This month sees the following articles in Chemical Science that are in the top ten most accessed:-
A robust and scalable synthesis of the potent neuroprotective agent (-)-huperzine A
Maung Kyaw Moe Tun, Daniel-Joachim Wüstmann and Seth B. Herzon
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00455G
Nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective
Xile Hu
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1867-1886, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00368B
Ruthenium-catalyzed intramolecular carbocyclization of alkynes with an sp3 carbon involving an oxidative deprotonation process
Bo-Xiao Tang, Ren-Jie Song, Cui-Yan Wu, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Yu Liu, Xiao-Cheng Huang, Ye-Xiang Xie and Jin-Heng Li
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00423A
Cinchona alkaloid-based phosphoramide catalyzed highly enantioselective Michael addition of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles to nitroolefins
Miao Ding, Feng Zhou, Yun-Lin Liu, Cui-Hong Wang, Xiao-Li Zhao and Jian Zhou
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 2035-2039, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00390A
The effect of the N-mesityl group in NHC-catalyzed reactions
Jessada Mahatthananchai and Jeffrey W. Bode
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00397F
Divergent reactions of indoles with aminobenzaldehydes: indole ring-opening vs. annulation and facile synthesis of neocryptolepine
Matthew K. Vecchione, Aaron X. Sun and Daniel Seidel
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00506E
Template-directed synthesis of p-conjugated porphyrin [2]rotaxanes and a [4]catenane based on a six-porphyrin nanoring
Matthew J. Langton, Jonathan D. Matichak, Amber L. Thompson and Harry L. Anderson
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1897-1901, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00358E
Synthesis of natural-product-like scaffolds in unprecedented efficiency via a 12-fold branching pathway
Diane Robbins, Annabella F. Newton, Camille Gignoux, Jean-Christophe Legeay, Alex Sinclair, Martin Rejzek, Carly A. Laxon, Sai K. Yalamanchili, William Lewis, Maria A. O’Connell and Robert A. Stockman
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00371B
Photocatalytic reductive cyclizations of enones: Divergent reactivity of photogenerated radical and radical anion intermediates
Juana Du, Laura Ruiz Espelt, Ilia A. Guzei and Tehshik P. Yoon
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00357G
Enantioselective carbon–sulfur bond formation: y additions of aryl thiols to allenoates catalyzed by a chiral phosphepine
Yuji Fujiwara, Jianwei Sun and Gregory C. Fu
Chem. Sci., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00414J
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