Palladium-Catalyzed Route to Three-Component, One-Pot Sequential Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclazines: 2,2a1,4-Triazacyclopenta[cd]indenes

Anjiang Yang, Ruwei Jiang, Oleg Khorev, Ting Yu, Yongliang Zhang, Lanping Ma, Guohua Chen, Jingkang Shen and Tao Meng

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1984 – 1988 

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Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Cyclization (5-exo/3-exo), Ring- Expansion by Palladium Rearrangement, and Aromatization: An Expedient Synthesis of 4-Arylnicotinates from Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts

Ko Hoon Kim, Se Hee Kim, Hyun Ju Lee and Jae Nyoung Kim

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1977 – 1983

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300211

Direct C-2 Alkylation of Quinoline N-Oxides with Ethers via Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reaction

Zhiyong Wu, Chao Pi, Xiuling Cui, Jie Bai and Yangjie Wu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1971 – 1976

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300111

Copper-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Iodoenamides from Ketoximes

Hao Liang, Zhi-Hui Ren, Prof. Yao-Yu Wang and Prof. Dr. Zheng-Hui Guan

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9789 – 9794

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301785

Metal Amides as the Simplest Acid/Base Catalysts for Stereoselective Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions

Dr. Yasuhiro Yamashita and Prof. Dr. Shū Kobayashi

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9420 – 9427

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300908

Accelerating influence of the gem-difluoromethylene group in a ring-closing olefin metathesis reaction. A Thorpe–Ingold effect?

César A. Urbina-Blanco,   Maciej Skibiński,  David O'Hagan and   Steven P. Nolan

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 7201-7203

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44312D

Zinc/Iron-Mediated Ring Opening of Dibromocyclopropanes for In Situ Diels–Alder Reactions with Electron-Deficient Aldehydes and Imines

1. Florian Pünner,
2. Gerhard Hilt

1. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, asap

1. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300726

Cu-Catalyzed Mild C(sp2)–H Functionalization Assisted by Carboxylic Acids en Route to Hydroxylated Arenes

Joan Gallardo-Donaire and Ruben Martin 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9350–9353 

DOI: 10.1021/ja4047894

Copper-Catalyzed, Directing Group-Assisted Fluorination of Arene and Heteroarene C–H Bonds

Thanh Truong, Kristine Klimovica, and Olafs Daugulis

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9342–9345 

DOI: 10.1021/ja4047125

Copper-Promoted Sandmeyer Trifluoromethylation Reaction

Jian-Jun Dai, Chi Fang, Bin Xiao, Jun Yi, Jun Xu, Zhao-Jing Liu, Xi Lu, Lei Liu, and Yao Fu

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (23), pp 8436–8439 

DOI: 10.1021/ja404217t

Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Arylation of β-Chloro Ketones and Related Derivatives through Domino Dehydrochlorination/ Conjugate Addition

Quanbin Jiang, Tenglong Guo, Qingfu Wang, Ping Wu and Zhengkun Yu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1874 – 1880

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201200821

One-pot direct C-H arylations of arenes in water catalysed by RuCl3.nH2O/NaOAc in the presence of Zn

José Gimeno,   Luis A. Adrio and   Cristian Vicent 

Chem. Commun. 2013, Advance article

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Biphasic Glycerol/2-MeTHF, Ruthenium-Catalysed Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using Sodium Hypophosphite as Hydrogen Donor

1. Carole Guyon, 
2. Estelle Métay, 
3. Nicolas Duguet, 
4. Marc Lemaire

1. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, ASAP

1. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300506

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Synthesis and characterization of oligonucleotide conjugates bearing electroactive labels

Julie Moreau, Nabil Dendane, Bernd Schöllhorn, Nicolas Spinelli, Claire Fave, Eric Defrancq

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volume 23, Issue 4, 15 February 2013, Pages 955–958

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.057

Pt(II) complexes with (N,N′) or (C,N,E)− (E = N,S) ligands: Cytotoxic studies, effect on DNA tertiary structure and structure–activity relationships

Joan Albert, Ramon Bosque, Margarita Crespo, Jaume Granell, Concepción López, Roldán Cortés, Asensio Gonzalez, Josefina Quirante, Carme Calvis, Ramon Messeguer, Laura Baldomà, Josefa Badia, Marta Cascante

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

Volume 21, Issue 14, 15 July 2013, Pages 4210–4217

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2013.05.005

Asymmetric synthesis of 1,2,3-trisubstituted indanes via an enantioselective copper(II)-catalyzed asymmetric nitroaldol reaction followed by an intramolecular Michael cyclization

Hongling Yuan, Junhao Hu, Yuefa Gong

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 24, Issue 12, 30 June 2013, Pages 699–705

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.05.005

Enantioselective catalytic synthesis of ethyl mandelate derivatives using Rh(I)–NHC catalysts and organoboron reagents

Carolina S. Marques, Anthony J. Burke

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 24, Issue 11, 15 June 2013, Pages 628–632

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.04.011

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Spirocyclic Azlactones by a Double Michael-Addition Approach

 Weber, M., Frey, W. and Peters, R. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 8342–8351. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201300224

Synthesis and Study of Cationic, Two-Coordinate Triphenylphosphine– Gold–π Complexes

Brooner, R. E. M., Brown, T. J. and Widenhoefer, R. A. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 8276–8284. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201204564

Sterically Controlled, Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Amination of Arenes

Ruja Shrestha , Paramita Mukherjee , Yichen Tan , Zachary C. Litman , and John F. Hartwig *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (23), pp 8480–8483

DOI: 10.1021/ja4032677

Chelation-Assisted Cross-Coupling of Anilines through In Situ Activation as Diazonium Salts with Boronic Acids under Ligand-, Base-, and Salt-Free Conditions

Joncour, R., Susperregui, N., Pinaud, N., Miqueu, K., Fouquet, E., Sotiropoulos, J.-M. and Felpin, F.-X.

Chem. Eur. J.,2013, 19, 9291–9296. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201300858

Pd-Catalyzed Chemoselective Catellani Ortho-Arylation of Iodopyrroles: Rapid Total Synthesis of Rhazinal

Xianwei Sui , Rui Zhu , Gencheng Li , Xinna Ma , and Zhenhua Gu *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9318–9321

DOI: 10.1021/ja404494u

Pd(II)-Catalyzed Phosphorylation of Aryl C–H Bonds

 

Chen-Guo Feng , Mengchun Ye , Kai-Jiong Xiao , Suhua Li , and Jin-Quan Yu *

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9322–9325

DOI: 10.1021/ja404526x