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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2010 / 2011 / 2012

January
03 The Tanino Synthesis of (-)-Glycinoeclepin A Douglass F. Taber
10 Stereoselective C-O Ring Construction: (+)-Pachastrissamine (Fujii/Ohno), Aspalathin (Minehan), (+)-Varitriol (Ghosh), Aspercyclide A (Spivey), Etnangien (Menche) Douglass F. Taber
17 Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: Grandisol (Goess), 8-Epihalosilane (Kouklovsky /Vincent), (+)-Chinensiolide B (Hall) Douglass F. Taber
24 Construction of Oxygenated and Aminated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
31 Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
February
07 The Boger Synthesis of (-)-Vindoline Douglass F. Taber
14 Stereocontrolled Construction of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Mullins Synthesis of (-)-Lasiol Douglass F. Taber
21 New Methods for C-C Bond Construction Douglass F. Taber
28 New Methods for C-C Bond Construction: The Burke Synthesis of (-)-Peridinin Douglass F. Taber
March
07 The Bradshaw/Bonjoch Synthesis of (-)-Anominine Douglass F. Taber
14 Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
21 C-H Functionalization: The Chen Synthesis of Celogentin C Douglass F. Taber
28 Organic Functional Group Conversion Douglass F. Taber
April
04 The Ma Synthesis of (-)-GB 13 Douglass F. Taber
11 C-O Ring Construction: The Theodorakis Synthesis of (-)-Englerin A Douglass F. Taber
18 C-O Ring Construction: (-)-Sclerophytin A (Morken), (+)-Dictyosphaeric Acid (Taylor), Goniothalesdiol A (Xie/She), (-)-7-Deoxyloganin (Lupton), (-)-Apicularen A (Uenishi)L-783, 277 (Banwell) Douglass F. Taber
25 C-N Ring Construction: The Zakarian Synthesis of (-)-Rhazinilam Douglass F. Taber
May
02 The Trost Synthesis of Bryostatin 16 Douglass F. Taber
09 Alkaloid Synthesis: (+)-Preussin (Britton), (±)-Xenovenine (Livinghouse), (+)-Subincanadine F (Li), (±)-Strychnine (Reissig), (-)-Virginiamycin M2 (Panek) Douglass F. Taber
16 Advances in Organic Functional Group Transformation Douglass F. Taber
23 Oxidation and Reduction Douglass F. Taber
30 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Douglass F. Taber
June
06 The Li/Yang Synthesis of (±)-Maoecrystal V Douglass F. Taber
13 Substituted Benzenes: The Kirsch Synthesis of Cybrodol Douglass F. Taber
20 Heteroaromatic Construction: The Fukuyama Synthesis of Tryprostatin A Douglass F. Taber
27 Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: (+)-Anamarine (Sabitha), (±)-Pseudotabersonine (Martin), Lactimidomycin (Fürstner) Douglass F. Taber
July
04 The Funk Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A Douglass F. Taber
11 Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines: The Lam Synthesis of (+)-Tanikolide Douglass F. Taber
18 Enantioselective Preparation of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers Douglass F. Taber
25 Establishing Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Sato/Chida Synthesis of (-)-Kainic Acid Douglass F. Taber
August
01 The Boger Synthesis of (+)-Complestatin Douglass F. Taber
08 Metal-Mediated Carbocyclic Construction: The Simpkins Synthesis of Ialibinones A and B Douglass F. Taber
15 Organocatalysis of Carbocyclic Construction: The MacMillan Synthesis of (+)-Frondosin B Douglass F. Taber
22 Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: The Porco Synthesis of (-)-Hyperibone K Douglass F. Taber
29 Intramolecular Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Brombyin II (Lygo), Ptilocaulin (Livinghouse), Bistellettadine A (Snider), (-)-Pycnanthuquinone C (Trauner), (+)-Caribenol A (Li/Yang) Douglass F. Taber
September
05 The Overman Synthesis of (-)-Actinophyllic Acid Douglass F. Taber
12 Organic Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
19 Functionalization and Homologation of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
26 Functionalization and Homologation of C-H Bonds Douglass F. Taber
October
03 The Tanino/Miyashita Synthesis of Solanoeclepin A Douglass F. Taber
10 Flow Methods for Organic Synthesis Douglass F. Taber
17 Substituted Benzenes: The Piers/Lau Synthesis of Hamigeran B Douglass F. Taber
24 Heteroaromatic Construction: The Wipf Synthesis of Cycloclavine Douglass F. Taber
31 Organic Functional Group Transformation Douglass F. Taber
November
07 The Rawal Synthesis of N-Methylwelwitindolinone D Isonitrile Douglass F. Taber
14 Organic Functional Group Protection and Deprotection Douglass F. Taber
21 C-N Ring Construction: The Synthesis of Decursivine by Mascal and by Jia Douglass F. Taber
28 Alkaloid Synthesis: Mearsine (Taylor), Cephalotaxine (Li), Cocaine (Shing), Quinine (Hatakeyama), Cleavamine (Bennasar), Strychnine (Vanderwal) Douglass F. Taber
December
05 The Garg Synthesis of (±)-Aspidophylline A Douglass F. Taber
12 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Thomson Synthesis of Streptorubin B Douglass F. Taber
19 Metal Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Nevado Route to (-)- Frondosin A Douglass F. Taber
26 Stereoselective Carbocyclic Construction: The Metz Synthesis of (±)-Codeine Douglass F. Taber