Ni-catalyzed acyl cross-coupling

Sarah Reisman and co-workers have reported in JACS on a Ni-catalyzed coupling of an aryl chloride and acyl chloride.

JACS paper

Triazole annulation

Huw Davies and colleague from Emory University have reported in JACS on an indole annulation using a triazole.

JACS paper

Hydrocarbamoylation

Erick Carreira and colleague have reported in JACS on a ruthenium catalyzed hydrocarbamoylation.

JACS paper

Fe-catalyzed C-H amination

Theodore Betley and co-worker have reported in Science on an iron catalyzed C-H amination.

Science paper

Rh-cascade

Ken Tanaka and co-workers at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have reported in Org Lett on a rhodium catalyzed cascade reaction to yield substituted cyclopentanones.

OL paper

Anti-Markovnikov oxidation of allylic esters

Ben Feringa and co-workers at the University of Groningen have reported in ACIE on a palladium catalzyed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of allylic esters.  This is the opposite of what we see in a Wacker-Tsuji process.

ACIE paper

Gold catalyzed [2+2]

Antonio Echavarren and co-workers from ICIQ in Spain have reported in Org Lett on a gold catalyzed intramolecular [2+2] between an alkene and alkyne.

OL paper

Chiral allene synthesis

Doug Frantz and co-workers at UT San Antonio have reported in JACS on a palladium catalyzed asymmetric approach to synthesizing axially chiral allenes through beta-hydride elimination.

JACS paper

Asymmetric aminoboration of alkenes

Masahiro Miura and co-workers from Osaka University have reported in JACS on an olefin difunctionalization.

JACS paper

Triyne to aromatic ring

Daesung Lee and co-workers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have reported in JACS on a silver promoted cascade involving a C-H insertion from a silver catalyzed aryne formation.

JACS paper