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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Monofluorovinyl Tosylate: A Useful Building Block for the Synthesis of
Terminal Vinyl Monofluorides via Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling
H. Zhang, C.-B. Zhou, Q.-Y. Chen, J.-C. Xiao, R. Hong, Org. Lett., 2011,
13, 560-563.
Preparation of Substituted Enol Derivatives From Terminal Alkynes and Their
Synthetic Utility
J. R. DeBergh, K. M. Spivey, J. M. Ready, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 7828-7829.
1,2-Halogen Migration in Haloallenyl Ketones: Regiodivergent Synthesis of
Halofurans
A. W. Sromek, M. Rubina, V. Gevorgyan, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 10500-10501.
Copper-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Silylcupration of Terminal Alkynes to
Form α-Vinylsilanes
P. Wang, X.-L. Yeo, T.-P. Loh, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,
133, 1254-1256.
A high temperature investigation using microwave synthesis for
electronically and sterically disfavoured substrates of the Newman-Kwart
rearrangement
J. D. Moseley, P. Lenden, Tetrahedron, 2007,
63, 4120-4125.
Hydrogen Bond Catalyzed Direct Reductive Amination of Ketones
D. Menche, J. Hassfeld, J. Li, G. Menche, A. Ritter, S. Rudolph, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 741-744.
Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Amination of Benzoxazoles via C-H and C-N Bond
Activation: A New Strategy for Using Tertiary Amines as Nitrogen Group Sources
S. Guo, B. Qian, C. Xia, H. Huang, Org. Lett., 2011,
13, 522-525.
Oxidative Rearrangement of Tertiary Allylic Alcohols Employing Oxoammonium
Salts
M. Shibuya, M. Tomizawa, Y. Iwabuchi, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 4750-4752.
Self-Assembled Bidentate Ligands for Ru-Catalyzed anti-Markovnikov Hydration
of Terminal Alkynes
F. Chevallier, B. Breit, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,
45, 1599-1602.
Versatile and Iodine Atom-Economic Co-Iodination of Alkenes
H. Gottam, T. K. Vinod, J. Org. Chem., 2011,
76, 974-977.
Dehydrative Amination of Alcohols in Water Using a Water-Soluble
Calix[4]resorcinarene Sulfonic Acid
S. Shirakawa, S. Shimizu, Synlett, 2008,
1539-1542.
An Iron-Containing Ionic Liquid as Recyclable Catalyst for Aryl Grignard
Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides
K. Bica, P. Gaertner, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 733-735.
DABCO-Catalyzed Oxidation of Deoxybenzoins to Benzils with Air and One-Pot
Synthesis of Quinoxalines
C. Qi, H. Jiang, L. Huang, Z. Chen, H. Chen, Synthesis, 2011,
387-396.
The Newman-Kwart rearrangement re-evaluated by microwave synthesis
J. D. Moseley, R. F. Sankey, O. N. Tang, J. P. Gilday, Tetrahedron, 2006,
62, 4685-4689.
Synthesis of Hydantoins from Enantiomerically Pure α-Amino Amides without
Epimerization
D. Zhang, X. Xing, G. D. Cuny, J. Org. Chem., 2006,
71, 1750-1753.
Synthesis of Polysubstituted Olefins by Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction
of Tosylhydrazones and Aryl Nonaflates
J. Barluenga, L. Florentino, F. Aznar, C. Valdes, Org. Lett., 2011,
13, 510-513.
Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Silyloxyallenes: A Selective
Solution to the Intermolecular Rauhut-Currier Problem
T. E. Reynolds, M. S. Binkley, K. A. Scheidt, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2449-2452.
Catalytic Enantioselective Negishi Reactions of Racemic Secondary Benzylic
Halides
F. O. Arp, G. C. Fu, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 10482-10483.
An Atom-Economic Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles from Alkynes
B. M. Trost, J.-P. Lumb, J. M. Azzarelli, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,
133, 740-743.
PMA-Silica Gel Catalyzed Propargylation of Aromatic Compounds with
Arylpropargyl Alcohols under Solvent-Free Conditions
P. Srihari, J. S. S. Reddy, S. S. Mandal, K. Satyanarayana, J. S. Yadav, Synthesis, 2008,
1853-1860.
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of a C-C Double Bond in Water
D. Xing, B. Guan, G. Cai, Z. Fang, L. Yang, Z. Shi, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 693-696.
Catalytic Silicon-Mediated Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of
Unactivated Amides
S. Kobayashi, H. Kiyohara, M. Yamaguchi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,
133, 708-711.
Efficient Synthetic Method of Multisubstituted Allenes from the Reactions of
Allylindium Reagents with 3°-Propargyl Alcohols
K. Lee, P. H. Lee, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2441-2444.
An Efficient CuI-Promoted Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Alkenes
Using Organozinc Species
S. Xue, L. He, Y.-K. Liu, K.-Z. Han, Q.-X. Guo,
Synthesis, 2006, 666-674.
Novel Electrochemical Deoxygenation Reaction Using Diphenylphosphinates
K. Lam, I. E. Markó, Org. Lett., 2011,
13, 406-409.
Direct Ortho-Acetoxylation of Anilides via Palladium-Catalyzed sp2 C-H Bond Oxidative Activation
G.-W. Wang, T.-T. Yuan, X.-L. Wu, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 4717-4720.
Magnesiated Unsaturated Silylated Cyanohydrins as Synthetic Equivalents of
Aromatic and Heterocyclic Grignard Reagents Bearing a Ketone or an Aldehyde
C.-Y. Liu, H. Ren, P. Knochel, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 617-629.
Hydrogen Peroxide or Peracetic Acid Mediated Self-Titrating α-Halogenation
of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds
R. Akula, M. J. Galligan, H. Ibrahim, Synthesis, 2011,
347-351.
Facile and Selective Synthesis of Propargylic Amines and 1,6-Diynes: One-Pot
Three-Component Coupling Reactions of Alkynylsilanes, Aldehydes and Amines by a
Cooperative Catalytic System Comprised of CuCl and Cu(OTf)2
N. Sakai, N. Uchida, T. Konakahara, Synlett, 2008,
1515-1519.
Asymmetric Intramolecular Crossed-Benzoin Reactions by N-Heterocyclic
Carbene Catalysis
D. Enders, O. Niemeier, T. Balensiefer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,
45, 1463-1467.
