New Abstracts
Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals

Indium(III) Trifluoromethanesulfonate: An Efficient Reusable Catalyst for
the Alkynylation-Cyclization of 2-Aminoaryl Ketones and Synthesis of
2,4-Disubstituted Quinolines
K. C. Lekhok, D. Prajapati, R. C. Boruah, Synlett, 2008,
655-658.

Ionic Liquid-Promoted, Highly Regioselective Heck Arylation of Electron-Rich
Olefins by Aryl Halides
J. Mo, L. Xu, J. Xiao, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 751-760.

Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylations of Aromatic and Aliphatic
Phosphates with Alkylzinc Reagents. An Effective Method for Enantioselective
Synthesis of Tertiary and Quaternary Carbons
M. A. Kacprzynski, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2004,
126, 10676-10681.

InBr3-Catalyzed Alkynylation and Allylation of Acid Chlorides: A Facile
Synthesis of Alkynyl and Allyl Ketones
J. S. Yadav, B. V. S. Reddy, M. Sridhar Reddy, G. Parimala, Synthesis,
2003, 2390-2394.

Synthesis of Dihydropyridines and Pyridines from Imines and Alkynes via C-H
Activation
D. A. Colby, R. G. Berman, J. A. Ellman, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 3645-3651.

Photoinduced Metalation of Nonactivated C-Cl Bonds with Samarium Diiodide:
Synthesis of Alkenes with High (Z)-Selectivity through β-Elimination Reactions
J. M. Concellon, H. Rodriguez-Solla, C. Simal, M. Huerta, Org. Lett.,
2005,
7, 5833-5835.

Hot Water-Promoted Ring-Opening of Epoxides and Aziridines by Water and
Other Nucleopliles
Z. Whang, Y.-T. Cui, Z.-B. Xu, J. Qu, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 2270-2274.

Unusual Palladium-Catalyzed Silaboration of Allenes Using Organic Iodides as
Initiators: Mechanism and Application
K.-J. Chang, D. K. Rayabarapu, F.-Y. Yang, C.-H. Cheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 126-131.

Tin-Free Giese Reaction and the Related Radical Carbonylation Using Alkyl
Iodides and Cyanoborohydrides
I. Ryu, S. Uehara, H. Hirao, T. Fukuyama, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 1005-1008.

Aerobic Oxidative Cyclization under Pd(II) Catalysis: A Regioselective
Approach to Heterocycles
K.-T. Yip, J.-H. Li, O.-Y. Lee, D. Yang, Org. Lett.,
2005,
7, 5717-5719.

Novel One-Pot, Three-Component Synthesis of New
2-Alkyl-5-aryl-(1H)-pyrrole-4-ol in Water
B. Khalili, P. Jajarmi, B. Eftekhari-Sis, M. M. Hashemi, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 2090-2095.

Highly Enantioselective Conjugate Additions to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones
Catalyzed by a (Salen)Al Complex
M. S. Taylor, D. N. Zalatan, A. M. Lerchner, E. N. Jacobsen, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 1313-1317.

Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Diarylmethyl Carbonates with Arylboronic Acids: A
New Access to Triarylmethanes
J.-Y. Yu, R. Kuwano, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 973-976.

In- or In(I)-Employed Tailoring of the Stereogenic Centers in the
Reformatsky-Type Reactions of Simple Ketones, α-Alkoxy Ketones, and β-Keto Esters
S. A. Babu, M. Yasuda, I. Shibata, A. Baba, J. Org. Chem.,
2005,
70, 10408-10419.

Silver-Catalyzed Benzylation and Allylation Reactions of Tertiary and
Secondary Alkyl Halides with Grignard Reagents
H. Someya, H. Ohmiya, H. Yorimitsu, K. Oshima, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 969-971.

Enantio- and Diastereoselective Michael Reaction of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds
to Nitroolefins Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Thiourea
T. Okino, Y. Hoashi, T. Fukukawa, X. Xu, Y. Takemoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 119-125.
