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

Rhodium-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization: Formation of 1H-Indenes and 1-Alkylideneindans from Arylboronate Esters in Aqueous Media
M. Lautens, T. Marquardt, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 4607-4614.

An Expeditious One-Pot Synthesis of Thiiranes from α-Halo Ketones in Solvent-Free Conditions Using Microwaves
L. D. S. Yadav, R. Kapoor, Synthesis, 2002, 2344-2346.

Sodium Chlorite as an Efficient Oxidant and Hydroxy Ion Pump in Osmium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dihydroxylation
M. H. Junttila, O. E. O. Hormi, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 4816-4820.

One-Step RhCl3-Catalyzed Deprotection of Acyclic N-Allyl Amides
M. J. Zacuto, F. Xu, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 6298-6300.

Regio- and Stereoselective Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Vicinal Haloamino Ketones from α,β-Unsaturated Ketones
D. Chen, C. Timmons, S. Chao, G. Li, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 3097-3101.

Catalytic Use of Selenium Electrophiles in Cyclizations
D. M. Browne, O. Niyomura, T. Wirth, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 3169-3171.

A Polymer-Supported Phosphoramide as a Lewis-Base Catalyst for the Catalytic Aldol Reaction
R. A. Flowers II, X. Xu, C. Timmons, G. Li, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 2988-2990.

Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles under "Ligandless" Conditions: Negishi Reactions of Organozirconium Reagents
S. L. Wiskur, A. Korte, G. C. Fu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 82-83.

Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds by Lanthanide Metal/2-Propanol: In-situ Generation of Samarium Isopropyloxide for Stereoselective Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
S.-I. Fukuzawa, N. Nakano, T. Saitoh, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 2863-2867.

Regioselective and Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction of 1- and 2-Substituted Cyclopentadienes Catalyzed by a Brønsted Acid Activated Chiral Oxazaborolidine
J. N. Payette, H. Yamamoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 9536-9537.

Organotin Hydride-Catalyzed Conjugate Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones
D. S. Hays, M. Scholl, G. C.Fu, J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 6751-6752.

Direct Lactone Formation by Using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents with KBr via Selective C-H Abstraction Protocol
T. Dohi, N. Takenaga, A. Goto, A. Maruyama, Y. Kita, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 3129-3132.

Total Synthesis of Indoles from Tricholoma Species via Bartoli/Heteroaryl Radical Methodologies
A. Dobbs, J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 638-641.

Efficient Synthesis of Salicylates by Catalytic [3 + 3] Cyclizations of 1,3-Bis(silyl enol ethers) with 1,1,3,3-Tetramethoxypropane
M. Sher, T. H. T. Dang, Z. Ahmed, M. A. Rashid, C. Fischer, P. Langer, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 6284-6286.

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