Chiral sulfoxide–olefin ligands: tunable stereoselectivity in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-additions

Guihua Chen, Jiangyang Gui, Peng Cao, Jian Liao

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 15, 15 April 2012, Pages 3220–3224

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.038

Copper-Catalyzed Borylation Reactions of Alkynes and Arynes

Prof. Hiroto Yoshida,* Shota Kawashima, Yuki Takemoto, Kengo Okada, Prof. Joji Ohshita and Prof. Ken Takaki

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 235–238

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106706

Catenane gel: synthesis of high molecular weight poly[2]catenanes by Sonogashira coupling polymerization

Toshiki Hagiwara, Yasuhiro Murano, Yuki Watanabe, Toru Hoshi, Takashi Sawaguchi

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 23, 6 June 2012, Pages 2805–2808

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.101

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative arylation of chromones via a double C–H activation: an expedient approach to flavones

Ko Hoon Kim, Hyun Seung Lee, Se Hee Kim, Jae Nyoung Kim

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 22, 30 May 2012, Pages 2761–2764

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.100

Easily accessible chiral dicyclopentadiene ligands for rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-addition reactions

Cheng Shao, Hong-Jie Yu, Chen-Guo Feng, Rui Wang, Guo-Qiang Lin

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 22, 30 May 2012, Pages 2733–2735

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.087

Green synthesis of novel chalcone and coumarin derivatives via Suzuki coupling reaction

Lucas C.C. Vieira, Márcio Weber Paixão, Arlene G. Corrêa

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 22, 30 May 2012, Pages 2715–2718

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.079

Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular [4+2] and [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Alkenes

Ramesh B. Dateer, Balagopal S. Shaibu and Prof. Dr. Rai-Shung Liu*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 113-117

 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105921

Optimized Liebeskind–Srogl coupling reaction between dihydropyrimidines and tributyltin compounds

Othman A. Hamed, Arab El-Qisairi, Hanan Qaseer, Emad M. Hamed, Patrick M. Henry, Daniel P. Becker

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 22, 30 May 2012, Pages 2699–2701

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.066

Rhodium nanoparticles as catalysts in the hydroformylation of 1-dodecene and their recycling in thermomorphic solvent systems

Arno Behr, Yvonne Brunsch, Adrian Lux

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 22, 30 May 2012, Pages 2680–2683

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.062

Al(OTf)3 as a new efficient catalyst for the direct nucleophilic substitution of ferrocenyl alcohol substrates. Convenient preparation of ferrocenyl-PEG compounds

Naoual Allali, Victor Mamane

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 21, 23 May 2012, Pages 2604–2607

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.042

Enantioselective Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of tetrasubstituted olefins of cyclic β-(arylsulfonamido)acrylates

Chang-Bin Yu, Kai Gao, Qing-An Chen, Mu-Wang Chen, Yong-Gui Zhou

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 20, 16 May 2012, Pages 2560–2563

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.035

Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular cyclocarbonylation of 2-iodoanilines with N-toluenesulfonyl aldimines

Kazumi Okuro, Howard Alper

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 20, 16 May 2012, Pages 2540–2542

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.031

‘Ligand-free’ palladium-catalyzed direct C–H bond oxidative acyloxylation of 2-arylpyridines with aromatic carboxylic acids

Chao-Jun Hu, Xiao-Hong Zhang, Qiu-Ping Ding, Ting Lv, Shao-Peng Ge, Ping Zhong

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 19, 9 May 2012, Pages 2465–2468

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.03.022

Rh2(OAc)4 catalyzed substrate selective [4+2]/[2+2] cycloaddition of acylketenes: a highly chemo- and regioselective synthesis of spiro(oxindolyl)oxazinones and β-lactams

B.V. Subba Reddy, Govindaraju Karthik, Tamilselvan Rajasekaran, Aneesh Antony, B. Sridhar

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 19, 9 May 2012, Pages 2396–2401

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.02.106

Highly effective activation of aryl chlorides for Suzuki coupling in aqueous media using a ferrocene-based Pd(II)–diimine catalyst

Murat Emre Hanhan, Ramon Martínez-Máñez, Jose Vicente Ros-Lis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 19, 9 May 2012, Pages 2388–2391

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.02.102

New chiral ferrocenyl P,S-ligands for highly diastereo- and enantioselective Ag(I)-catalyzed asymmetric [3+2] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

Mei-Ling Han, Dao-Yong Wang, Pei-Wei Zeng, Zhuo Zheng, Xiang-Ping Hu

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 23, Issues 3–4, 29 February 2012, Pages 306–312

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.02.017

Asymmetric carbonyl-ene and Friedel–Crafts reactions catalysed by Lewis acid platinum group metal complexes of the enantiopure atropisomeric biaryl-like diphosphine (S)-Me2-CATPHOS: a comparison with BINAP

Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Hamid Mehdi-Zodeh
Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 23, Issues 3–4, 29 February 2012, Pages 209–216

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.01.022

Asymmetric conjugate addition ofcis-2-arylethenylboronic acids catalyzed by chiral diene/rhodium complexes: 1,4-rhodium shift from alkenylrhodium to arylrhodium intermediates

Keigo Sasaki, Tamio Hayashi

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 23, Issue 5, 15 March 2012, Pages 373–380

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.03.004

An efficient and promising method to prepare Ladostigil (TV3326) via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation catalyzed by Ru–Cs-DPEN in an HCOONa–H2O–surfactant system

Zonghua Luo, Fangfei Qin, Shilei Yan, Xingshu Li

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 23, Issue 5, 15 March 2012, Pages 333–338

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.02.022

Beyond the Limits: Palladium-N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Catalytic System Enables Highly Efficient [4+2] Benzannulation Reactions

Olga V. Zatolochnaya, Alexey V. Galenko and Vladimir Gevorgyan

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 1149 – 1155

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100983

Origins of Enantioselectivity during Allylic Substitution Reactions Catalyzed by Metallacyclic Iridium Complexes

Sherzod T. Madrahimov and John F. Hartwig

J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/ja212217j

A soluble copper–bipyridine water-oxidation electrocatalyst

 

Shoshanna M. Barnett, Karen I. Goldberg & James M. Mayer

 Nature Chemistry (2012) doi:10.1038/nchem.1350

Metal-Catalyzed Nitrogen-Atom Transfer Methods for the Oxidation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds

Jennifer L. Roizen, Mark Edwin Harvey, and J. Du Bois*

Acc. Chem. Res., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/ar200318q

Catalytic Asymmetric α-Acylation of Tertiary Amines Mediated by a Dual Catalysis Mode: N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Photoredox Catalysis

Daniel A. DiRocco and Tomislav Rovis

J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/ja3030164

Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Annulation of 3-[2-(2-Iodobenzylamino)aryl]-N-arylpropiolamides: Synthesis of 3-[5H-Dibenzo[b,e]azepin-11(6H)-ylidene]indolin-2-ones

Tao Zou, Xing-Guo Zhang, Jin-Heng Li, Chen-Liang Deng and Ri-Yuan Tang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 889 – 898

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100098