organicletters

April 2018

Tailoring Polyethers for Post-polymerization Functionalization by Cross Metathesis

Stephen D. Morrison, Rob M. J. Liskamp, and Joëlle Prunet

Synthesis of Oxygen-Free [2]Rotaxanes: Recognition of Diarylguanidinium Ions by Tetraazacyclophanes

Yu-Hsuan Chang, Yong-Jay Lee, Chien-Chen Lai, Yi-Hung Liu, Shie-Ming Peng, and Sheng-Hsien Chiu

Synthesis and Properties of the p-Sulfonamide Analogue of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Chromophore: The Mimic of GFP Chromophore with Very Strong N–H Photoacid Strength

Yi-Hui Chen, Robert Sung, and Kuangsen Sung

March 2018

Palladium-Catalyzed C–O Cross-Coupling of Primary Alcohols

Hong Zhang, Paula Ruiz-Castillo and Stephen L. Buchwald

Synthesis of Di(hetero)arylamines from Nitrosoarenes and Boronic Acids: A General, Mild, and Transition-Metal-Free Coupling

Silvia Roscales and Aurelio G. Csákÿ

Radical C–H Arylation of Oxazoles with Aryl Iodides: dppf as an Electron-Transfer Mediator for Cs₂CO₃

Zhengwei Guo, Man Li, Xue-Qing Mou, Gang He, Xiao-Song Xue and Gong Chen

Cu-Catalyzed Synthesis of Fluoroalkylated Isoxazoles from Commercially Available Amines and Alkynes

Xiao-Wei Zhang, Wen-Li Hu, Suo Chen, and Xiang-Guo Hu

Ligand-Controlled Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Secondary and Primary Alcohols to α-Alkylated Ketones, Pyridines, and Quinolines

Da-Wei Tan, Hong-Xi Li, Da-Liang Zhu, Hai-Yan Li, David James Young, Jian-Lin Yao, and Jian-Ping Lang

Sulfonium Salts as Alkylating Agents for Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Ortho Alkylation of Anilides and Aromatic Ureas

Dániel Cs. Simkó, Péter Elekes, Vivien Pázmándi, and Zoltán Novák

Photocatalytic and Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Diarylimines in Batch and Continuous Flow

Dean J. van As, Timothy U. Connell, Martin Brzozowski, Andrew D. Scully, and Anastasios Polyzos

Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Oxazolidin-2-one Derivatives Catalyzed by a Chiral Fe(III)-Bipyridine Diol Complex

Mao Li, Virginie Carreras, Angela Jalba, and Thierry Ollevier

Enamines as Surrogates of Alkene Carbanions for the Reductive Alkenylation of Secondary Amides: An Approach to Allylamines

Ai-E Wang, Cun-Cun Yu, Ting-Ting Chen, Yong-Peng Liu, and Pei-Qiang Huang

Transformation of Alkynes into Chiral Alcohols via TfOH-Catalyzed Hydration and Ru-Catalyzed Tandem Asymmetric Hydrogenation

Sensheng Liu, Huan Liu, Haifeng Zhou, Qixing Liu, and Jinliang Lv

Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Sulfoxides

Yuto Yoshida, Shinya Otsuka, Keisuke Nogi, and Hideki Yorimitsu

Spontaneous Aerobic Oxidation of 1,1,2,2-Tetrakis(N-methylpyridin- 4-ium)ethane Iodide to the Alkene and the Epoxide

Nikolai A. Tcyrulnikov, Anastasiia A. Tikhomirova, Sergei Tcyrulnikov, and R. Marshall Wilson

Iron-Catalyzed Radical Cycloaddition of 2H-Azirines and Enamides for the Synthesis of Pyrroles

Mi-Na Zhao, Zhi-Hui Ren, De-Suo Yang, and Zheng-Hui Guan

January 2018

Formation of [2]- and [3]Rotaxanes through Bridging under Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control

Takaaki Fujino, Hirotake Naitoh, Shinobu Miyagawa, Masaki Kimura, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kazuyuki Yoshida, Hajime Inoue, Hiroaki Takagawa, and Yuji Tokunaga

Asymmetric Synthesis and Biological Activities of Pactamycin-Inspired Aminocyclopentitols

Corey J. Brumsted, Evan L. Carpenter, Arup K. Indra, and Taifo Mahmud

Lewis Acid Mediated “endo-dig” Hydroalkoxylation–Reduction on Internal Alkynols for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic Ethers and 1,4-Oxazepanes

Santosh J. Gharpure, Dharmendra S. Vishwakarma, and Santosh K. Nanda

Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Decarbonylative C–S Coupling to Convert Thioesters to Thioethers

Naoko Ichiishi, Christian A. Malapit, Łukasz Woźniak, and Melanie S. Sanford

Synthesis of Bifunctional Thiophenes via Fiesselmann Condensation of Ynone Trifluoroborate Salts

Prisca Fricero, Laurent Bialy, Werngard Czechtizky, María Méndez, and Joseph P. A. Harrity

October 2017

Catalytic One-Pot Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes from Terminal Alkynes and Ketones

Qi Liu, Xinjun Tang, Yujuan Cai, and Shengming Ma

Transition-Metal-Free Reductive Coupling of 1,3-Butadienes with Aldehydes Catalyzed by Dibutyliodotin Hydride

Itaru Suzuki, Yuki Uji, Shujiro Kanaya, Ryosuke Ieki, Shinji Tsunoi, and Ikuya Shibata

Enantioselective Precipitate of Amines, Amino Alcohols, and Amino Acids via Schiff Base Reaction in the Presence of Chiral Ionic Liquid

Datong Wu, Pengfei Cai, Xiaoyong Zhao, and Yuanjiang Pan

September 2017

Useful Applications of Enantioselective (4 + 2)-Cycloaddition Reactions to the Synthesis of Chiral 1,2-Amino Alcohols, 1,2-Diamines, and β-Amino Acids

Karla Mahender Reddy, Barla Thirupathi, and E. J. Corey

A One-Pot Construction of Halogenated Trifluoromethylated Pyrroles through NXS (X = Br, I) Triggered Cascade

Chaoqian Huang, Yu Zeng, Huayu Cheng, Anjing Hu, Lu Liu, Yuanjing Xiao, and Junliang Zhang

August 2017

Calix[4, 5]tetrolarenes: A New Family of Macrocycles

Yossi Zafrani and Yoram Cohen

Transition-Metal-Free N–O Reduction of Oximes: A Modular Synthesis of Fluorinated Pyridines

Huawen Huang, Jinhui Cai, Hao Xie, Jing Tan, Feifei Li, and Guo-Jun Den

A Braided Hetero[2](3)rotaxane

Chuan Gao, Zhou-Lin Luan, Qi Zhang, Si-Jia Rao, Da-Hui Qu, and He Tian

Radical Difluoromethylation of Thiols with (Difluoromethyl)triphenylphosphonium Bromide

Niklas B. Heine and Armido Studer

Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted 2,4-Diamino-1,3,5-triazines from 1,1-Dibromoalkenes and Biguanides

Chen Zhang, Meng-Tao Ban, Kai Zhu, Li-Yu Zhang, Zhen-Yu Luo, Shun-Na Guo, Dong-Mei Cui, and Yu Zhang

April 2017

Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/1,5-H Migration/Diels–Alder Reaction Cascade: Synthesis of Complex Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles

Shuyao Zhang, Beiming Cheng, Shen-An Wang, Ling Zhou, Chen-Ho Tung, Jianwu Wang, and Zhenghu Xu

Ruthenium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction Forming 2-Aminopyridine Derivatives from α,ω-Diynes and Cyanamides

Fei Ye, Mansour Haddad, Virginie Ratovelomanana-Vidal, and Véronique Michelet

Mechanostereoselective One-Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Head-to-Head Cyclodextrin [3]Rotaxanes and Their Application as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents

Jean Wilfried Fredy, Jérémy Scelle, Gregory Ramniceanu, Bich-Thuy Doan, Célia S. Bonnet, Éva Tóth, Mickaël Ménand, Matthieu Sollogoub, Guillaume Vives, and Bernold Hasenknopf

Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2H-Imidazoles from Oxime Acetates and Vinyl Azides under Redox-Neutral Conditions

Zhongzhi Zhu, Xiaodong Tang, Jianxiao Li, Xianwei Li, Wanqing Wu, Guohua Deng, and Huanfeng Jiang

I₂-Promoted Povarov-Type Reaction Using 1,4-Dithane-2,5-diol as an Ethylene Surrogate: Formal [4 + 2] Synthesis of Quinolines

Xia Wu, Xiao Geng, Peng Zhao, Jingjing Zhang, Xingxing Gong, Yan-dong Wu, and An-xin Wu

February 2017

Photocontrol of Anion Binding Affinity to a Bis-urea Receptor Derived from Stiff-Stilbene

Sander J. WezenbergBen L. Feringa

Porphyrin–Polyyne [3]- and [5]Rotaxanes

Daniel R. KohnLevon D. MovsisyanAmber L. Thompsonand Harry L. Anderson

IgG Antibody Response Elicited by a Fully Synthetic Two-Component Carbohydrate-Based Cancer Vaccine Candidate with α-Galactosylceramide as Built-in Adjuvant

Xu-Guang YinXiang-Zhao ChenWen-Mei SunXiao-Shan GengXiao-Kang ZhangJian WangPan-Pan JiZhong-Yin ZhouDong Jae BaekGuang-Fu YangZheng LiuJun Guo

Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones with Accessible and Modular Ferrocene-Based Amino-phosphine Acid (f-Ampha) Ligands

Jianfei YuJiao LongYuhong YangWeilong WuPeng XueLung Wa ChungXiu-Qin DongXumu Zhang

Enantioselective Addition of Alkynes to α,α-Dichlorinated Aldehydes

Yeshua Sempere MolinaJonathan RuchtiErick M. Carreira

Copper-Catalyzed B(dan)-Installing Carboboration of Alkenes

Ikuo KageyukiItaru OsakaKen Takakiand Hiroto Yoshida

Enantiodifferentiation in the Photoisomerization of (Z,Z)-1,3-Cyclooctadiene in the Cavity of γ-Cyclodextrin–Curcubit[6]uril-Wheeled [4]Rotaxanes with an Encapsulated Photosensitizer

Zhiqiang YanQinfei HuangWenting LiangXingke YuDayang ZhouWanhua WuJason J. Chrumaand Cheng Yang

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Abyssomicin 2 Reactivates Latent HIV-1 by a PKC- and HDAC-Independent Mechanism

Brian León, Gabriel Navarro, Bailey J. Dickey, George Stepan, Angela Tsai, Gregg S. Jones, Monica E. Morales, Tiffany Barnes, Shekeba Ahmadyar, Manuel Tsiang, Romas Geleziunas, Tomas Cihlar, Nikos Pagratis, Yang Tian, Helen Yu, and Roger G. Linington

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