Paul Chirik and co-workers from Princeton have reported in JACS on a mechanistic study of an iron catalyzed [2+2].
Archive for March, 2013
Iron catalyzed [2+2]
Posted by naturalproductman on March 15, 2013
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Kinetic resolution with phosphoric acid
Posted by naturalproductman on March 13, 2013
William Roush and co-workers have reported in Org Lett on a kinetic resolution using phosphoric acid.
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Ca-catalyzed cyclopropanation
Posted by naturalproductman on March 8, 2013
Meike Niggemann and co-workers at RWTH Aachen University have reported in ACIE on a calcium catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction.
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Spongiastatin 2 synthesis
Posted by naturalproductman on March 8, 2013
Steven Ley and co-workers have reported in Chemical Science on the synthesis of spongiastatin 2.
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Kingianin synthesis
Posted by naturalproductman on March 6, 2013
Michael Sherburn and co-workers from Australian National University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of kingianins A, D, and F from a poly-yne precursor. Ledwith-Weitz salt was used to promote a Diels-Alder dimerization.
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What makes beer bitter…
Posted by naturalproductman on March 6, 2013
Werner Kaminsky and co-workers from the University of Washington have reported in ACIE on the isolation of humulone.
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