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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Direct Synthesis of 1,3-Diketones by Rh-Catalyzed Reductive α-Acylation of
Enones
K. Sato, S. Yamazoe, R. Yamamoto, S. Ohata, A. Tarui, M. Omote, I. Kumadaki,
A. Ando, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2405-2408.
Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroxycarbonylation of Aryl and Vinyl Triflates by in
situ Generated Carbon Monoxide under Microwave Irradiation
G. Lesma, A. Sacchetti, A. Silvani,
Synthesis, 2006, 594-596.
Regiospecific One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Tetrafluoroborates from
Arylboronic Acids and Aryl Iodides
M. Bielawski, D. Aili, B. Olofsson, J. Org. Chem., 2008,
73, 4602-4607.
The Ni-Mediated Cyclocarbonylation of Allyl Halides and Alkynes Made
Catalytic. Evidence Supporting the Involvement of Pseudoradical NiI Species in
the Mechanism
M. L. Nadal, J. Bosch, J. M. Vila, G. Klein, S. Ricart, J. M. Moretó, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 10476-10477.
Efficient Preparation of Terminal Conjugated Dienes by Coupling of Dienol
Phosphates with Grignard Reagents under Iron Catalysis
G. Cahiez, V. Habiak, O. Gager, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2389-2392.
Hydrogen-Mediated Aldol Reductive Coupling of Vinyl Ketones Catalyzed by
Rhodium: High Syn-Selectivity through the Effect of Tri-2-furylphosphine
C.-K. Jung, S. A. Garner, M. J. Krische, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 519-522.
Catalytic Asymmetric Formation of Secondary Allylic Amines by Aza-Claisen
Rearrangement of Trifluoroacetimidates
Z.-q. Xin, D. F. Fischer, R. Peters, Synlett, 2008,
1495-1499.
Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentenes through Catalytic Asymmetric [3+2]
Cycloadditions of Allenes with Enones
J. E. Wilson, G. C. Fu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,
45, 1426-1429.
Zinc-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrazolines and Pyrazoles via Hydrohydrazination
K. Alex, A. Tillack, N. Schwarz, M. Beller, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2377-2379.
A New Synthetic Approach to Phenol Derivatives: Use of Ring-Closing Olefin
Metathesis
K. Yoshida, T. Imamoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 10470-10471.
Zinc Mediated Friedel-Crafts Acylation in Solvent-Free Conditions under
Microwave Irradiation
S. Paul, P. Nanda, R. Gupta, A. Loupy, Synthesis, 2003,
2877-2881.
Dirhodium(II) Caprolactamate: An Exceptional Catalyst for Allylic Oxidation
A. E. Lurain, A. Maestri, A. R. Kelli, P. J. Carroll, P. J. Walsh, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2004,
126, 13622-13623.
A Cu(I)-Catalyzed C-H α-Amination of Esters. Direct Synthesis of Hydantoins
B. Zhao, H. Du, Y. Shi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 7220-7221.
Direct Reaction of Dibromoacetic Acid with Aldehydes Promoted by Samarium Diiodide: An Easy, Efficient, and Rapid Synthesis of (E)-α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids with Total Stereoselectivity
J. M. Concellon, C. Concellon, J. Org. Chem., 2006,
71, 1728-1731.
N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Catalyzed Direct Amidation of Aldehydes with
Nitroso Compounds
F. T. Wong, P. K. Patra, J. Seayad, Y. Zhang, J. Y. Ying, Org. Lett., 2008,
10, 2333-2336.
Amidination of Amines under Microwave Conditions Using Recyclable
Polymer-Bound 1H-Pyrazole-1-carboxamidine
W. Solodenko, P. Bröker, J. Messinger, U. Schön, A. Kirschning,
Synthesis, 2006, 461-466.
The first Bischler-Napieralski cyclization in a room temperature ionic
liquid
Z. M. A. Judeh, C. B. Ching, J. Bu, A. McCluskey, Tetrahedron Lett.,
2002,
43, 5089-5091.
Cycloisomerization of Enynes via Rhodium Vinylidene-Mediated Catalysis
H. Kim, C. Lee, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2005,
127, 10180-10181.
Molybdenum(VI) Dichloride Dioxide Catalyzed Synthesis of β-Keto Esters by
C-H Insertion of Ethyl Diazoacetate into Aldehydes
K. Jeyakumar, D. K. Chand, Synthesis, 2008,
1685-1687.
Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Domino
Reduction/Aldol Reaction of Ketones with Methyl Acrylate
J. Deschamp, O. Chuzel, J. Hannedouche, O. Riant, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,
45, 1292-1297.
A modified Bischler-Napieralski procedure for the synthesis of
3-aryl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines
R. D. Larsen, R. A. Reamer, E. G. Corley, P. Davis, E. J. J. Grabowski, P. J.
Reider, I. Shinkai, J. Org. Chem., 1991,
56, 6034-6038.
Brønsted Guanidine Acid-Base Ionic Liquids: Novel Reaction Media for the
Palladium-Catalyzed Heck Reaction
S. Li, Y. Lin, H. Xie, S. Zhang, J. Xu, Org. Lett.,
2006,
8, 391-394.
