That’s a lot of alcohols…

George O’Doherty and colleague at Northeastern University have reported in JACS on a synthesis of cryptocaryol.

 

JACS paper

Towards Bielschowskysin

Johann Mulzer and co-workers have published in Organic Letters on their progress towards

OL paper

Epoxide opening cascade

Yoshiki Morimoto and co-workers at Osaka City University have reported in Organic Letters on a polyepoxide ring opening reaction.

OL paper

TMS diazomethane: a new use

Daesung Lee and co-workers from UIC have reported in Org Lett on the use of a trimethylsilyldiazomethane reaction. This reagent is usually used to form alkynes from aldehydes.

OL paper

Gelsemoxonine synthesis

Erick Carreira and colleague have reported in JACS on a synthesis of gelsemoxonine.

JACS paper

Dual catalysis

Erick Carreira and co-workers have published in Science on a cooperative catalysis reaction that forms a quaternary carbon center.

 

Science paper

Diyne desymmetrization

Ulrich Hennecke and co-workers at the Universitat Munster have reported in JAC on a desymmetrization of a diyne.

JACS paper

Desymmetrizing oxetanes

Jianwei Sun and co-workers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have reported in ACIE on a desymmetrization of oxetanes using a phosphoric acid catalyst.

ACIE paper

Roxbin B

Hidetoshi Yamada and co-workers at Kwansei Gakuin University have reported in JOC on a structural reassignment concluding that roxbin B is cuspinin.

JOC paper

Long C-O bond

Mark Mascal and co-workers at UC Davis have published in JACS on a long C-O bond in an oxonium ion.

JACS paper