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Organic Chemistry Highlights

2013 / 2014 / 2015

January
06 The Inoue Synthesis of 19-Hydroxyasarmentogenin Douglass F. Taber
13 C-O Ring Construction: The Martín and Martín Synthesis of Teurilene Tristan H. Lambert
20 C-O Ring-Containing Natural Products: Cyanolide A (Krische), Bisabosqual A (Parker), Iso-Eriobrucinol A (Hsung), Trichodermolide A (Hiroya), Batrachotoxin Core (Du Bois) Tristan H. Lambert
27 Selective Functionalization of C-H Bonds Douglass F. Taber
February
03 The Nakada Synthesis of (+)-Ophiobolin A Douglass F. Taber
10 Construction of Single Stereocenters Tristan H. Lambert
17 Construction of Alkylated Stereocenters Zara M. Seibel, Tristan H. Lambert
24 Construction of Multiple Stereocenters Léa Benkoski, Tristan H. Lambert
March
03 The Herzon Synthesis of (-)-Acutumine Douglass F. Taber
10 C-C Bond Construction: The Zhu Synthesis of Goniomitine Douglass F. Taber
17 Alkenes Allison K. Griffith, Tristan H. Lambert
24 Oxidation Eric D. Nacsa, Tristan H. Lambert
31 Reduction Jeffrey S. Bandar
April
07 The Njardarson Synthesis of Vinigrol Douglass F. Taber
14 C-O Ring Formation Tristan H. Lambert
21 Total Synthesis of C-O Natural Products Tristan H. Lambert
28 C-N Ring Construction: The Waser Synthesis of Jerantinine E Douglass F. Taber
May
05 The Gin Synthesis of Neofinaconitine Douglass F. Taber
12 Alkaloid Synthesis: (-)-L-Batzellaside A (Toyooka), Limazepine A (Zemribo), (+)-Febrifugine (Pansare), Amathaspiramide F (Tambar), Allomatrine (Brown), Tabersonine (Andrade) Douglass F. Taber
19 Functional Group Oxidation and Reduction Douglass F. Taber
26 Organic Functional Group Interconversion Douglass F. Taber
June
02 The Li Synthesis of Daphenylline Douglass F. Taber
09 Organic Functional Group Protectiona Douglass F. Taber
16 Preparation of Benzene Derivatives: The Yu/Baran Synthesis of (+)-Hongoquercin A Douglass F. Taber
23 Preparation of Heterocycles: The Boukouvalas Synthesis of (-)-Auxofuran Douglass F. Taber
30 C-C Bond Construction: The Kingsbury Synthesis of (-)-Dihydrocuscohygrine Douglass F. Taber
July
07 The Baran Synthesis of Ingenol Douglass F. Taber
14 Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Zhu Synthesis of (+)-Trigonoliimine A Douglass F. Taber
21 Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Centers: The Rawal Synthesis of (+)-Fornicin C Douglass F. Taber
28 Arrays of Stereogenic Centers: The Yadav Synthesis of Nhatrangin A Douglass F. Taber
August
04 The Fürstner Synthesis of Amphidinolide F Douglass F. Taber
11 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Carreira Synthesis of (+)-Crotogoudin Douglass F. Taber
18 Metal-mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Carreira Synthesis of (+)-Asperolide C Douglass F. Taber
25 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Pancratistatin (Cho), Reddy (Nootkatone), Zhang/Lee (Platensimycin), Nakada (Scabronine G), Isoglaziovianol (Trauner) Douglass F. Taber
September
01 The Deslongchamps Synthesis of (+)-Cassaine Douglass F. Taber
08 C-H Functionalization: The Snyder Synthesis of (+)-Scholarisine A Douglass F. Taber
15 Alkene Reactions: The Xu/Loh Synthesis of Vitamin A1 Douglass F. Taber
22 Flow Chemistry: The Direct Production of Drug Metabolites Douglass F. Taber
29 Organic Functional Group Protection and Deprotection Douglass F. Taber
October
06 The Kan Synthesis of the Streptomyces Alkaloid SB-203207 Douglass F. Taber
13 Substituted Benzenes: The Garg Synthesis of Tubingensin A Douglass F. Taber
20 Heteroaromatic Synthesis: The Tokuyama Synthesis of (-)-Rhazinilam Douglass F. Taber
27 C-O Ring Construction: The Tong Synthesis of (-)-Aculeatin A Douglass F. Taber
November
03 The Trost Synthesis of (-)-Lasonolide A Douglass F. Taber
10 C-O Natural Products: DihomoIsoF (Lee/Galano), Pyrenolide D (Gracza), Clavilactone A (Li), Psoracorylifol A (Tong), Bermudenynol (Kim), Aspercyclide C (Hirama) Douglass F. Taber
17 C-N Ring Construction: The Glorius Synthesis of ent-Monomorine Douglass F. Taber
24 Alkaloid Synthesis: Penaresidin A (Subba Reddy), Allokainic Acid (Saicic), Sedacryptine (Rutjes), Lepistine (Yokoshima/Fukuyama), Septicine (Hanessian), Lyconadin C (Dai) Douglass F. Taber
December
01 The Fukuyama Synthesis of (-)-Lepenine Douglass F. Taber
08 Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Jørgenson Synthesis of (+)-Estrone Douglass F. Taber
15 Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction: The Sun/Lin Synthesis of Huperzine A Douglass F. Taber
22 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition: Fawcettimine (Zhai), Sculponeatin N (Zhai), Elansolid B1 (Kirschning), Frondosin A (Wright), Kingianin H (Parker), Rufescenolide (Snyder) Douglass F. Taber
29 Other Methods for C-C Ring Construction: Pinolinone (Bach), Agelastatin A (Batey), Panaginsene (Lee), Salvileucalin D, Salvileucalin C (Ding), ent-Codeine (Hudlicky), Walsucochin B (Xie/Shi) Douglass F. Taber