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Organic Chemistry Highlights

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January
02 The Siegel Synthesis of Eupalinilide E Douglass F. Taber
09 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: The Rhagavan Synthesis of Nupharamine Douglass F. Taber
16 C-H Bond Functionalization: The Vanderwal/Alexanian Synthesis of Chlorolissoclimide Douglass F. Taber
23 Flow Methods in Organic Synthesis Douglass F. Taber
30 Organic Functional Group Interchange: The Wang/Tian/Li Synthesis of Ubiquitin Douglass F. Taber
February
06 The Overman Synthesis of (-)-Chromodorolide B Douglass F. Taber
13 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Yakura Synthesis of (+)-Tanikolide Douglass F. Taber
20 Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Ceroni/Cozzi Synthesis of (-)-Isodehydroxypodophyllotoxin Douglass F. Taber
27 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Kobayashi/Kogen Synthesis of (-)-L-755,807 Douglass F. Taber
March
06 The Shen/Yang/Hao Synthesis of Perforanoid A Douglass F. Taber
13 Oxidation: The Baran Synthesis of Nookatone Douglass F. Taber
20 Reduction of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
27 Functional Group Protection: The Hudlicky Synthesis of Pleiogenone A Douglass F. Taber
April
03 The Li Synthesis of Sespenine Douglass F. Taber
10 C-O Ring Construction: The Reber Synthesis of Clerobungin A Douglass F. Taber
17 C-O Ring Construction: Vibralactone (Brown), Obtusallene X (Braddock), Polyrhacitide A (Subba Reddy), α-Levantenolide (Waymouth/Dai), Macrocidin A (Schobert), Paecilomycin F (Banwell) Douglass F. Taber
24 C-N Ring Construction: The Yang Synthesis of (-)-Alstoscholarisine A Douglass F. Taber
May
01 The Boeckmann Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A Douglass F. Taber
08 Alkaloid Synthesis: (-)-Tashiromine (Jacobsen), (+)-Neostenine (Sato/Chida), (-)-Sclerotiamide (Sun/Li), (+)-Minfiensine (Jiao), (+)-Conolidine (Fujii/Ohno), (+)-Peganumine A (Zhu) Douglass F. Taber
15 Reduction of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
22 Oxidation of Organic Functional Groups: The Metz Synthesis of (+)-Orientalol F Douglass F. Taber
29 Interconversion of Organic Functional Groups Douglass F. Taber
June
05 The Du Bois Synthesis of Batrachotoxin Douglass F. Taber
12 Functional Group Protecting: The Li/Wang Synthesis of Ganocin B Douglass F. Taber
19 Benzene Derivatives: The Mohr Synthesis of Ilicicolinic Acid Douglass F. Taber
26 Heteroaromatics: The Cheon Synthesis of Rutaecarpine Douglass F. Taber
July
03 The Zhai Synthesis of (+)-Harringtonolide Douglass F. Taber
10 Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines: The Kalesse Synthesis of Aetheramide A Douglass F. Taber
17 Preparation of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Takayama Synthesis of Kopsiyunnanie K Douglass F. Taber
24 Preparation of Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Sudalai Synthesis of (-)-Epiquinamide Douglass F. Taber
31 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Reisman Synthesis of (+)-Psiguadial B Douglass F. Taber
August
07 The Reisman Synthesis of (+)-Ryanodine Douglass F. Taber
14 Metal-mediated Carbocyclic Construction: The Maimone Synthesis of Berkeleyone A Douglass F. Taber
21 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Yaoshanenolide B (Stratakis), 1-Tuberculosinyl Adenosine (Minaard), penicillone B (Liao), (-)-Neocosmosin A (Cho), Salvinorin (Forsyth), Dihydroajaconine (Liu/Qin) Douglass F. Taber
28 Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: Nigramide R (Donohoe), Aplydactone (Trauner), Huperzine A (White), Podophyllotoxin (Czarnocki), Strophasterol A (Heretsch), Jungermannenone B (Lei) Douglass F. Taber
September
04 The Raghavan Synthesis of Brefeldin A Douglass F. Taber
11 Reactions of Alkenes: The Li Synthesis of Aflavazole Douglass F. Taber
18 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: The She Synthesis of Lycopodine Douglass F. Taber
25 C-H Functionalization: The Poulsen Synthesis of Strongylophorine-2 Douglass F. Taber
October
02 The Fukuyama Synthesis of Morphine Douglass F. Taber
09 Substituted Benzenes: The Reddy Synthesis of Fregenedadiol Douglass F. Taber
16 Heterocycle Construction: The Luo Synthesis of (+)-Lysergol Douglass F. Taber
23 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: The Lee Synthesis of Erinacerin A Douglass F. Taber
30 Alkene Functionalization: The Evans Synthesis of Thapsigargin Douglass F. Taber
November
06 The Fan Synthesis of Palhinine A Douglass F. Taber
13 C-N Ring Construction: The Makabe Synthesis of Isosolenopsin Douglass F. Taber
20 Alkaloid Synthesis: Strictamine (Gaich), Strictamine (Snyder), Corymine (Sun/Li), Lycodoline (Fan), Mitomycin K (Yang), Lasubine I (Takayama) Douglass F. Taber
27 Flow Methods: The Collins Synthesis of Neomarchantin A Douglass F. Taber
December
04 The Ding Synthesis of Pharicin A Douglass F. Taber
11 Metal-mediated Ring Construction: The Herzon Synthesis of Pleuromutilin Douglass F. Taber
18 Organocatalyzed Ring Construction: The Lin/Wei Synthesis of δ-Lycorane Douglass F. Taber
25 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Sterpuren-4-one (Singh), Kidamycinone (Collet), Magellanine (Barriault), Cycloclavine (Wipf), Andranginine (Takayama), Illudinine (Dudley) Douglass F. Taber