Z-selective olefin metathesis

Robert Grubbs and co-workers have reported in JACS on factors that influence Z-selective olefin metathesis.

JACS paper

WF-1360F synthesis

Karl-Heinz Altmann and co-workers at have reported in ACIE on the synthesis of WF-1360F.

ACIE paper

Spirangien A synthesis

Mark Rizzacasa and co-workers from the University of Melbourne have reported in Organic Letters on their formal synthesis of spirangien A.

OL paper

FD-895 synthesis

Michael Burkart and James J. La Clair and colleagues at UCSD have reported in Org Lett on the synthesis of

OL paper

Enyne metathesis

Steven Diver and co-workers from the University of Buffalo have reported in Organic Letters on an enyne metathesis reaction.

OL paper

Englerin A formal synthesis

Kathlynn Parker and colleague have reported in Organic Letters on a formal synthesis of englerin A.

OL paper

Fluorous mixture synthesis application

Dennis Curran and co-workers at the University of Pittsburgh have applied fluorous mixture synthesis to assign the stereochemistry of a macrolide.  Fluorous mixture synthesis is a technique where they install fluorinated tag protecting groups on the alcohols where each tag varies by the number of fluorines.  They are able to separate the tagged compounds based on the number of flourines on the tags.

JACS paper

Science paper

Oxyingenol synthesis

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

ACIE paper

Viriditoxin

Jared Shaw and co-workers at UC Davis have reported in Synthesis on their approach towards viriditoxin.

Synthesis paper

Enyne cross metathesis

Seunghoon Shin and co-workers at Hanyang University have reported in JACS on a gold catalyzed enyne cross metathesis between propiolic acids and alkenes.

JACS paper