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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2014 / 2015 / 2016

January
05 The Smith Synthesis of (-)-Calyciphylline N Douglass F. Taber
12 Developments in Flow Chemistry Douglass F. Taber
19 C-C Bond Construction: The Galano Synthesis of 8-F3t-Isoprostane Douglass F. Taber
26 C-H Functionalization: The Maimone Synthesis of Podophyllotoxin Douglass F. Taber
February
02 The Paterson Synthesis of (-)-Leiodermatolide Douglass F. Taber
09 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Kim Synthesis of (+)-Frontalin Douglass F. Taber
16 Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Jia Synthesis of (-)-Goniomitine Douglass F. Taber
23 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Thomson Synthesis of (-)-Galcatin Douglass F. Taber
March
02 The Fuwa Synthesis of Didemnaketal B Douglass F. Taber
09 Organic Functional Group Interconversion Douglass F. Taber
16 Oxidation of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
23 Reduction of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
30 Reactions of Alkenes Douglass F. Taber
April
06 The Lee Synthesis of (-)-Crinipellin A Douglass F. Taber
13 C-O Ring Construction: The Smith Synthesis of (+)-18-epi-Latrunculol A Douglass F. Taber
20 C-O Ring Construction: Sauropus hexoside (Xie/Wu), (+)-Ipomeamarone (Usuki), Decytospolide A (Fujioka), Cytospolide P (Goswami), (+)-Didemniserinolipid B (Tong), Gymnothelignan N (She) Douglass F. Taber
27 C-N Ring Construction: The Weinreb Synthesis of Myrioneurinol Douglass F. Taber
May
04 The Snyder Synthesis of Psylloborine A Douglass F. Taber
11 Alkaloid Synthesis: Indolizidine 223AB (Cha), Lepadiformine (Kim), Kainic Acid (Fukuyama), Gephyrotoxin (Smith), Premarineosin A (Reynolds) Douglass F. Taber
18 New Methods for Reduction and for Oxidation Douglass F. Taber
25 Organic Functional Group Interconversion Douglass F. Taber
June
01 The Morken Synthesis of (+)-Discodermolide Douglass F. Taber
08 Organic Functional Group Protection Douglass F. Taber
15 Substituted Benzenes: The Li Synthesis of Rubriflordilactone A Douglass F. Taber
22 Heteroaromatics: The Zhou/Li Synthesis of Goniomitine Douglass F. Taber
29 C-C Bond Construction: The Hou Synthesis of (-)-Brevipolide H Douglass F. Taber
July
06 The Trauner Synthesis of (-)-Nitidasin Douglass F. Taber
13 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Doi Synthesis of Apratoxin C Douglass F. Taber
20 Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Zhu Synthesis of (-)-Rhazinilam Douglass F. Taber
27 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Shin/Chandrasekhar Synthesis of (+)-Lactacystin Douglass F. Taber
August
03 The Hoveyda Synthesis of Disorazole C1 Douglass F. Taber
10 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Ding Synthesis of (-)-Indoxamycin B Douglass F. Taber
17 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Bradshaw/Bonjoch Synthesis of (-)-Cermizine B Douglass F. Taber
24 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Nicolaioidesin B (Coster), Lycorine (Cho), Bucidarasin A (Nakada), Maoecrystal V (Thomson), Kuwanon J (Wulff/Lei), Vinigrol (Kaliappan) Douglass F. Taber
31 Carbocyclic Ring Construction: The Nicolaou Synthesis of Myceliothermophin E Douglass F. Taber
September
07 The Smith Synthesis of (-)-Nodulisporic Acid D Douglass F. Taber
14 C-H Functionalization: The Shaw Synthesis of E-δ-Viniferin Douglass F. Taber
21 Reactions of Alkenes: The Usami Synthesis of (-)-Pericosine E Douglass F. Taber
28 Flow Chemistry Douglass F. Taber
October
05 The Sato/Chida Synthesis of Paclitaxel (Taxol®) Douglass F. Taber
12 Preparation of Substituted Benzenes: The Beaudry Synthesis of Arundamine Douglass F. Taber
19 Heteroaromatic Construction: The Li Synthesis of Mycoleptodiscin A Douglass F. Taber
26 Functional Group Protection: The Pohl Synthesis of β-1,4-Mannuronate Oligomers Douglass F. Taber
November
02 The Johnson Synthesis of Paspaline Douglass F. Taber
09 C-O Ring Construction: The Oger/Lee/Galano Synthesis of 7(RS)-ST-Δ8-11-dihomo-Isofuran Douglass F. Taber
16 C-O Ring Containing Natural Products: (+)-Isatisine A (Panek), Cephalasporolide E (Sartillo-Piscil), (+)-Xestodecalactone (Jennings), Colchilomycin B (Banwell), Lactimidomycin (Georg), 5,6-Dihydrocineromycin B (Fürstner) Douglass F. Taber
23 C-N Ring Construction: The Hattori Synthesis of (+)-Spectaline Douglass F. Taber
30 Alkaloid Synthesis: (-)-α-Kainic Acid (Ohshima), Serpentine (Scheidt), (-)-Galanthamine (Jia), (+)-Trigolutes B (Gong), Sarain A (Yokoshima/Fukuyama), DZ-2384 (Harran) Douglass F. Taber
December
07 The Ding Synthesis of Steenkrotin A Douglass F. Taber
14 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Lei Synthesis of (-)-Huperzine Q Douglass F. Taber
21 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Mihovilovic Synthesis of Piperenol B Douglass F. Taber
28 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Sarcandralactone A (Snyder), Pseudopterosin (-)-G-J aglycone (Paddon-Row/Sherburn), IBIR-22 (Westwood), Muironolide A (Zakarian), Platencin (Banwell), Chatancin (Maimone) Douglass F. Taber