''New'' reagents for the ''old'' pinacol coupling reaction.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1996, 35, 61.

Key Words:
AMINO ALCOHOLS/DIOLS/PINACOLS/TITANIUM/KETONES/METALS



New strategies to alpha-alkylated alpha-amino acids.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1997, 36, 225.

Key Words:
amino acids/asymmetric synthesis/chirality/ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESES/ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS/3-AMINO-2H-AZIRINES/TRANSFORMATION/METHYLSERINE/DERIVATIVES/PEPTIDES/SYNTHONS



Chiral selenium compounds: Versatile reagents in organic synthesis.

T. Wirth, Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1997, 2189.

Key Words:
asymmetric synthesis/diselenides/natural products/selenium/total synthesis/ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYSELENENYLATION-DESELENENYLATION/TRANS-ADDITION REACTIONS/ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION/ASYMMETRIC METHOXYSELENENYLATION/<2,3>SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT/DIFERROCENYL DICHALCOGENIDES/ORGANOSELENIUM REAGENT/CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS/DIPHENYL DISELENIDE/DIARYL DISELENIDES



Stereoselection at the steady state: The design of new asymmetric reactions.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1998, 37, 2069.

Key Words:
asymmetric synthesis/chirality/radical reactions/steady state



Chiral selenium compounds in organic synthesis.

T. Wirth, Tetrahedron, 1999, 55, 1.

Key Words:
OPTICALLY-ACTIVE SELENOXIDES/2,3 SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT/ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYSELENENYLATION-DESELENENYLATION/EPISELENONIUM ION INTERMEDIATE/TRANS-ADDITION REACTIONS/ALKYL ARYL SELENIDES/ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION/ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION/<2,3>SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT/DIFERROCENYL DICHALCOGENIDES



Organoselenium chemistry in stereoselective reactions.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 39, 3741.

Key Words:
organoselenium chemistry/selenium/stereoselective synthesis/synthetic methods/ASYMMETRIC <2,3>SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT/2,3 SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT/CHIRAL SELENIUM-COMPOUNDS/ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYSELENENYLATION-DESELENENYLATION/INTRAMOLECULAR NONBONDED INTERACTION/OPTICALLY-ACTIVE SELENOXIDES/TRANS-ADDITION REACTIONS/SE-77 NMR-SPECTROSCOPY/DIFERROCENYL DICHALCOGENIDES/SE-CENTER



Oxygen and osmium - A new alliance for dihydroxylations?.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 39, 334.

Key Words:
dihydroxylations/homogeneous catalysis/osmium/oxidations/oxygen/CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC DIHYDROXYLATION/RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE/LIGAND/OXIDATION/COMPLEXES/DIOXYGEN/OLEFINS



IBX - New reactions with an old reagent.

T. Wirth, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2001, 40, 2812.

Key Words:
hypervalent compounds; iodine reagents; oxidation; radicals; DESS-MARTIN PERIODINANE; O-IODOXYBENZOIC ACID; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; 2-IODOXYBENZOIC ACID; SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGY; SECONDARY ALCOHOLS; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLES; IODOSOBENZOATE



Hypervalent iodine compounds: Recent advances in synthetic applications.

T. Wirth, U. H. Hirt, Synthesis, 1999, 1271.

Key Words:
hypervalent iodine/natural products/oxidation/IODONIO-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT/DESS-MARTIN PERIODINANE/IODOXYBENZOIC ACID IBX/TRIISOPROPYLSILYL ENOL ETHERS/PHENOLIC COUPLING REACTION/ALKYNYL PHENYL SELENIDES/NUCLEOPHILIC-SUBSTITUTION/INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION/STABLE AZIDOIODINANES/CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS