Publications by Filippo De Simone

Cyclization and annulation reactions of nitrogen-substituted cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes

Jérôme Waser, Reto Frei, Fides Benfatti, Florian Patrick Marie Daniel De la Barre De Nanteuil, Filippo De Simone, Eloísa Sofía Serrano Robledo

Cyclization and annulation reactions initiated by ring-opening of small rings, especially cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes are now well-established in synthetic chemistry. Nevertheless, the potential of aminocyclopropanes and cyclobutanes, an important subcl ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Indole Alkaloids Synthesis via a Selective Cyclization of Aminocyclopropanes

Jérôme Waser, Filippo De Simone

The continuous progress in medicinal chemistry requires more versatile synthetic strategies for the generation of large libraries of active compounds and their analogues. As a result, the research for new effective cyclization and cycloaddition reactions i ...

2012

Catalytic Formal Homo-Nazarov Reaction and Other Cyclizations of Cyclopropanes : from Methodology to Total Synthesis

Filippo De Simone

The increasing progress in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology requires more versatile synthetic strategies for the generation of libraries of active compounds and theirs analogues. A wide range of biologically active natural and synthetic compounds c ...

EPFL2012

Cyclopropanes and Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: High Energy Compounds for Applications in Synthesis and Catalysis

Jérôme Waser, Stefano Nicolai, Jonathan Brand, Filippo De Simone, Davinia Fernández González

One of the major challenges faced by organic chemistry is the efficient synthesis of increasingly complex molecules. Since October 2007, the Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis (LCSO) at EPFL has been working on the development of catalytic react ...

2011

Formal Homo-Nazarov and Other Cyclization Reactions of Activated Cyclopropanes

Jérôme Waser, Fides Benfatti, Filippo De Simone, Tanguy Jean Daniel Saget

The Nazarov cyclization of divinyl ketones gives access to cyclopentenones. Replacing one of the vinyl groups by a cyclopropane leads to a formal homo-Nazarov process for the synthesis of cyclohexenones. In contrast to the Nazarov reaction, the cyclization ...

2011

Cyclization of Aminocyclopropanes in Indole Alkaloids Synthesis

Jérôme Waser, Filippo De Simone

The regioselective and diastereoselective cyclization of acyliminium intermediates generated from aminocyclopropanes on unprotected indoles is presented. The recent results obtained in our group are compared with previous intermolecular reactions with amin ...

2011

Catalytic Selective Cyclizations of Aminocyclopropanes: Formal Synthesis of Aspidospermidine and Total Synthesis of Goniomitine

Jérôme Waser, Filippo De Simone

Mild Control: Selective cyclization of aminocyclopropanes on the N1 or C3 positions of indole was achieved by tuning the catalyst and solvent. The new strategy was applied to the formal synthesis of aspidospermidine and the total synthesis of goniomitine i ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2010

Cyclization of Cyclopropyl Carbonyls and the Homo-Nazarov Reaction

Jérôme Waser, Filippo De Simone

Ring strain confers to the cyclopropane ring an exceptional reactivity. Nevertheless, activation of the cyclopropane ring is usually needed to allow ring-opening reactions under mild conditions. The introduction of one or several carbonyl functionalities o ...

2009

Catalytic Formal Homo-Nazarov Cyclization

Jérôme Waser, Julien Alexandre Andres, Filippo De Simone, Riccardo Torosantucci

The first catalytic method for the cyclization of vinyl-cyclopropyl ketones (formal homo-Nazarov reaction) is reported. Starting from activated cyclopropanes, heterocyclic and carbocyclic compounds were obtained under mild conditions using Brønsted acid ca ...

American Chemical Society2009

Cyclization and Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopropyl Carbonyls and Imines

Jérôme Waser, Filippo De Simone

Activated cyclopropanes, such as vinyl and carbonyl cyclopropanes, are useful building blocks in organic chemistry due to their exceptional reactivity. This review focuses on the use of cyclopropyl carbonyls and imines in cyclization and cycloaddition reac ...

Georg Thieme Verlag2009