158, 159,183). Again, IMDA was used as the key step. Martin et al. replaced the usually lengthy linear synthesis of the IMDA precursor by a more convenient, convergent synthesis. After testing the feasibility of their key step, the intramolecular addition of a dieneamide to an unactivated trisubstituted olefin, with model compounds, the authors started with the synthesis of the diene unit (Scheme 26). 

Cheng-Ting et al. [13] developed a simple and efficient method for the synthesis of benzimidazole linked quinoxalinones (i) on soluble polymer support using microwave conditions. The key steps involved in the implemented linear synthesis are the acid catalyzed condensation of 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid with polymer... 

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