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

Fusarisetin A synthesis

Ang Li and co-workers at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry have reported in JACS on the synthesis of fusarisetin A.

 

JACS paper

Enantioselective Wacker Oxidation

Hiroaki Sasai and co-workers at Osaka University have published in Org Lett on an enantioselective Wacker cyclization using a palladium catalyst with a SPRIX ligand.

OL paper