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

Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Hydroxylamines with Aryl Iodides
K. L. Jones, A. Porzelle, A. Hall, M. D. Woodrow, N. C. O. Tomkinson, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 797-800.

Regioselective Heck Couplings of α,β-Unsaturated Tosylates and Mesylates with Electron-Rich Olefins
A. L. Hansen, T. Skrydstrup, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 5585-5587.

Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Acetals to Esters Catalyzed by N-Hydroxy phthalimide (NHPI) and Co(II) under Mild Conditions
B. Karimi, J. Rajabi, Synthesis, 2003, 2373-2377.

Tungstophosphoric acid catalyzed oxidation of aromatic amines to nitro compounds with sodium perborate in micellar media
H. Firouzabadi, N. Iranpoor, K. Amani, Green Chemistry, 2001, 3, 131-132.

Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Pyrrole Derivatives via a Four-Component Reaction of Two Primary Amines and Diketene in the Presence of Nitrostyrene
A. Alizadeh, A. Rezvanian, H. R. Bijanzadeh, Synthesis, 2008, 725-728.

Tandem Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Olefination/Claisen Rearrangement/Hydrolysis Sequence: Remarkable Acceleration in Water with Microwave Irradiation
E. Quesada, R. J. K. Taylor, Synthesis, 2005, 3193-3195.

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Vinylcyclopropanes from Dienes and Sulfur Ylides
R. Robiette, J. Marchan-Brynaert, Synlett, 2008, 517-520.

Reductive One-Carbon Homologation of Aldehydes and Ketones
H. Lebel, C. Ladjel, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 10159-10161.

Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Negishi Cross-Couplings of Secondary Allylic Chlorides with Alkylzincs
S. Son, G. C. Fu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2756-2757.

IBX-Mediated α-Hydroxylation of α-Alkynyl Carbonyl Systems. A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols
S. F. Kirsch, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 10210-10212.

Synergistic Effect of Two Solvents, tert-Alcohol and Ionic Liquid, in One Molecule in Nucleophilic Fluorination
S. S. Shinde, B. S. Lee, D. Y. Chi, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 733-735.

Stereospecific Addition of H-P Bond to Alkenes: A Simple Method for the Preparation of (RP)-Phenylphosphinates
L.-B. Han, C.-Q. Zhao, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 10121-10123.

One-Pot Synthesis of 1,4-Dihydropyridines via a Phenylboronic Acid Catalyzed Hantzsch Three-Component Reaction
A. Debache, R. Boulcina, A. Belfaitah, S. Rhouati, B. Carboni, Synlett, 2008, 509-512.

Pd(II)-Bipyridine Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acid to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
X. Lu, S. Lin, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 9651-9653.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Aryl Tosylates and Mesylates
R. H. Munday, J. R. Martinelli, S. L. Buchwald, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2754-2755.

Simple, Efficient, and Selective Deprotection of Phenolic Methoxymethyl Ethers Using Silica-Supported Sodium Hydrogen Sulfate as a Heterogeneous Catalyst
C. Ramesh, N. Ravindranath, B. Das, J. Org. Chem., 2003, 68, 7101-7103.

Palladium-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of 2-Alkyl-2-arylcyanoacetates
X. Wang, A. Guram, E. Bunel, G.-Q. Cao, J. R. Allen, M. M. Faul, J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 1643-1645.

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