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published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals
Reciprocal-Activation Strategy for Allylic Sulfination with Unactivated
Allylic Alcohols
P. Xie, Z. Sun, S. Li, X. Cai, J. Qiu, W. Fu, C. Gao, S. Qu, X. Yang, T.-P.
Loh,
Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 4893-4897.
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.
Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Acetalization of Boronic Esters: An Umpolung
Strategy for Cyclic Acetal Synthesis
E. M. Miller, M. A. Walczak, J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85,
8230-8239.
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.
Stereoselective Synthesis of Terminal Monofluoroalkenes from
Trifluoromethylated Alkenes
P. Poutrel, X. Pannecoucke, P. Jubault, T. Poisson,
Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 4858-4863.
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.
Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Reductive Couplings of Neopentyl
Bromides with Aryl Bromides
S. Biswas, B. Qu, J.-N. Desrosiers, Y. Choi, N. Haddad, N. K. Yee, J. J.
Song, C. H. Senanayake, J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85,
8214-8220.
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.
Sulfonate Versus Sulfonate: Nickel and Palladium Multimetallic
Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Triflates with Aryl Tosylates
K. Kang, L. Huang, D. J. Weix, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2020, 142, 10634-10640.
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.
Unexpected Iodine-Promoted Aerobic Oxidation of α-Cyano-δ-keto Esters: A
Facile Synthesis of α,δ-Dicarbonyl Esters
H. Xu, M.-Y. Weng, H. Chen, Z. Zhang, Synthesis, 2020, 52,
1841-1846.
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.
O-Phosphination of Aldehydes/Ketones toward Phosphoric Esters:
Experimental and Mechanistic Studies
Y. Qian, Q. Dai, Z. Li, Y. Liu, J. Zhang,
Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 4742-4748.
Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage for the Synthesis of Aryl Carboxylic Acids from
Aryl Alkyl Ketones
L. Xu, S. Wang, B. Chen, M. Li, X. Hu, B. Hu, L. Jin, N. Sun, Z. Shen,
Synlett, 2018, 29, 1505-1509.
Gold-Catalyzed Anti-Markovnikov Selective Hydrothiolation of
Unactivated Alkenes
T. Tamai, K. Fujiwara, S. Higashimae, A. Nomoto, A. Ogawa, Org. Lett.,
2016, 18, 2114-2117.
TfOH-Catalyzed Phosphinylation of 2,3-Allenols into γ-Ketophosphine Oxides
R. Zhao, X. Huang, M. Wang, S. Hu, Y. Gao, P. Xu, Y. Zhao, J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85,
8185-8195.
2H-Chromene-3-carboxylic Acid Synthesis via Solvent-Controlled and
Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral C-H Activation/[3 + 3] Annulation Cascade
Z. Zhou, M. Bian, L. Zhao, H. Gao, J. Huang, X. Liu, Y. Yu, X. Li, W. Yi, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3892-3896.
Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of P(O)H with RSH: A Precise
Construction of P(O)-S Bonds
Y. Zhu, T. Chen, S. Li, S. Shimada, L.B. Han, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016,
138, 5825-5828.
Lanthanum(III) Trifluoromethanesulfonate Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Ureas
from N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-, N-Allyloxycarbonyl-, and
N-2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl-Protected Amines
T. T. Bui, H.-K. Kim, Synlett, 2020,
31,
997-1002.
N-Monomethylation of Aromatic Amines with Methanol via PNHP-Pincer Ru
Catalysts
O. Ogata, H. Nara, M. Fujiwhara, K. Matsumura, Y. Kayaki, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3866-3870.
Nickel-Catalyzed Phosphorylation of Phenol Derivatives via C-O/P-H
Cross-Coupling
J. Yang, J. Xiao, T. Chen, L.-B. Han, J. Org. Chem.,
2016,
81, 3911-3916.
Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Cascade of But-2-ene-1,4-diyl
Dimethyl Dicarbonate for the Synthesis of Chiral 2,3-Dihydrofurans
H. Liu, Z. Sun, K. Xu, Y. Zheng, D. Liu, W. Zhang,
Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 4680-4685.
Regioselective Synthesis of γ-Lactones by Iron-Catalyzed Radical Annulation
of Alkenes with α-Halocarboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives
M. Iwasaki, N. Miki, Y. Ikemoto, Y. Ura, Y. Nishihara, Org. Lett.,
2018, 20, 3848-3852.
Synthesis of β-Hydroxysulfones from Sulfonyl Chlorides and Alkenes Utilizing
Visible Light Photocatalytic Sequences
S. K. Pagire, S. Paria, O. Reiser, Org. Lett., 2016, 18,
2106-2109.
