Monday, April 29, 2013

Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Carbofunctionalization of Alkynes to Highly Functionalized Tetrasubstituted Alkenes

Marcos G. Suero, Elliott D. Bayle, Beatrice S. L. Collins, and Matthew J. Gaunt 
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (14), pp 5332–5335

Salen Promoted Enantioselective Nazarov Cyclizations of Activated and Unactivated Dienones

Gerri E. Hutson, Yunus E. Türkmen, and Viresh H. Rawal
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (13), pp 4988–4991 

Regioselective and Stereospecific Copper-Catalyzed Aminoboration of Styrenes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron and O‑Benzoyl‑N,N‑dialkylhydroxylamines

Naoki Matsuda, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, and Masahiro Miura
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (13), pp 4934–4937 

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C(sp2)- H Activation and Electrophilic Amidation with N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide

Ren-Jin Tang, Cui-Ping Luo, Luo Yang and Chao-Jun Li
 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 869 – 873

Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Enamides via Palladium-Catalyzed Silaboration of Ynamides

Nozomi Saito, Keiichi Saito, Hiroyasu Sato and Yoshihiro Sato
 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 853 – 856

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hydrophilic pyrazine-based phosphane ligands: synthesis and application in asymmetric hydride transfer and H2-hydrogenation of acetophenone

Nicolai I. Nikishkin, Jurriaan Huskens, Willem Verboom

Volume 54, Issue 14, 3 April 2013, Pages 1857–1861

Construction of the flavones and aurones through regioselective carbonylative annulation of 2-bromophenols and terminal alkynes

Jianming Liu, Muwen Liu, Yuanyuan Yue, Ningfei Zhang, Yuanli Zhang, Kelei Zhuo

Volume 54, Issue 14, 3 April 2013, Pages 1802–1807

Ruthenium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation of aliphatic amides through the regioselective activation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds

Nao Hasegawa, Kaname Shibata, Valentine Charra, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshiya Fukumoto, Naoto Chatani

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4466–4472

Carboxylate-assisted ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H arylations of 5-aryl tetrazoles: step-economical access to Valsartan

Emelyne Diers, N.Y. Phani Kumar, Tom Mejuch, Ilan Marek, Lutz Ackermann

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4445–4453

Domino C–H functionalization reactions of gem-dibromoolefins: synthesis of N-fused benzo[c]carbazoles

Richard Y. Huang, Patrick T. Franke, Norman Nicolaus, Mark Lautens

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4395–4402

Palladium-acetate catalyst for regioselective direct arylation at C2 of 3-furanyl or 3-thiophenyl acrylates with inhibition of Heck type reaction

Lu Chen, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Henri Doucet

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4381–4388

Asymmetric β-boration of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with chiral Rh[bis(oxazolinyl)phenyl] catalysts

Kenji Toribatake, Li Zhou, Ayae Tsuruta, Hisao Nishiyama

Volume 69, Issue 17, 29 April 2013, Pages 3551–3560

1′-Trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1′-ethenyl- and 1′-formyl-1-ethynylferrocenes: syntheses and electrochemical properties

Guillaume Grelaud, Gilles Argouarch, Marie P. Cifuentes, Mark G. Humphrey, Frédéric Paul

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3316–3322

Aryl–aryl coupling via palladium-catalyzed C–P/C–H bond cleavage

Ziyuan Li, Haipin Zhou, Jinyi Xu, Xiaoming Wu, Hequan Yao

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3281–3286

Cobalt-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes

Weifei Li, Pingjing Jia, Bing Han, Dianjun Li, Wei Yu

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3274–3280

Intramolecular O-arylation route to 2-substituted benzoxazoles mediated by ferrocene tethered polymer supported ionic liquid phase catalyst

Jagannath Jadhav, Vipul Gaikwad, Rajanikant Kurane, Rajashri Salunkhe, Gajanan Rashinkar

Volume 69, Issue 14, 8 April 2013, Pages 2920–2926

Monday, April 15, 2013

Copper-Catalyzed C–O Bond Formation: An Efficient One-Pot Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Furans from (2-Furyl)Carbene Complexes


Hua Cao *Haiying ZhanJinghe CenJingxin LinYuanguang LiQiuxia ZhuMinling Fu, and Huanfeng Jiang *
Org. Lett.201315 (5), pp 1080–1083
DOI: 10.1021/ol400080e

Continuous Synthesis and Use of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper(I) Complexes from Insoluble Cu2O


Suzanne M. OpalkaJin Kyoon ParkAshley R. Longstreet, and D. Tyler McQuade *
Org. Lett.201315 (5), pp 996–999
DOI: 10.1021/ol303442m

Highly Efficient Cu(I)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Ketones and Aldehydes with Diaziridinone


Yingguang Zhu Baoguo Zhao , and Yian Shi
Org. Lett.201315 (5), pp 992–995

Monday, April 8, 2013

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Phosphine-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Alkynylcarboxylic Acids with Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides

Police Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Pottabathula Srinivas, Manne Annapurna, Suresh Bhargava, Jorg Wagler, Nedaossadat Mirzadeh and Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam
 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 705 – 710

Nickel(II)-Magnesium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of 1,1-Dibromo- 1-alkenes with Diphenylphosphine Oxide: One-Pot Synthesis of (E)-1-Alkenylphosphine Oxides or Bisphosphine Oxides

Liu Liu, Yulei Wang, Zhiping Zeng, Pengxiang Xu, Yuxing Gao, Yingwu Yin and Yufen Zhao
 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 659 – 666