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2020 / 2021 / 2022

January
04 The Chen/Yang Synthesis of Pre-schisanartanin C Douglass F. Taber
11 C-O Ring Construction: The Rizzacasa Synthesis of Trachyspic Acid 19-n-Butyl Ester Douglass F. Taber
18 C-O Ring Construction: Karrinkinolide (Hosokawa), Sanctis B (Liu/Tan), Caesalpinnone A (Zheng), Cochlearol A (Ishigami), Alstoscholarisine E (Martin), Aranorosinol A (Xu) Douglass F. Taber
25 Oxidation: The Sherman/Williams Synthesis of Baulamycin A Douglass F. Taber
February
01 The Lei Synthesis of 1α-Hydroxykaurane-12-one Douglass F. Taber
08 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Morken Synthesis of Indolizidine 209D Douglass F. Taber
15 Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Dong Synthesis of Leubethanol Douglass F. Taber
22 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Scheidt Synthesis of Rauwolscine Douglass F. Taber
March
01 The Wang Synthesis of 11-O-debenzoyltashironin Douglass F. Taber
08 Functional Group Interconversion: The Xu/Li Synthesis of Prostratin Douglass F. Taber
15 Reduction: The Huang/Yang Synthesis of Waihoensene Douglass F. Taber
22 Functional Group Protection: The Reisman Synthesis of Perseanol Douglass F. Taber
29 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: The Crich Synthesis of Bradyrhizose Douglass F. Taber
April
05 The Shenvi Synthesis of Picrotoxinin Douglass F. Taber
12 C-N Ring Construction: The Soós Synthesis of Aspidofractinine Douglass F. Taber
19 Alkaloid Synthesis: Myrifabral B (Stoltz), Chilocorine C (Snyder), Stemofoline (Huang), Haliclonin A (Ishihara), Daphnezomine B (Li), Haouamine A (Chen) Douglass F. Taber
26 C-C Bond Formation: The Chen/Yang Synthesis of Spirochensilide A Douglass F. Taber
May
03 The Micalizio Synthesis of Anhydroranodol Douglass F. Taber
10 C-O Ring Construction: The Liang Synthesis of Seconorrisolide B Douglass F. Taber
17 C-O Ring Construction: Sesamin (Zhang), TAN-2483B (Harvey), Regalamine (Xie/Zhou), Laurefurenyne D (Burton), Phyllanemblinin B (Wakamori), Leonuketal (Grant/Furkert/Brimble) Douglass F. Taber
24 Reactions of Alkenes: The Ogura Synthesis of Celafolin B-3 Douglass F. Taber
31 C-H Functionalization: The Baran Synthesis of Maximiscine Douglass F. Taber
June
07 The Chen/Yang Synthesis of Haperforin G Douglass F. Taber
14 Substituted Benzenes: The Breugst/Pietruszka Synthesis of 6-Methoxymellein Douglass F. Taber
21 Heteroaromatics: The Cho Synthesis of Tubifolidine Douglass F. Taber
28 Functional Group Interconversion: The Fuwa Synthesis of Enigmazole A Douglass F. Taber
July
05 The Wong/Peng Synthesis of Cryptotrione Douglass F. Taber
12 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Huang Synthesis of Rosiridol Douglass F. Taber
19 Alkylated Sterogenic Centers: The Nagamitsu Synthesis of Habiterpenol Douglass F. Taber
26 Arrays of Sterogenic Centers: The Inoue Synthesis of Hikizimycin Douglass F. Taber
August
02 The Gao Synthesis of Cephanolide A Douglass F. Taber
09 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Merner Synthesis of Di-O-methylendiandrin A Douglass F. Taber
16 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Gröger Synthesis of cis-12-Oxo-phytodienoic Acid Douglass F. Taber
23 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: 4β-Acetoxyprobotryane-9β,15α-diol (Li), Penostatin C (Tong), Sucutinirane C (Pitsinos), Glaucocalyxin A (Jia), PF-1018 (Trauner), Abyssomycin C (Vidali) Douglass F. Taber
30 Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: COTC (Buda), Brussonol (Jin/Qiu), Lingzhiol (Luo/Qin), Melicolone A (Martin), Macfarlandin C (Overman), Mitrephorone A (Carreira) Douglass F. Taber
September
06 The Lou Synthesis of Euphoranginol C Douglass F. Taber
13 Oxidation: The Kobayashi/Ito Synthesis of Isolinearol Douglass F. Taber
20 Reduction: The Zhai Synthesis of Conidiogenone Douglass F. Taber
27 Functional Group Protection: The Xu Synthesis of Caldaphnidine J Douglass F. Taber
October
04 The Tsukano/Takemoto Synthesis of Lyconesidine B Douglass F. Taber
11 Heteroaromatics: The Kwon Synthesis of Plakorsin D Douglass F. Taber
18 Benzene Derivatives: The Qiu Synthesis of Daphenylline Douglass F. Taber
25 Reactions of Alkenes: The Park Synthesis of Nitramine Douglass F. Taber
November
01 The Zhang/Zhang Synthesis of Merrilactone A Douglass F. Taber
08 C-N Ring Construction: The Breuning Synthesis of Leontidine Douglass F. Taber
15 Alkaloid Synthesis: Drupacine (Kim), Fawcettidine (Yao), Tetraponerine T8 (Nelson/Marsden), Lycoplatyrine A (Sarpong), Alsmaphorazine C (Ding), Halichlorine (Carreira) Douglass F. Taber
22 C-H Functionalization: The Harusawa Synthesis of Trichodenone C Douglass F. Taber
29 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The List Synthesis of 2-epi-ziza-6(13)-en-3-one Douglass F. Taber
December
06 The Yokoshima Synthesis of Haliclonin A Douglass F. Taber
13 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Lawrence Synthesis of Illicinone A Douglass F. Taber
20 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Lepadin F (Chen), Lammelodysidine A (Molga/ Mlynarski/Grzybowski/Mrksich), Cannogenol (Nakazaki), cis-crotonin (Cai), Salvinorin A (Metz), Cephanolide A (Sarpong) Douglass F. Taber
27 Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: Isoscopariusin A (Li/Puno), Pleosporol A (Xu), Altemicidin (Maimone), Dysideanone B (Lu), Stephadiamine (Nagasawa), Shikoccin (Ding) Douglass F. Taber