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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2009 / 2010 / 2011

January
04 The Williams Synthesis of (-)-4-Hydroxydictyolactone Douglass F. Taber
11 Advances in Alkene Metathesis: The Hoveyda Synthesis of (+)-Quebrachamine Douglass F. Taber
18 Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: Navenone B (Cossy), (+)-Asperpentyn (Daesung Lee), (-)-Amphidinolide K (Eun Lee), Norhalichondrin B (Phillips) Douglass F. Taber
25 Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines: The Suh Synthesis of (-)-Macrosphelide J Douglass F. Taber
February
01 The Nakada Synthesis of (-)-FR182877 Douglass F. Taber
08 Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Centers: The Maier Synthesis of Platencin Douglass F. Taber
15 Construction of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Zhang Synthesis of (+)-Podophyllotoxin Douglass F. Taber
22 Best Synthetic Methods: Reduction Douglass F. Taber
March
01 The Trost Synthesis of (-)-Pseudolaric Acid B Douglass F. Taber
08 Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation Douglass F. Taber
15 Organic Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
22 New Methods for Carbon-Carbon Bond Construction Douglass F. Taber
29 Best Synthetic Methods: Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
April
05 The Corey Synthesis of (+)-Lupeol Douglass F. Taber
12 Stereoselective C-O Ring Construction: The Jamison Synthesis of (-)-Gloeosporone Douglass F. Taber
19 Synthesis of Naturally-Occurring Cyclic Ethers: Boivivianin B (Murakami), SC-Δ13-9-IsoF (Taber), Brevisamide (Panek, Lindsley, Ghosh), Gambierol (Mori) Douglass F. Taber
26 Stereocontrolled C-N Ring Construction: The Takayama Synthesis of Lycoposerramine-C Douglass F. Taber
May
03 The Dixon Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A Douglass F. Taber
10 Alkaloid Synthesis: (S)-Nicotine (Helmchen), (+)-CP-99,994 (Shi), (-)-Adaline (Yu), (-)-Securinine (Bayón/Figueredo), Alkaloid 223A (Aubé), (-)-Huperzine A (Fukuyama) Douglass F. Taber
17 Best Synthetic Methods: Functional Group Transformations Douglass F. Taber
24 Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation and Reduction Douglass F. Taber
31 Best Synthetic Methods: C-C Bond Construction Douglass F. Taber
June
07 The Magnus Synthesis of (±)-Codeine Douglass F. Taber
14 Benzene Derivatives: The Tanino-Miyashita Synthesis of Zoanthenol Douglass F. Taber
21 Heteroaromatic Construction: The Jia Synthesis of (-)-cis-Clavicipitic Acid Douglass F. Taber
28 Progress in Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: (+)-5-epi-Citreoviral (Funk) and (±)-Poitediol (Vanderwal) Douglass F. Taber
July
05 The Nicolaou Synthesis of (+)-Hirsutellone B Douglass F. Taber
12 Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines Douglass F. Taber
19 Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
26 Enantioselective Construction of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Breit Synthesis of (+)-Bourgeanic Acid Douglass F. Taber
August
02 The Nicolaou Synthesis of (+)-Vannusal Douglass F. Taber
09 Metal-Mediated Carbocyclic Construction: The Kobayashi Synthesis of (+)-Fomitellic Acid B Douglass F. Taber
16 Organocatalytic Carbocyclic Construction: The Christmann Synthesis of (+)-Rotundial Douglass F. Taber
23 Carbocyclic Construction: The Deng Synthesis of (-)-Plicatic Acid Douglass F. Taber
30 Tethered Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: (±)-Neovibsanin B (Imagawa, Nishizawa), Valerenic Acid (Mulzer), (-)-Himandrine (Movassaghi), (±)-Pallavicinolide A (Wong), (+)-Phomopsidin (Nakada) Douglass F. Taber
September
06 The Baran Synthesis of Vinigrol Douglass F. Taber
13 Functional Group Protection: The Kraus Synthesis of Bauhinoxepin J Douglass F. Taber
20 Alkene Reactions: The Dabdoub/Baroni Synthesis of (±)-Dihydroactinidiolide Douglass F. Taber
27 C-H Functionalization: The White Synthesis of 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Douglass F. Taber
October
04 The Overman Synthesis of Briarellin F Douglass F. Taber
11 Substituted Benzenes: The Saikawa/Nakata Synthesis of Kendomycin Douglass F. Taber
18 Heteroaromatics: The Mal Synthesis of Clausevatine D Douglass F. Taber
25 Functional Group Transformation: The Castle Synthesis of Celogentin C Douglass F. Taber
November
01 The Shair Synthesis of Cephalostatin 1 Douglass F. Taber
08 Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
15 Stereocontrolled C-N Ring Construction: The Pyne Synthesis of Hyacinthacine B3 Douglass F. Taber
22 Synthesis of C-N Natural Products: (-)-α-Kainic Acid (Helmchen), (+)-Tylophorine (Opatz), (-)-Lycoperine A (Rychnovsky), Fluvirucidine A2 (Suh), Complanidine A (Sarpong) Douglass F. Taber
29 Stereocontrolled Construction of C-O Rings: The Seeberger/Hilvert Synthesis of KDN Douglass F. Taber
December
06 The Chen Synthesis of (-)-Nakiterpiosin Douglass F. Taber
13 Transition-Metal Catalyzed Ring Construction: The Yu Synthesis of α-Agorafuran Douglass F. Taber
20 Enantioselective Organocatalytic C-C Ring Construction Douglass F. Taber
27 New Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: The Kim Synthesis of Pentalenene Douglass F. Taber