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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2015 / 2016 / 2017

January
04 The Tang Synthesis of Schilancitrilactone C Douglass F. Taber
11 Carbon-carbon bond construction: The Hulme synthesis of Disorazole C1 Douglass F. Taber
18 C-H Functionalization: The Baudoin synthesis of Aeruginosin 298A Douglass F.Taber
25 Reactions of Alkenes: The Kutsumura/Saito synthesis of Aplysinoplide B Douglass F. Taber
February
01 The Ma Synthesis of Leucosceptroid B Douglass F. Taber
08 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Burke Synthesis of (+)-Patulolide C Douglass F. Taber
15 Construction of Alkylated Centers: The Weng/Lu Synthesis of Epoxyisoprostane EC Douglass F. Taber
22 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Galano Synthesis of 16-B1-Phytoprostane Douglass F. Taber
29 Organic Functional Group Interconversion Douglass F. Taber
March
07 The Menche Synthesis of Leupyrrin A1 Douglass F. Taber
14 Oxidation in Organic Synthesis: The Banwell Synthesis of Neocosmosin A Douglass F. Taber
21 Reduction in Organic Synthesis: The Miyaoka Synthesis of Sinularianin B Douglass F. Taber
28 Flow Methods in Organic Synthesis Douglass F. Taber
April
04 The Nicolaou Synthesis of Shishijimicin A Douglass F. Taber
11 C-O Ring Construction: The Shi Synthesis of Ipomoeassin F Douglass F. Taber
18 C-O Ring Construction: Artemone (Vosburg), Diospongin B (Hall), Exiguolide (Song), Cucujolide XI (Schulz), Phoracantholide I (Goeke), and Clavosolide A (Breit) Douglass F. Taber
25 C-N Ring Construction: The Zhang/Yang Synthesis of (-)-Aurantioclavine Douglass F. Taber
May
02 The Yamashita Synthesis of Limonin Douglass F. Taber
09 Alkaloid Synthesis: Ipalbidine (Clive), Hosieine A (Hong), Gephyrotoxin (You), Cylindricine A (Pandey), Martinellic Acid (Aponick), Lundurine A (Zhang/Qin) Douglass F. Taber
16 Reduction: The Inoue Synthesis of 14, 20-DDHA Douglass F. Taber
23 Oxidation in Organic Synthesis Douglass F. Taber
30 Functional Group Interconversion: The Danishefsky Synthesis of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Douglass F. Taber
June
06 The Inoue Synthesis of Crotophorbolone Douglass F. Taber
13 Organic Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
20 Benzene Derivatives: The Banwell Synthesis of Galanthamine Douglass F. Taber
27 Heterocycle Construction: The Koo Synthesis of (-)-Hanishin Douglass F. Taber
July
04 The Anderson Synthesis of (+)-Rubridiflordilactone A Douglass F. Taber
11 Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines: The Kunz Synthesis of Tetraponerine-8 Douglass F. Taber
18 Enantioselective Preparation of Alkylated Centers: The Bisai Synthesis of (-)-Physovenine Douglass F. Taber
25 Assembly of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Ishikawa Synthesis of (+)-α-Skytanthine Douglass F. Taber
August
01 The Jia Synthesis of (-)-Pallavicinin Douglass F. Taber
08 Metal-Mediated Construction of Carbocycles: The Pronin Synthesis of Emindole SB Douglass F. Taber
15 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Kotsuki Synthesis of (+)-Aspidospermidine Douglass F. Taber
22 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Guanacastepene N (Sha), Pterosin N (Uang), CJ-16,264 (Nicolaou), Maoecrystal V (Gong/Yang), Weisaconitine D (Sarpong) Douglass F. Taber
29 Carbocyclic Construction: Aquatolide (Hiemstra), Spongiolactone (Romo), Ar-Tenuifolene (Ávila-Zárraga), Antroquinonol (Weng/Chen), (Z)-2β-Hydroxy-14-hydro-β-Santalol (Ishigami), Cortistatin A (Chiu) Douglass F. Taber
September
05 The Takao Synthesis of (+)-Cytosporolide Douglass F. Taber
12 Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
19 Carbon-Carbon Bond Construction: The Taylor/Fairlamb Synthesis of Phacelocarpus 2-Pyrone A Douglass F. Taber
26 C-H Functionalization: The Li/Lei Synthesis of (-)-Incarviatone A Douglass F. Taber
October
03 The Maimone Synthesis of 6-epi-Ophiobolin N Douglass F. Taber
10 Benzene Derivatives: The Li Synthesis of Ileabethoxazole Douglass F. Taber
17 Heterocycles: The Banwell Synthesis of Uleine Douglass F. Taber
24 C-N Ring Construction: The Zhu Synthesis of Strictamine Douglass F. Taber
31 Alkaloid Synthesis: Coccoline (Kurkin), Decrusivine (Xia), Grandilodine C (Nishida), Lycopalhine A (Trauner), Daphenylline (Yokoshima/Fukuyama), Communesin F (Movassaghi) Douglass F. Taber
November
07 The Yokoshima/Fukuyama Synthesis of Lycopalhine A Douglass F. Taber
14 C-O Ring Construction: The Kang/Lee Synthesis of (-)-11β-Hydroxycurvularin Douglass F. Taber
21 C-O Ring Construction: Goniocin (Uenishi), Decytospolide A (Makabe), Mandelalide A (Carter), Brevisamide (Mori), Englerin A (Iwasawa), Actinophyllic Acid (Kwon) Douglass F. Taber
28 Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
December
05 The Li Synthesis of Rubriflordilactone B Douglass F. Taber
12 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Fox Synthesis of Piperarborenine B Douglass F. Taber
19 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Yang-Yao Synthesis of Lycoposerramine Z Douglass F. Taber
26 Total Synthesis via Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Brevianamide B (Scheerer), Nicolaiodesin C (Lei), Mesembrine (Snyder), α-Yohimbine (Tan), Periconiasin A(Liu/Tang), Eupesegetanin A (Qiu) Douglass F. Taber