Tungsten-Catalyzed Regioselective and Stereospecific Ring Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols and 2,3-Epoxy Sulfonamides

Chuan Wang and Hisashi Yamamoto 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (19), pp 6888–6891

DOI: 10.1021/ja5029809

Copper-Mediated Oxidative Transformation of N-Allyl Enamine Carboxylates toward Synthesis of Azaheterocycles

Kah Kah Toh, Anup Biswas, Yi-Feng Wang, Yun Yun Tan, and Shunsuke Chiba 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (16), pp 6011–6020 

DOI: 10.1021/ja500382c

Heck–Matsuda Arylation of Olefins Through a Bicatalytic Approach: Improved Procedures and Rationalization

Nicolas Oger, François Le Callonnec, Denis Jacquemin, Eric Fouquet, Erwan Le Grognec and François-Xavier Felpin

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1065 – 1071

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301144

New Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Reaction with Intramolecular Ring Closure of an N-(2-Chloro-3-heteroaryl)arylamide: First Synthesis of Oxazolo[4,5-b]pyrazines

Charles S. Demmer, Jacob C. Hansen, Jan Kehler and Lennart Bunch

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1047 – 1055

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