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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Synthesis of Isothiochroman-3-ones via Metal-Free Oxidative Cyclization of
Alkynyl Thioethers
Y.-Q. Zhang, X.-Q. Zhu, Y.-B. Chen, T.-D. Tan, M.-Y. Yang, L.-W. Ye, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 7721-7725.
Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Arylation of Secondary Phosphine Oxides with
Diaryliodonium Salts toward the Synthesis of P-Chiral Phosphines
R. Beaud, R. J. Phipps, M. J. Gaunt, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016,
138, 13183-13186.
Ruthenium-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols under Mild
Conditions Using the Borrowing Hydrogen Methodology
A. B. Enyong, B. Moasser, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 7559-7563.
Oxidative NHC Catalysis for the Generation of Imidoyl Azoliums: Synthesis of
Benzoxazoles
A. Patra, A. James, T. K. Das, A. T. Biju, J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83,
14820-14826.
o-Naphthoquinone-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines to (Ket)imines:
A Modular Catalyst Approach
Y. Goriya, H. Y. Kim, K. Oh, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 5174-5177.
Branch-Selective Allylic C-H Carboxylation of Terminal Alkenes by Pd/sox
Catalyst
H. Kondo, F. Yu, J. Yamaguchi, G. Liu, K. Itami, Org. Lett.,
2014,
16, 4212-4215.
Visible-Light Photocatalyzed Deoxygenation of N-Heterocyclic N-Oxides
K. D. Kim, J. H. Lee, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 7712-7716.
"On Water" C(sp3)-H Functionalization/C-O/C-N Bonds Formations:
Synthesis of Functionalized Oxazolidines and Imidazolidines
V. Satheesh, M. Sengoden, T. Punniyamurthy, J. Org. Chem.,
2016, 81, 9792-9801.
Molybdenum-Mediated Desulfurization of Thiols and Disulfides
Z. Wang, Y. Kuninobu, M. Kanai,
Synlett, 2014, 25, 1869-1872.
Direct Catalytic Enantioselective Benzylation from Aryl Acetic Acids
P. J. Moon, Z. Wei, R. J. Lundgren, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2018,
140, 17418-17422.
Synthesis of Aminopyrazoles from Isoxazoles: Comparison of Preparative
Methods by in situ NMR Analysis
N. J. Kallman, K. P. Cole, T. M. Koenig, J. Y. Buser, A. D. McFarland, L. M.
McNulty, D. Mitchell, Synthesis, 2016,
48, 3537-3543.
Rh(III)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Initiated by C-H Activation: Ligand
Development Enables a Diastereoselective [2 + 1] Annulation of
N-Enoxyphthalimides and Alkenes
T. Piou, T. Rovis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014,
136, 11292-11295.
Efficient Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Pyrazoles at Room
Temperature
H. Wang, X. Sun, S. Zhang, G. Liu, C. Wang, L. Zhu, H. Zhang, Synlett, 2018, 29,
2689-2692.
Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Stereocenters via Chromium
Catalysis
Y. Xiong, G. Zhang, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 5094-5097.
Efficient Synthesis of N-Alkylated α,β-Unsaturated Ketonitrones via
Cu-Catalyzed Rearrangement
I. Nakamura, T. Onuma, R. Kanazawa, Y. Nishigai, M. Terada, Org. Lett.,
2014,
16, 4198-4200.
Catalytic Chemoselective and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes to
E-Alkenes Using the Combination of Pd Catalyst and ZnI2
R. Maazaoui, R. Abderrahim, F. Chemla, F. Ferreira, A. Perez-Luna, O.
Jackowski, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 7544-7549.
Bu4NI-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling between Sulfonyl Hydrazides and Diazo
Compounds To Construct β-Carbonyl Sulfones Using Molecular Oxygen
Y. Wang, L. Ma, M. Ma, H. Zheng, Y. Shao, X. Wan, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 5082-5085.
Cu-Catalyzed Fe-Driven Csp-Csp and Csp-Csp2 Cross-Coupling: An Access to
1,3-Diynes and 1,3-Enynes
S. Ahammed, D. Kundu, B. C. Ranu, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 7391-7398.
Visible-Light-Driven External-Reductant-Free Cross-Electrophile Couplings of
Tetraalkyl Ammonium Salts
L.-L. Liao, G.-M. Cao, J.-H. Ye, G.-Q. Sun, W.-J. Zhou, Y.-Y. Gui, S.-S. Yan,
G. Shen, D.-G. Yu, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2018,
140, 17338-17342.
Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Transannulation of Pyridotriazoles with
Nitriles: Synthesis of Imidazopyridines
A. Joshi, D. C. Mohan, S. Adimurthy, J. Org. Chem.,
2016, 81, 9461-9469.
Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Decarboxylative Sulfonylation of Cinnamic Acids
with Sodium Sulfinates: Stereospecific Synthesis of (E)-Alkenyl Sulfones
Q. Jiang, B. Xu, J. Jia, A. Zhao, Y.-R. Zhao, Y.-Y. Li, N.-N. He, C.-C. Guo, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 7372-7379.
Visible-Light-Promoted C-S Cross-Coupling via Intermolecular Charge Transfer
B. Liu, C. H. Lim, G. M. Miyake, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2017,
139, 13616-13619.
Generation of Hydrogen from Water: A Pd-Catalyzed Reduction of Water Using
Diboron Reagent at Ambient Conditions
D. P. Ojha, K. Gadde, K. R. Prabhu, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 5062-5065.
Ni-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Unactivated Primary Alkyl Bromides and
Sulfonates with CO2
Y. Liu, J. Cornella, R. Martin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014,
136, 11212-11215.
FeCl3 as an Ion-Pairing Lewis Acid Catalyst. Formation of Highly
Lewis Acidic FeCl2+ and Thermodynamically Stable FeCl4-
To Catalyze the Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction with High Turnover Frequency
R. Tomifuji, J. Maeda, T. Takahashi, T. Kurahashi, S. Matsubara, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 7474-7477.
Expanding the Scope of the Gold(I)-Catalyzed Rautenstrauch Rearrangement:
Protic Additives
C. Bürki, A. Whyte, S. Arndt, A. S. K. Hashmi, M. Lautens, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 5058-5061.
Zinc(II) Catalyzed Conversion of Alkynes to Vinyl Triflates in the Presence
of Silyl Triflates
M. H. Al-huniti, S. D. Lepore, Org. Lett.,
2014,
16, 4154-4157.
Palladium-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Nitroarenes with Phenols leading
to N-Cyclohexylanilines
K.-J. Liu, X.-L. Zeng, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, X.-S. Xiao, H. Yue, M. Wang, Z.
Tang, W.-M. He, Synthesis, 2018, 50,
4637-4644.
Combination of Enabling Technologies to Improve and Describe the
Stereoselectivity of Wolff-Staudinger Cascade Reaction
B. Musio, F. Mariani, E. P. Śliwiński, M. A. Kabeshov, H. Odajima, S. V. Ley, Synthesis, 2016,
48, 3515-3526.
Thiol as a Synthon for Preparing Thiocarbonyl: Aerobic Oxidation of Thiols
for the Synthesis of Thioamides
X. Wang, M. Ji, S. Lim, H.-Y. Jang, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 7258-7260.
