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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2007 / 2008 / 2009

January
07 The Sammakia Synthesis of the Macrolide RK-397 Douglass F. Taber
14 Alkaloid Synthesis: Paliurine F, Lepadiformine, and 7-Deoxypancratistatin Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
21 Developments in Alkene Metathesis Douglass F. Taber
28 Alkene Metathesis: Synthesis of Kainic Acid, Pladienolide B and Amphidinolide Y Douglass F. Taber
February
04 The Maier Synthesis of Cruentaren A Douglass F. Taber
11 Enantioselective Assembly of Oxygenated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
18 Enantioselective Assembly of Aminated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
25 Enantioselective Assembly of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
March
03 The Betzer and Ardisson Synthesis of (+)-Discodermolide Douglass F. Taber
10 Stereocontrolled Construction of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
17 Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation and Reduction Douglass F. Taber
24 Reduction, Oxidation and Homologation of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
31 Protection of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
April
07 The Smith Synthesis of (+)-Lyconadin A Douglass F. Taber
14 Enantioselective Synthesis of Lactones and Cyclic Ethers Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
21 Synthesis of Dysiherbaine (Hatakeyama), Jerangolid D (Markó) and (+)-Spirolaxine Me Ether (Trost) Douglass F. Taber
28 New Methods for the Stereoselective Construction of N-Containing Rings Douglass F. Taber
May
05 The Rychnovsky Synthesis of Leucascandrolide A Douglass F. Taber
12 Adventures in Alkaloid Synthesis: (+)-α-Kainic Acid (Jung), 223AB (Ma), Pumiliotoxin 251F (Jamison), Spirotryprostatin B (Trost), (-)-Drupacine (Stoltz) Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
19 Functional Group Transformations Douglass F. Taber
26 Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation Douglass F. Taber
June
02 The Burke Synthesis of (+)-Didemniserinolipid B Douglass F. Taber
09 Best Synthetic Methods: Reduction Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
16 New Methods for Carbon-Carbon Bond Construction Douglass F. Taber
23 Developments in Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis Douglass F. Taber
30 Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: Phaseolinic Acid (Selvakumar), Methyl 7-Dihydro-trioxacarcinoside B (Koert), Arglabin (Reiser) and Amphidinolide V (Fürstner) Douglass F. Taber
July
07 The Kozmin Synthesis of Spirofungin A Douglass F. Taber
14 Synthesis of Substituted Benzenes: The Carter Synthesis of Siamenol Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
21 Synthesis of Heteroaromatics Douglass F. Taber
28 Enantioselective Preparation of Secondary Alcohols and Amines Douglass F. Taber
August
04 The Ley Synthesis of Rapamycin Douglass F. Taber
11 Enantioselective Organocatalytic Construction of Carbocycles: The Nicolaou Synthesis of Biyouyanagin A Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
18 Transition Metal-Mediated Construction of Carbocycles: Dimethyl Gloiosiphone A (Takahashi), Pasteurestin A (Mulzer), and Pentalenene (Fox) Douglass F. Taber
25 Intermolecular and Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions: (-)-Oseltamivir (Fukuyama), Platensimycin (Yamamoto) and 11,12-Diacetoxydrimane (Jacobsen) Douglass F. Taber
September
01 The Toste Synthesis of (+)-Fawcettimine Douglass F. Taber
08 Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
10 Recent developments on oligosaccharide synthesis Luisa Carvalho
15 Enantioselective Construction of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
22 Intermolecular and Intramolecular C-H Functionalization Douglass F. Taber
29 Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
October
06 The Bergman-Ellman Synthesis of (-)-Incarvillateine Douglass F. Taber
13 Preparation of Benzene Derivatives Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
20 Preparation of Heteroaromatic Derivatives Douglass F. Taber
27 Best Synthetic Methods: Functional Group Transformation Douglass F. Taber
November
03 The Roush Synthesis of (+)-Superstolide A Douglass F. Taber
10 Best Synthetic Methods: Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
17 Stereoselective C-N Ring Construction Douglass F. Taber
24 Stereocontrolled Alkaloid Construction: Rhazinicine (Gaunt), 9-epi-Pentazocine (Zhai and Li), Fawcettidine (Dake), Strychnine (Padwa), and Yohimbine (Jacobsen) Douglass F. Taber
December
01 The Takayama Synthesis of (-)-Cernuine Douglass F. Taber
08 Organocatalytic Ring Construction: The Corey Synthesis of Coraxeniolide A Douglass F. Taber
15 Transition Metal-mediated Ring Construction: The Yu Synthesis of 1-Desoxyhypnophilin Douglass F. Taber
15 Microwave Chemistry Highlights Doris Dallinger
22 Stereocontrolled Carbocyclic Construction: The Trauner Synthesis of the Shimalactones Douglass F. Taber
29 C-H Functionalization to Form C-O, C-N, and C-C Bonds Douglass F. Taber