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2022 / 2023 / 2024

January
02 The Li Synthesis of Albolic Acid Douglass F. Taber
09 C-O Ring Construction: The Fuwa Synthesis of Exiguolide Douglass F. Taber
16 C-O Ring Construction: Ophiofuranone A (Schobert), Galanthamine (Brown), Spirooliganone A (Morita), Microansamycin H (Sittihan), Gymnothelignan N (Lee), 3(11)-Epoxyhypoestenone (Wang/Chen) Douglass F. Taber
23 Reactions of Alkenes: The Chida Synthesis of Paclitaxel (TaxolŽ) Douglass F. Taber
30 Functional Group Interconversion: The Salom-Roig Synthesis of α-Conhydrine Douglass F. Taber
February
06 The Ding Synthesis of Crinipellin F Douglass F. Taber
13 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Huang/Chen Synthesis of α-Tocopherol Douglass F. Taber
20 Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Bisai Synthesis of Lycoramine Douglass F. Taber
27 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Liu Synthesis of Shizukaol J Douglass F. Taber
March    
06 The Luo Synthesis of Triptonide Douglass F. Taber
13 Oxidation: The Vanderwal Synthesis of 7,20-Diisocyanoadociane Douglass F. Taber
20 Reduction: The Odagi/Nagasawa Synthesis of Cepharatine A Douglass F. Taber
27 Functional Group Protection: The Pronin Synthesis of Quassin Douglass F. Taber
April
03 The Dai Synthesis of Peyssonnoside A Douglass F. Taber
10 C-N Ring Construction: The Louie Synthesis of Septicine Douglass F. Taber
17 Alkaloid Synthesis: Tabertinggine (She), Kopisinine (Ruijter), Sieboldine A (Yao), Rhazinicine (Miranda), Brevianamide A (Gagosz), Daphlongamine E (Xu) Douglass F. Taber
24 C-H Functionalization: The Zhu Synthesis of β-Cuparenone Douglass F. Taber
May
01 The Zhao/Ma Synthesis of Napelline Douglass F. Taber
08 C-O Ring Construction: The Liu/Wang Synthesis of Miharimycin B Douglass F. Taber
15 C-O Ring Construction: Spiroapplanatumine O (Jahn), Alcyonolide (Hosokawa), Wentilactone A (Xu/Yu), Aquilanol A (Stathakis), Thallusin (Arndt), Neobraclactone C (Cheng/Liu) Douglass F. Taber
22 Reactions of Alkenes: The Tanino Synthesis of 2-Isocyanoallopupukeanane Douglass F. Taber
29 C-C Bond Construction: The Li/She Synthesis of Pharbilinic Acid Douglass F. Taber
June
05 The Trauner Synthesis of Tetrodotoxin Douglass F. Taber
12 Benzene Derivatives: The Dudley Synthesis of Coprinol Douglass F. Taber
19 Heteroaromatics: The Wei/Zu Synthesis of Gilbertine Douglass F. Taber
26 Functional Group Interconversion: The Hirose/Sunazuka Synthesis of Luminamicin Douglass F. Taber
July
03 The Carreira Synthesis of Aberrarone Douglass F. Taber
10 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Zhang/Tu Synthesis of Eupomatilone-6 Douglass F. Taber
17 Alkylated Stereogenic Centers: The Zakarian Synthesis of Goniomitine Douglass F. Taber
24 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Tanaka/Kitamura Synthesis of Pancratistatin Douglass F. Taber
31 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Takao Synthesis of Puraquinonic Acid Douglass F. Taber
August
07 The Barriault Synthesis of Ginkgolide C Douglass F. Taber
14 Metal-mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Sarpong Synthesis of 15-Hydroxypatchoulol Douglass F. Taber
21 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Rameswaralide (Romo), Lucidumone (de la Torre), Anthracimycin (Qian/Tong), Alstonlarsine A (Ferjancic/Bihelovic), Ophiorrine A (Vincent), Daphgraciline (Sun/Li) Douglass F. Taber
28 Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: 6,11-Epoxyisodaucane (Tanino), Magellanine (Yao), Nemorosonol (Ohyoshi/Kigoshi), Antroalbocin (Kalesse), Cochlearol B (Schindler), Emerione A (Miller) Douglass F. Taber
September
04 The Renata Synthesis of Gedunin Douglass F. Taber
11 Oxidation: The Hong/Gui Synthesis of Bufospirostenin A Douglass F. Taber
18 Reduction: The Ichikawa/Hosokawa Synthesis of Axisonitrile-3 Douglass F. Taber
25 Functional Group Protection: The Carreira/Piel Synthesis of Janustatin A Douglass F. Taber
October
02 The Garg Synthesis of Lissodendoric Acid A Douglass F. Taber
09 Substituted Benzenes: The Newhouse Synthesis of Shearilicine Douglass F. Taber
16 Heteroaromatics: The Zhu Synthesis of Anibamine B Douglass F. Taber
23 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: The Kalesse Synthesis of Illisimonin A Douglass F. Taber
30 C-H Functionalization: The Gui Synthesis of Phomarol Douglass F. Taber
November
06 The Jia Synthesis of Aberrarone Douglass F. Taber
13 C-N Ring Construction: The Hayashi Synthesis of Quinine Douglass F. Taber
20 Alkaloid Synthesis: Indolizidine 209D (Qiu/He/Zhang), Kopsone (Yokoshima), Quinocarcin (Zheng/Huang), Daphnillonin B (Li), Daphnezomine B (Zhai), Vilmoraconitine (Liu/Qin) Douglass F. Taber
27 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Ikeuchi/Tanino Synthesis of Coriamytrin Douglass F. Taber
December
04 The Chen/Wang Synthesis of Retigeranic Acid Douglass F. Taber
11 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Li Synthesis of Bufogargarizin A Douglass F. Taber
18 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: δ-Cadinol (Schulz), KB343 (Baran), Penostatin C (Chen), Senopodine E (Ishikawa), Vermisporin (Lei), Kibdelomycin (Schobert) Douglass F. Taber
25 Other Methods for C-C Ring Construction: Scabrolide A (Sarlah), Clovan-2,9-dione (Newhouse), Gibberellin A18 (Dai), Isoneoamphilectane (Vanderwal), Stelletin E (Jiao/Xie), Puberuline C (Inoue) Douglass F. Taber