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January
07 The Thomson Synthesis of (-)-GB17 Douglass F. Taber
14 C-O Ring Construction: The Reisman Synthesis of (-)-Acetylaranotin Tristan H. Lambert
21 C-O Ring Containing Natural Products Tristan H. Lambert
28 C-H Functionalization: The Hatakeyama Synthesis of (-)-Kaitocephalin Douglass F. Taber
February
04 The Li Synthesis of (-)-Fusarisetin A Douglass F. Taber
11 Asymmetric C-Heteroatom Bond Formation Tristan H. Lambert
18 Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation Tristan H. Lambert
25 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Carbery Synthesis of Mycestericin G Douglass F. Taber
March
04 The Carreira Synthesis of (-)-Dendrobine Douglass F. Taber
11 Carbon-Carbon Bond Construction: The Baran Synthesis of (+)-Chromazonarol Douglass F. Taber
18 Reactions of Alkenes Tristan H. Lambert
25 Flow Chemistry Tristan H. Lambert
April
01 The Vanderwal Synthesis of Echinopine B Douglass F. Taber
08 C-O Ring Formation Tristan H. Lambert
15 Total Synthesis of C-O Ring-Containing Natural Products Tristan H. Lambert
22 C-N Ring Construction: The Fujii/Ohno Synthesis of (-)-Quinocarcin Douglass F. Taber
29 Alkaloid Synthesis: (+)-Deoxoprosopinine (Krishna), Alkaloid (-)-205B (Micalizio), FR901483 (Huang), (+)-Ibophyllidine (Kwon), (-)-Lycoposerramine-S (Fukuyama), (±)-Crinine (Lautens) Douglass F. Taber
May
06 The Dixon Synthesis of Manzamine A Douglass F. Taber
13 Functional Group Interconversion Tristan H. Lambert
20 Functional Group Oxidation Tristan H. Lambert
27 Functional Group Reduction Tristan H. Lambert
June
03 The Williams Synthesis of (-)-Khayasin Douglass F. Taber
10 Functional Group Protection Tristan H. Lambert
17 Substituted Benzenes: The Subba Reddy Synthesis of 7-Desmethoxyfusarentin Douglass F. Taber
24 Advances in Heterocyclic Aromatic Construction Tristan H. Lambert
July
01 The Kuwahara Synthesis of Paspalinine Douglass F. Taber
08 Construction of Alkylated Stereocenters: The Deng Synthesis of (-)-Isoacanthodoral Tristan H. Lambert
15 Construction of Single Stereocenters Tristan H. Lambert
22 Construction of Stereochemical Arrays Tristan H. Lambert
29 Carbon-Carbon Bond Construction Douglass F. Taber
August
05 The Ma Synthesis of Gracilamine Douglass F. Taber
12 Organocatalytic C-C Ring Construction: Prostaglandin F (Aggarwal) Douglass F. Taber
19 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: (+)-Shiromool (Baran) Douglass F. Taber
26 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Defucogilvocarcin V (Bodwell), (+)-Carrisone (Danishefsky), (+)-Fusarisetin A (Theodorakis), 9β-Presilphiperfolan-1α-ol (Stoltz), 7-Isocyano-11(20), 14-epiamphilectadiene (Shenvi) Douglass F. Taber
September
02 The Carreira Synthesis of (±)-Gelsemoxonine Douglass F. Taber
09 Synthesis and Reactions of Alkenes Tristan H. Lambert
16 C-H Functionalization Douglass F. Taber
23 Reactions Involving C-C Bond Cleavage Tristan H. Lambert
30 Flow Chemistry Tristan H. Lambert
October
07 The Evans Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A Douglass F. Taber
14 Substituted Benzenes: The Gu Synthesis of Rhazinal Douglass F. Taber
21 Synthesis of Heteroaromatics Tristan H. Lambert
28 Functional Group Interconversion Tristan H. Lambert
November
04 The Procter Synthesis of (+)-Pleuromutilin Douglass F. Taber
11 Functional Group Protection Tristan H. Lambert
18 C-N Ring Construction: The Hoye Synthesis of (±)-Leuconolactam Douglass F. Taber
25 Alkaloid Synthesis: Lycoposerramine Z (Bonjoch), Esermethole (Shishido), Goniomitine (Zhu), Grandisine (Taylor), Reserpine (Jacobsen) Douglass F. Taber
December
02 The Harran Synthesis of (+)-Roseophilin Douglass F. Taber
09 Metal-Mediated Ring Construction: The Hoveyda Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A Douglass F. Taber
16 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Hayashi Synthesis of PGE1 Me Ester Douglass F. Taber
23 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: (+)-Armillarivin (Banwell), Gelsemiol (Gademann), (+)-Frullanolide (Liao), Myceliothermophin A (Uchiro), Peribysin E (Reddy), Caribenol A (Li/Yang) Douglass F. Taber
30 Other Methods for C-C Ring Construction: The Liang Synthesis of Echinopine B Douglass F. Taber