New Abstracts
Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Merging NiH Catalysis and Inner-Sphere Metal-Nitrenoid Transfer for
Hydroamidation of Alkynes
X. Lyu, J. Zhang, D. Kim, S. Seo, S. Chang, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2021, 143, 5867-5877.
RuII-Catalyzed/NH2-Assisted Selective Alkenyl C-H [5 +
1] Annulation of Alkenylanilines with Sulfoxonium Ylides to Quinolines
P. Chen, J. Nan, Y. Hu, Q. Ma, Y. Ma,
Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 4812-4815.
Electrooxidative Tandem Cyclization of Activated Alkynes with Sulfinic Acids
To Access Sulfonated Indenones
J. Wen, W. Shi, F. Zhang, D. Liu, S. Tang, H. Wang, X.-M. Lin, A. Lei, Org. Lett.,
2017, 19, 3131-3134.
Ammonia-borane as a Catalyst for the Direct Amidation of Carboxylic Acids
P. V. Ramachandran, H. J. Hamann, Org. Lett., 2021, 23,
2938-2942.
Formation of Complex Hydrazine Derivatives via Aza-Lossen Rearrangement
D. E. Polat, D. D. Brzezinski, A. M. Beauchemin,
Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 4849-4852.
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Aryl Sulfenate Anions: A
Combined Experimental and Computational Study
T. Jia, M. Zhang, S. P. McCollom, A. Bellomo, S. Montel, J. Mao, S. D.
Dreher, C. J. Welch, E. L. Regalado, R. T. Williamson, B. C. Manor, N. C. Tomson,
P. J. Walsh, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017,
139, 8337-8345.
Copper and N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Oxidative Amidation of Aldehydes
with Amines
A. Singh, A. K. Narula, Synlett, 2021, 32,
718-722.
Radical α,β-Dehydrogenation of Saturated Amides via α-Oxidation with TEMPO
under Transition Metal-Free Conditions
M.-M. Wang, G.-H. Sui, X.-C. Cui, H. Wang, J.-P. Qu, Y.-B. Kang, J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84,
8267-8274.
Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinyl Iodides through Copper(I)-Catalyzed
Finkelstein-Type Halide-Exchange Reaction
X. Feng, H. Zhang, W. Lu, Y. Yamamoto, A. I. Almansour, N. Arumugam, R. S.
Kumar, M. Bao, Synthesis, 2017,
49, 2727-2732.
Catalyst-Free and Transition-Metal-Free Approach to 1,2-Diketones via
Aerobic Alkyne Oxidation
D. Shen, H. Wang, Y. Zheng, X. Zhu, P. Gong, B. Wang, J. You. Y. Zhao, M.
Chao, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86,
5354-5361.
Acceptor-Controlled Transfer Dehydration of Amides to Nitriles
H. Okabe, A. Naraoka, T. Isogawa, S. Oishi, H. Naka,
Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 4767-4770.
Diastereoselective Synthesis of Chiral 2,3-Disubstituted Indolines via
Formal [3+2]-Cycloaddition of Arynes with γ-Amino-α,β-unsaturated Esters
R. D. Aher, G. M. Suryavanshi, A. Sudalai, J. Org. Chem.,
2017, 82, 5940-5946.
Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Three-Component Tandem Cyclization Reaction for the
One-Pot Assembly of 4-Arylquinazolines
Z. Wang, W. Chen, C. He, G. Zhang, Y. Yu, Synthesis, 2021, 53,
1356-1364.
CO2/Photoredox-Cocatalyzed Tandem Oxidative Cyclization of
α-Bromo Ketones and Amines To Construct Substituted Oxazoles
X. Zhang, Y. He, J. Li, R. Wang, L. Gu, G. Li, J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84,
8225-8231.
Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration of 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes
Z. Wang, X. He, R. Zhang, G. Zhang, G. Xu, Q. Zhang, T. Xiong, Q. Zhang, Org. Lett.,
2017, 19, 3067-3070.
Radical Decarboxylative Carbometalation of Benzoic Acids: A Solution to
Aromatic Decarboxylative Fluorination
P. Xu, P. López-Rojas, T. Ritter, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2021, 143, 5349-5354.
Alkylation Reactions of Azodicarboxylate Esters with
4-Alkyl-1,4-Dihydropyridines under Catalyst-Free Conditions
K. Nakajima, Y. Zhang, Y. Nishibayashi,
Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 4642-4645.
Enantioselective CuH-Catalyzed Hydroacylation Employing Unsaturated
Carboxylic Acids as Aldehyde Surrogates
Y. Zhou, J. S. Bandar, S. L. Buchwald, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017,
139, 8126-8129.
Metal-Free α-C(sp3)-H Aroylation of Amines via a Photoredox
Catalytic Radical-Radical Cross-Coupling Process
G.-Q. Xu, T.-F. Xiao, G.-X. Feng, C.-Liu, B. Zhang, P.-F. Xu, Org. Lett., 2021, 23,
2846-2852.
L-(-)-Quebrachitol as a Ligand for Selective Copper(0)-Catalyzed N-Arylation
of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles
Q. Zhou, F. Du, Y. Chen, Y. Fu, W. Sun, Y. Wu, G. Chen, J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84,
8160-8167.
A Michael Addition-Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation One-Pot
Enantioselective Tandem Process for Syntheses of Chiral γ-Secondary Amino
Alcohols
L. Wu, R. Jin, L. Li, X. Hu, T. Cheng, G. Liu, Org. Lett.,
2017, 19, 3047-3050.
Chemoselective Reactions of Isocyanates with Secondary Amides: One-Pot
Construction of 2,3-Dialkyl-Substituted Quinazolinones
Y. Lin, S.-F. He, H. Geng, Y.-C. Xiao, K.-L. Ji, J.-F. Zheng, P.-Q. Huang, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86,
5345-5353.
Electrochemical Deoxygenation of N-Heteroaromatic N-Oxides
P. Xu, H.-C. Xu, Synlett, 2019,
30,
1219-1221.
Reagent Design and Ligand Evolution for the Development of a Mild
Copper-Catalyzed Hydroxylation Reaction
P. S. Fier, K. M. Maloney, Org. Lett.,
2017, 19, 3033-3036.
One-Pot γ-Lactonization of Homopropargyl Alcohols via Intramolecular Ketene
Trapping
D. Yamane, H. Tanaka, A. Hirata, Y. Tamura, D. Takahashi, Y. Takahashi, T.
Nagamitsu, M. Ohtawa, Org. Lett., 2021, 23,
2831-2835.
Sustainable Alkylation of Nitriles with Alcohols by Manganese Catalysis
J. C. Borgh, M. A. Tran, J. Sklyaruk, M. Rueping, O. El-Sepelgy, J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84,
7927-7935.
Sonochemistry as a General Procedure for the Synthesis of Coumarins,
Including Multigram Synthesis
L. S. da Silveira Pinto, M. V. N. de Souza, Synthesis, 2017,
49, 2555-2561.
Sodium Aminodiboranate, a New Reagent for Chemoselective Reduction of
Aldehydes and Ketones to Alcohols
J. Wang, Y. Guo, S. Li, X. Chen, Synlett, 2021, 32,
1104-1108.
Indium-Mediated Synthesis of Benzylic Hydroperoxides
Y. Hou, J. Hu, R. Xu, S. Pan, X. Zeng, G. Zhong,
Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 4428-4432.
Copper-Promoted Desulfitative N-Arylation of Sulfonamides and
Sulfoximines with Sodium Arylsulfinates
Y. Jiang, Y. You, W. Dong, Z. Peng, Y. Zhang, D. An, J. Org. Chem.,
2017, 82, 5810-5818.
