Carboboration, organocatalytically

Masaya Sawamura and co-workers at Hokkaido University have reported in JACS on a carboboration of alkynoates.

JACS paper

1,4-Reduction with DIBAL

Yikang Wu and co-workers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported in Tetrahedron on the use of DIBAL to reduce alpha,beta-unsaturated oxazolidin-2-ones.

Tetrahedron paper

Stenine synthesis

Hongbin Zhang and co-workers at Yunnan University have reported in ACIEE on their synthesis of stenine.

ACIEE paper

Subincanadine C synthesis

Hongbin Zhai and co-workers from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of subincanadine C.

OL paper

Organocatalytic oxy-Michael

Seirjiro Matsubara and colleague at Kyoto University have reported in JACS on an organocatalytic oxy-Michael reaction.

JACS paper

Aplyviolene synthesis

Larry Overman and colleague have reported in JACS on a total synthesis of aplyviolene.  Surprisingly, the bromide in the alpha-bromo enone Michael acceptor substrate did not get displaced.

JACS paper

Nazarov cyclization via conjugate addition

Alison Frontier and co-workers at the University of Rochester have reported in JACS on a Nazarov cyclization

JACS paper

From cyclohexenone to alkaloid structure

Feng-Peng Wang and co-workers at Sichuan University have reported in Tetrahedron on an approach to access some alkaloids from a cyclohexenone.

Tetrahedron paper

Buprenorphine from oripavine

Thomas Hudlicky and co-workers at Brock University have reported in JOC on the total synthesis of buprenorphine from oripavine.

JOC paper

Drechslerines A and B from carvone

Hisahiro Hagiwara and co-workers from Niigata University have reported in Tetrahedron on the synthesis of drechslerines A and B.

Tetrahedron paper