dehydrogenation/remote hydrofunctionalization as a unified and versatile approach to selectively convert linear alkanes into a large array of valuable functionalized aliphatic derivatives is reported. The reaction goes through a site-selective functionalization at the unreactive primary C−H bonds of the linear alkane and avoids the use of linear α-olefins.
anti-castration-resistant prostatecancer (CRPC) drugs, and significantly enhanced apoptosis. Although 17 has been known as a phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitor, other PLA2 inhibitors had no effect on Atg4B and autophagy. We then performed structural optimization based on molecular modeling and succeeded in developing 21f (by shortening the alkyl chain of 17), which was a potent competitive inhibitor for Atg4B (Ki = 3