Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Polyhalogenated Heteroarenes

Renzo Rossi, Fabio Bellina and Marco Lessi

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 1181 – 1255

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100942

Copper(II) Triflate Catalyzed Amination and Aziridination of 2-Alkyl Substituted 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Thi My Uyen Ton, Ciputra Tejo, Diane Ling Ying Tiong, and Philip Wai Hong Chan

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (17), pp 7344–7350 

DOI: 10.1021/ja301415k

Regiocontrolled CuI-Catalyzed Borylation of Propargylic-Functionalized Internal Alkynes

Abraham L. Moure, Ramón Gómez Arrayás, Diego J. Cárdenas, Inés Alonso, and Juan C. Carretero

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (17), pp 7219–7222 

DOI: 10.1021/ja300627s

Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydropyrazoles by Formal [4+1] Cycloaddition of in Situ-Derived Azoalkenes and Sulfur Ylides

Jia-Rong Chen, Wan-Rong Dong, Mathieu Candy, Fang-Fang Pan, Manuel Jörres, and Carsten Bolm

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (16), pp 6924–6927 

DOI: 10.1021/ja301196x

Condensation of propargylic alcohols with indoles and carbazole in [bmim][PF6]/Bi(NO3)3·5H2O: a simple high yielding propargylation method with recycling and reuse of the ionic liquid

G.G.K.S. Narayana Kumar, Gopalakrishnan Aridoss, Kenneth K. Laali
Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 24, 13 June 2012, Pages 3066–3069

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.04.026

A dual-responsive ferrocene-functionalised PDA liposome

Catherine Elaine Maclean, Claire Louise Parkinson, Paul James Davis, Mark James Davis, Graeme Cooke
Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 24, 13 June 2012, Pages 2948–2950

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.064

Practical and efficient applications of novel dioxaborolanes and dioxaborinanes in the synthesis of corresponding boronates and their use in the palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions

Malgorzata Myslinska, Glenn L. Heise, Dana J. Walsh
Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 24, 13 June 2012, Pages 2937–2941

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.048

A concise synthesis of (+)-deoxoprosophylline via Co(III)(salen)-catalyzed two stereocentered HKR of racemic azido epoxides

Dattatray A. Devalankar, Arumugam Sudalai
Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 26, 27 June 2012, Pages 3213–3215

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.04.067

Chemoselective Suzuki–Miyaura reactions of 4-trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy-6-bromocoumarin

Omer A. Akrawi, Gergő Z. Nagy, Tamás Patonay, Alexander Villinger, Peter Langer
Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 26, 27 June 2012, Pages 3206–3209

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.108

The synthesis of 12-membered macrocycles containing a C1–C8 alkene unit via ring-closing metathesis

Franc Požgan, Bogdan Štefane, Davor Kiđemet, Janez Smodiš, Rok Zupet
Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 25, 24 June 2012, Pages 5081–5086

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.043

Regioselective copper(I)-catalyzed C–H hydroxylation/C–S coupling: expedient construction of 2-(styrylthio)phenols

Run-Sheng Xu, Lei Yue, Yuan-Jiang Pan

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 25, 24 June 2012, Pages 5046–5052

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.048

Tris(oxazoline)/copper-catalyzed coupling of alkynes with nitrones: a highly enantioselective access to β-lactams

Jiang-Hua Chen, Sai-Hu Liao, Xiu-Li Sun, Qi Shen, Yong Tang

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 25, 24 June 2012, Pages 5042–5045

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.049

Convenient synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines via regioselective palladium-catalyzed reactions

Yassine Riadi, Stephane Massip, Jean-Michel Leger, Christian Jarry, Saïd Lazar, Gérald Guillaumet

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 25, 24 June 2012, Pages 5018–5024

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.051

Pd/Cu-catalyzed oxidation of alkynes into 1,2-diketones using DMSO as the oxidant

Ang Gao, Fan Yang, Ji Li, Yangjie Wu

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 25, 24 June 2012, Pages 4950–4954

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.069

A SAR Study of Novel Antiproliferative Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes with Quinoxalinone Ligands in Human Cancer Cell Lines

Werner Ginzinger, Gerhard Mühlgassner, Vladimir B. Arion, Michael A. Jakupec, Alexander Roller, Markus Galanski, Michael Reithofer, Walter Berger, and Bernhard K. Keppler

J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55 (7), pp 3398–3413

DOI: 10.1021/jm3000906

Synthesis, Characterization, and in Vitro Studies of Bis[1,3-diethyl-4,5-diarylimidazol-2-ylidene]gold(I/III) Complexes

Wukun Liu, Kerstin Bensdorf, Maria Proetto, Adelheid Hagenbach, Ulrich Abram, and Ronald Gust

J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55 (8), pp 3713–3724

DOI: 10.1021/jm3000196

Ferrocenylselenoamides: Synthesis, Characterization and Cytotoxic Properties

Alejandro I. Gutiérrez-Hernández, José G. López-Cortés, M. Carmen Ortega-Alfaro, M. Teresa Ramírez-Apan, José de Jesús Cázares-Marinero, and Rubén A. Toscano

J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55 (10), pp 4652–4663

DOI: 10.1021/jm300150t

Synthesis of Tertiary Alkyl Amines from Terminal Alkenes: Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Alkyl Boranes

Richard P. Rucker, Aaron M. Whittaker, Hester Dang, and Gojko Lalic

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (15), pp 6571–6574

DOI: 10.1021/ja3023829

Cu-Catalyzed Three-Component Synthesis of Substituted Benzothiazoles in Water

Hang Deng, Zhengkai Li, Dr. Fang Ke and Prof. Dr. Xiangge Zhou

Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 4840 – 4843

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103525

Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Arylboronates with N,N-Dialkylhydroxylamines

Naoki Matsuda, Dr. Koji Hirano,* Prof. Dr. Tetsuya Satoh and Prof. Dr. Masahiro Miura*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3642–3645

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108773

High Regiocontrol in the Zinc-Mediated Crotylation of Aldehydes and Ketones: A Straightforward and Facile Approach to Linear Homoallylic Alcohols in DMPU

Li-Ming Zhao,* Li-Jing Wan, Hai-Shan Jin and Shu-Qing Zhang

European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012, 2579–2584

DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101847

Synthesis of Substituted Furans through Domino Aldol/Homo-Michael Reactions of Formylcyclopropane 1,1-Diesters with 1,3-Dicarbonyls

Jilai Bao, Jun Ren and Zhongwen Wang*

European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012, 2511–2515

DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201200162

Catalytic Enantioselective Alkene Aminohalogenation/Cyclization Involving Atom Transfer

Michael T. Bovino and Prof. Sherry R. Chemler*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3923–3927

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201109044 

Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydropyranones from Ynones by Sequential Copper(I)-Catalyzed Direct Aldol and Silver(I)-Catalyzed Oxy-Michael Reactions

Dr. Shi-Liang Shi, Prof. Dr. Motomu Kanai* and Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Shibasaki*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3932–3935

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201109209

Copper-Catalyzed Di- and Trifluoromethylation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids: A Protocol for Vinylic Fluoroalkylations

Zhengbiao He, Tao Luo, Mingyou Hu, Yanjing Cao and Prof. Dr. Jinbo Hu*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3944–3947

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200140

 

Synthesis of Hindered Anilines: Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Amination of Aryl Boronic Esters

Richard P. Rucker, Aaron M. Whittaker, Hester Dang and Prof. Gojko Lalic*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3953–3956

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200480

Jacobsen Protocols for Large-Scale Epoxidation of Cyclic Dienyl Sulfones: Application to the (+)-Pretazettine Core

G. Reza Ebrahimian, Xavier Mollat du Jourdin, and Philip L. Fuchs*

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (10), pp 2630–2633

DOI: 10.1021/ol300996m

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Stereoconvergent, Intermolecular Enantioselective Hydroamination of Allenes

Kristina L. Butler, Michele Tragni and Prof. Ross A. Widenhoefer*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 5175–5178

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201201584

Monomeric Linear Diaminocarbene Complexes of Gold(I) Show Merit in Enantioselective Catalysis

Prof. Helgard G. Raubenheimer*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 5042–5044

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200739

Copper-Catalyzed Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Directed Hydroboration of Unsymmetrical Internal Alkynes: Controlling Regioselectivity by Choice of Catalytic Species

Kazuhiko Semba, Tetsuaki Fujihara, Jun Terao, and Yasushi Tsuji

Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 4179 – 4184

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103612

Ruthenium–Arene Complexes of Curcumin: X-Ray and Density Functional Theory Structure, Synthesis, and Spectroscopic Characterization, in Vitro Antitumor Activity, and DNA Docking Studies of (p-Cymene)Ru(curcuminato)chloro

Francesco Caruso, Miriam Rossi, Aidan Benson, Cristian Opazo, Daniel Freedman, Elena Monti, Marzia Bruna Gariboldi, Jodi Shaulky, Fabio Marchetti, Riccardo Pettinari, and Claudio Pettinari

J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55 (3), pp 1072–1081

DOI: 10.1021/jm200912j

C(sp)–C(sp3) Bond Formation through Cu-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of N-Tosylhydrazones and Trialkylsilylethynes

Fei Ye, Xiaoshen Ma, Qing Xiao, Huan Li, Yan Zhang, and Jianbo Wang

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (13), pp 5742–5745 

DOI: 10.1021/ja3004792

Photoactivated DNA cleavage and anticancer activity of pyrenyl-terpyridine lanthanide complexes

Akhtar Hussain, Sudarshan Gadadhar, Tridib K. Goswami, Anjali A. Karande, Akhil R. Chakravarty

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volume 50, April 2012, Pages 319–331

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.02.011

Copper-Mediated Difluoromethylation of Aryl and Vinyl Iodides

Patrick S. Fier and John F. Hartwig

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (12), pp 5524–5527 

DOI: 10.1021/ja301013h

Use of copper(I) catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) for the preparation of conjugated pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole Pim kinase inhibitors

Boris Letribot, Rufine Akué-Gédu, Niina M. Santio, Malika El-Ghozzi, Daniel Avignant, Federico Cisnetti, Päivi J. Koskinen, Arnaud Gautier, Fabrice Anizon, Pascale Moreau

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volume 50, April 2012, Pages 304–310

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.02.009

Solvent effect on copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC): Synthesis of novel triazolyl substituted quinolines as potential anticancer agents

Amarender Reddy Ellanki, Aminul Islam, Veera Swamy Rama, Ranga Prasad Pulipati, D. Rambabu, G. Rama Krishna, C. Malla Reddy, K. Mukkanti, G.R. Vanaja, Arunasree M. Kalle, K. Shiva Kumar, Manojit Pal

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volume 22, Issue 10, 15 May 2012, Pages 3455–3459

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.03.091

Practical procedure for copper(I)-catalyzed allylic boryl substitution with stoichiometric alkoxide base

Hajime Ito, Takanori Miya, Masaya Sawamura

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 17, 29 April 2012, Pages 3423–3427

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.081

A reusable enantioselective catalytic system for the Kharasch–Sosnovsky allylic oxidation of alkenes based on a ditopic azabis(oxazoline) ligand

Luis Aldea, Ignacio Delso, Markus Hager, Martin Glos, José I. García, José A. Mayoral, Oliver Reiser

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 17, 29 April 2012, Pages 3417–3422

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.009

Regioselective reductions of β,β-disubstituted enones catalyzed by nonracemically ligated copper hydride

Karl R. Voigtritter, Nicholas A. Isley, Ralph Moser, Donald H. Aue, Bruce H. Lipshutz

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 17, 29 April 2012, Pages 3410–3416

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.056

Copper bis(oxazolines) as catalysts for stereoselective aziridination of styrenes with N-tosyloxycarbamates

Hélène Lebel, Michaël Parmentier, Olivier Leogane, Karen Ross, Cédric Spitz

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 17, 29 April 2012, Pages 3396–3409

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.044

Mild hydrolytic cleavage of α-ferrocenylalkyl-O-methyl ethers

Sonia Pedotti, Angela Patti

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 16, 22 April 2012, Pages 3300–3305

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.074

Efficient Ru(II)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of simple ketones with C2-symmetric planar chiral metallocenyl phosphinooxazoline ligands

Hui Guo, Delong Liu, Nicholas A. Butt, Yangang Liu, Wanbin Zhang

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 16, 22 April 2012, Pages 3295–3299

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.075

Enantioselective synthesis of optically active alkylphosphonates via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of β-substituted α,β-unsaturated phosphonates

Zheng-chao Duan, Lian-zhi Wang, Xin-jian Song, Xiang-ping Hu, Zhuo Zheng

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 23, Issues 6–7, 15 April 2012, Pages 508–514

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.03.024

Efficient Copper(II)-Catalyzed Transamidation of Non-Activated Primary Carboxamides and Ureas with Amines

Dr. Min Zhang , Sebastian Imm, Sebastian Bähn, Lorenz Neubert, Dr. Helfried Neumann and Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 3905–3909

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108599

Strong Electronic and Counterion Effects on Geminal Digold Formation and Reactivity as Revealed by Gold(I)–Aryl Model Complexes

Dieter Weber, T. David Jones, Laura L. Adduci and Prof. Dr. Michel R. Gagné*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 2452–2456

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107659

 

Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary and Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Copper/Phosphoramidite-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation with Organolithium Reagents

Dr. Martín Fañanás-Mastral, Dr. Manuel Pérez, Pieter H. Bos, Dr. Alena Rudolph, Dr. Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan* and Prof. Dr. Ben L. Feringa*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 1922–1925

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107840

Rapid Access to Chroman-3-ones through Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation of Propargyl Aryl Ethers

Yanzhao Wang, Dr. Kegong Ji, Sylvester Lan and Prof. Dr. Liming Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 1915–1918
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107561 

Highly Regioselective Copper-Catalyzed Benzylic C[BOND]H Amination by N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide

Zhikun Ni, Prof. Dr. Qian Zhang,* Tao Xiong, Yiying Zheng, Yan Li, Hongwei Zhang, Prof. Dr. Jingping Zhang and Prof. Dr. Qun Liu*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 1244–1247

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107427

A Highly Efficient Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative C[BOND]C Coupling from C[BOND]H Bonds Using Air as Oxidant

Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Jiecong Zhou, Prof. Yixiang Cheng and Prof. Chengjian Zhu*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 1252–1255

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107605

Simple Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzofulvenes—gem-Diaurated Species as “Instant Dual-Activation” Precatalysts

Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi,* Dipl.-Chem. Ingo Braun, Dipl.-Chem. Pascal Nösel, Dipl.-Chem. Johannes Schädlich, M. Sc. Marcel Wieteck, Dr. Matthias Rudolph and Dr. Frank Rominger

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 4456–4460

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201109183