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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
(Triphenyl phosphite)gold(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of
Alkenes and 1,3-Dienes
X. Giner, C. Nájera, Org. Lett.,
2008,
10, 2919-2922.
Direct Catalytic Intermolecular α-Allylic Alkylation of Aldehydes by
Combination of Transition-Metal and Organocatalysis
I. Ibrahem, A. Córdova, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,
45, 1952-1956.
Efficient Cross-Coupling of Secondary Alkyltrifluoroborates with Aryl
Chlorides - Reaction Discovery Using Parallel Microscale Experimentation
S. D. Dreher, P. G. Dormer, D. L. Sandrock, G. A. Molander, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 9257-9259.
A Highly Efficient Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Reaction via Nucleophilic
Addition to N-Alkylaldimines without Acids or Metallic Species
H. Nemoto, T. Kawamura, N. Miyoshi, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 14546-14547.
Hydroxyapatite-Supported Palladium-Catalyzed Efficient Synthesis of
(E)-2-Alkene-4-ynecarboxylic Esters. Intense Fluorescene Emission of Selected
Compounds
B. C. Ranu, L. Adak, K. Chattopadhyay, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 5609-5612.
Structurally Well-Defined, Recoverable C3-Symmetric Tris(β-hydroxy phosphoramide)-Catalyzed
Enantioselective Borane Reduction of Ketones
D.-M. Du, T. Fang, J. Xu, S.-W. Zhang, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 1327-1330.
Conversion of Alcohols, Thiols, Carboxylic Acids, Trimethylsilyl Ethers, and
Carboxylates to Thiocyanates with Triphenylphosphine/Diethylazodicarboxylate/NH4SCN
N. Iranpoor, H. Firouzabadi, B. Akhlaghinia, R. Azadi, Synthesis, 2004,
92-96.
N-Halosuccinimide/BF3-H2O, Efficient Electrophilic Halogenating Systems for
Aromatics
G. K. S. Prakash, T. Mathew, D. Hoole, P. M. Esteves, Q. Wang, G. Rasul, G.
A. Olah, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2004,
126, 15770-15776.
Highly anti-Selective Asymmetric Nitro-Mannich Reactions Catalyzed by
Bifunctional Amine-Thiourea-Bearing Multiple Hydrogen-Bonding Donors
C.-J. Wang, X.-Q. Dong, Z.-H. Zhang, Z.-Y. Xue, H.-L. Teng, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 8606-8607.
Supramolecular Catalysis of Strecker Reaction in Water under Neutral
Conditions in the Presence of β-Cyclodextrin
K. Surendra, N. S. Krishnaveni, A. Mahesh, K. R. Rao, J. Org. Chem., 2006,
71, 2532-2534.
Rh-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyclopropanation with α-Alkyl-α-diazoesters:
Catalyst-Dependent Chemo- and Diastereoselectivity
P. Panne, A. DeAngelis, J. M. Fox, Org. Lett.,
2008,
10, 2987-2989.
Flavin-Catalyzed Generation of Diimide: An Environmentally Friendly Method
for the Aerobic Hydrogenation of Olefins
Y. Imada, H. Iida, T. Naota, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 14544-14545.
Regioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reaction towards
1,3-Disubstituted and 1,2,3-Trisubstituted Benzene Derivatives
G. Hilt, M. Danz, Synthesis, 2008,
2257-2263.
Novel Trans-Spanned Palladium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts in Mild and
Amine-Free Cyanation of Aryl Bromides under Air
O. Grossman, D. Gelman, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 1189-1191.
Selective Cleavage of Benzyl Ethers
M. S. Congreve, E. C. Davison, M. A. M. Fuhry, A. B. Holmes, A. N. Payne, R.
A. Robinson, S. E. Ward, Synlett, 1993,
663-664.
Metal-Free Catalytic Nucleophilic Substitution of Propargylic Alcohols
R. Sanz, A. Martinez, J. M. Alvarez-Gutierrez, F. Rodriquez, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006,
1383-1386.
An Improved System for the Palladium-Catalyzed Borylation of Aryl Halides
with Pinacol Borane
K. L. Billingsley, S. L. Buchwald, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 5589-5591.
Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Tandem Generation of Cyclopropyl
Alcohols with up to Four Contiguous Stereocenters
H. Y. Kim, A. E. Lurain, P. Garcia-Carcia, P. J. Carroll, P. J. Walsh, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 13138-13139.
One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Pyridines via a Rhodium Carbenoid
Induced Ring Expansion of Isoxazoles
J. R. Manning, H. M. L. Davies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 8602-8603.
Regioselective Synthesis of N-β-Hydroxyethylaziridines by the Ring-Opening
Reaction of Epoxides with Aziridine Generated in Situ
H. Y. Kim, A. Talukdar, M. Cushman, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 1085-1087.
Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts for Synthesis of Diaryl Ethers
M. Akkoça, N. Gürbüza, E. Çetinkayab, I. Özdemir, Synlett, 2008,
1781-1784.
One-Pot Synthesis of Trisubstituted Conjugated Dienes via Sequential
Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling with Alkenyl- and Alkyltrifluoroborates
G. A. Molander, Y. Yokoyama, J. Org. Chem., 2006,
71, 2493-2498.
