Photoredox cross-coupling

Larry Overman and co-workers reported in JACS on a photoredox coupling between tertiary alcohols and electron deficient olefins.

JACS paper

Exotines A and B

Yong Jiang and co-workers from Peking University have reported in Organic Letters on the isolation of exotines A and B, which inhibited nitric oxide production.

OL paper

Conolutinine synthesis

Weiqing Xie and co-workers from Northwest A&F University have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of conolutinine.

OL paper

Aryl bromide and aryl triflate cross coupling with Ni and Pd

Daniel Weix and co-workers have reported in Nature on a multimetallic cross coupling between an aryl triflate and aryl bromide using palladium and nickel.

Nature paper

Fe-catalyzed [2+2]

Paul Chirik and co-workers from Princeton have reported in Science on an iron catalyzed [2+2] cycloaddition.

Science paper

Regioselective acylation

Takeo Kawabata and co-workers from Kyoto University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of multifidosides through a regioselective acylation.

ACIE paper

Leucoridine synthesis

Rodrigo Andrade and co-workers from Temple University have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of

ACIE paper

Amine trapping

John Wolfe and co-workers have reported in JACS on a palladium catalyzed carboamination.

JACS paper

Fijiolide A synthesis

Nicolai Cramer and colleague from EPFL have reported in JACS on the synthesis of fijiolide A.

JACS paper

Pericoannosin A

Jungui Dai and co-workers from Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences have reported in Organic Letters on the isolation of pericoannosin A.

OL paper