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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Radical "On Water" Addition to the C=N Bond of Hydrazones: A Synthesis of
Isoindolinone Derivatives
T. K. Nam, D. O. Jang, J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83,
7373-7379.
Manganese-Catalyzed Borylation of Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides
T. C. Atack, S. P. Cook, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016,
138, 6139-6142.
Copper Triflate: An Efficient Catalyst for Direct Conversion of Secondary
Alcohols into Azides
P. Khedar, K. Pericherla, A. Kumar, Synlett, 2014, 25,
515-518.
Water-Soluble Hypervalent Iodine(III) Having an I-N Bond. A Reagent for the
Synthesis of Indoles
H.-D. Xia, Y.-D. Zhang, Y.-H. Wang, C. Zhang, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 4052-4056.
Silver-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids in
Aqueous Solution
L. Cui, H. Chen, C. Liu, C. Li, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 2188-2191.
Preparation of 3,5-Disubstituted Pyrazoles and Isoxazoles from Terminal
Alkynes, Aldehydes, Hydrazines and Hydroxylamine
R. Harigae, K. Moriyama, H. Togo, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 2049-2058.
OBO-Protected Pyruvates as Reagents for the Synthesis of Functionalized
Heteroaromatic Compounds
C. H. A. Esteves, M. Koyioni, K. E. Christensen, P. D. Smith, T. J. Donohoe, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 4048-4051.
Preparation of 5-Aryl-2-Alkyltetrazoles with Aromatic Aldehydes,
Alkylhydrazine, Di-tert-butyl Azodicarboxylate, and
[Bis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene
T. Imai, R. Harigae, K. Moriyama, H. Togo, J. Org. Chem.,
2016,
81, 3975-3980.
Vicinal Difunctionalization of Alkenes: Chlorotrifluoromethylation with
CF3SO2Cl by Photoredox Catalysis
S. H. Oh, Y. R. Malpani, N. Ha, Y.-S. Jung, S. B. Han, Org. Lett., 2014,
16, 1310-1313.
Visible-Light-Induced Decarboxylative Iodination of Aromatic Carboxylic
Acids
M. Jiang, H. Yang, Y. Jin, L. Ou, H. Fu,
Synlett, 2018, 29, 1572-1577.
Metal-Free Markovnikov-Type Alkyne Hydration under Mild Conditions
W. Liu, H. Wang, C.-J. Li, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 2184-2187.
Transition-Metal-Free Acid-Mediated Synthesis of Aryl Sulfides from Thiols
and Thioethers
A. M. Wagner, M. S. Sanford, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 2263-2264.
Thermoinduced Free-Radical C-H Acyloxylation of Tertiary Enaminones:
Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Acyloxyl Chromones and Enaminones
Y. Guo, Y. Xiang, L. Wei, J.-P. Wan, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3971-3974.
Recyclable Polystyrene-Supported Copper Catalysts for the Aerobic Oxidative
Homocoupling of Terminal Alkynes
S. Yan, S. Pan, T. Osako, Y. Uozumi,
Synlett, 2016, 27, 1232-1236.
Synthesis of Chiral α-Diarylacetic Esters by Stereospecific 1,2-Aryl
Migration Promoted by in Situ Generated Acetals from Benzoins
R. B. Kothapalli, R. Niddana, R. Balmurugan, Org. Lett., 2014,
16, 1278-1281.
Micelle-Enabled Photoassisted Selective Oxyhalogenation of Alkynes in Water
under Mild Conditions
L. Finck, J. Brals, B. Pavuluri, F. Gallou, S. Handa, J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83,
7366-7372.
Rh-Catalyzed Stereospecific Synthesis of Allenes from Propargylic Benzoates
and Arylboronic Acids
J. Ruchti, E. M. Carreira, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 2174-2176.
Copper-Catalyzed N-Arylation of Sulfonamides with Boronic Acids in Water
under Ligand-Free and Aerobic Conditions
M. Nasrollahzadeh, A. Ehsani, M. Maham, Synlett, 2014, 25,
505-508.
Sulfonamide Synthesis via Calcium Triflimide Activation of Sulfonyl
Fluorides
P. Mukherjee , C. P. Woroch, L. Cleary, M. Rusznak, R. W. Franzese, M. R.
Reese, J. W. Tucker, J. M. Humphrey, S. M. Etuk, S. C. Kwan, C. W. am Ende, N.
D. Ball, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3943-3947.
Chan-Evans-Lam Amination of Boronic Acid Pinacol (BPin) Esters: Overcoming
the Aryl Amine Problem
J. C. Vantourout, R. P. Law, A. Isidro-Llobet, S. J. Atkinson, A. J. B.
Watson, J. Org. Chem.,
2016,
81, 3942-3950.
Aldehydes and Ketones Formation: Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative
Decarboxylation of Phenylacetic Acids and α-Hydroxyphenylacetic Acids
Q. Feng, Q. Song, J. Org. Chem., 2014,
79, 1867-1871.
Transition-Metal-Free Aminoacylation of Ynones with Amides: Synthesis of
3-Carbonyl-4-quinolinones or Functionalized Enaminones
Z. Zheng, Q. Tao, Y. Ao, M. Xu, Y. Li, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3907-3910.
Tetrahydroxydiboron-Mediated Palladium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation and
Deuteriation of Alkenes and Alkynes Using Water as the Stoichiometric H or D
Atom Donor
S. P. Cummings, T.-N. Le, G. E. Fernandez, L. G. Quiambao, B. J. Stokes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016,
138, 6107-6110.
Copper-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Arylboronate Esters:
Transmetalation with (PN)CuF and Identification of Intermediates
S. K. Gurung, S. Thapa, A. Kafle, D. A. Dickie, R. Giri, Org. Lett., 2014,
16, 1264-1267.
Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Catalytic Synthesis of Conjugated Dienes
and Polyenes
V. T. Nguyen, H. T. Dang, H. H. Pham, V. D. Nguyen, C. Flores-Hansen, H. D.
Arman, O. V. Larionov, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2018,
140, 8434-8438.
Rh- and Cu-Cocatalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Approach to Quinazolines via [4 +
2] C-H Annulation with Alkyl Azides
X. Wang, N. Jiao, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 2150-2153.
Stereodivergent α-Allylation of Linear Aldehydes with Dual Iridium and Amine
Catalysis
S. Krautwald, M. A. Schafroth, D. Sarlah, E. M. Carreira, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014,
136, 3020-3023.
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Trifluoromethyl Esters
F. Gelat, A. Patra, X. Pannecoucke, A. T. Biju, T. Poisson, T. Besset, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3897-3901.
Silver(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Sigamatropic Rearrangement/1,3-H Shift/6π
Aza-electrocyclization of N-Propargylic Hydrazones: A Mild Synthetic
Route to 1,6-Dihydropyridazines
Z.-C. Ding, L-C. Ju, Y. Yang, X.-M. An, Y.-B. Zhou, R.-H. Li, H.-T. Tang,
C.-K. Ding, Z.-P. Zhan, J. Org. Chem.,
2016,
81, 3936-3941.
Direct Cross-Coupling Access to Diverse Aromatic Sulfide:
Palladium-Catalyzed Double C-S Bond Construction Using Na2S2O3 as a Sulfurating
Reagent
Z. Qiao, J. Wei, X. Jiang, Org. Lett., 2014,
16, 1212-1215.
