Mycalolides synthesis

Hideo Kigoshi and co-workers from the University of Tsukuba have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of mycalolides.

ACIE paper

Pseudotabersonine via double ring closing metathesis

Stephen Martin and co-workers reported in Tetrahedron on the synthesis of pseudotabersonine using a double ring closing metathesis approach.

Tetrahedron paper

Ru-catalyzed metathesis of fluoro-olefins and enol ethers

Yusuke Takahira and colleague at Asahi Glass Co. have reported in JACS on a cross metathesis between fluoro-olefins and enol ethers.

JACS paper

Disorazole synthesis through metathesis

Alison Hulme and co-workers from the University of Edinburgh have reported in ACIE on a metathesis approach to disorazole. Reminds me of the Hoveyda approach.

ACIE paper

A Formal Metathesis

Zhang Jie-Shi and co-workers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported in JACS on a rhodium catalyzed exchange between an aryl keton and an aryl carboxylic acid to form aliphatic carboxylic acids and biaryl compounds.

JACS paper

Cochliomycin synthesis via NHK

Martin Banwell and co-workers at the Australian National University have reported in JOC on the synthesis of cochliomycins A and B.

JOC paper

Neopeltolide through metathesis

Hoveyda and co-workers have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of neopeltolide.

ACIE paper

Disorazole through cross metathesis

Hoveyda and co-workers from Boston College have reported in JACS on a Z-selective cross coupling to access this C2-symmetric molecule – using alkenyl boronate and alkenyl iodide moieties.

JACS paper

Cascade metathesis towards humulanolides

Chuang-Chuang Li and co-workers at the University of Science and Technology have reported in JACS on a cascade metathesis approach to the synthesis of humulanolides.

JACS paper

Asymmetric metathesis

Grubbs and colleagues have reported in JACS on their studies with asymmetric ring closing metathesis.

JACS paper