Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Blog

This month sees the following articles in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed:

Tandem reactions initiated by copper-catalyzed cross-coupling: A new strategy towards heterocycle synthesis
Yunyun Liu and Jie-Ping Wan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6873-6894
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05769C

Towards the systematic exploration of chemical space
Mark Dow, Martin Fisher, Thomas James, Francesco Marchetti and Adam Nelson
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06098H

Transannular Claisen rearrangement reactions for the synthesis of vinylcyclobutanes: formal synthesis of (±)-grandisol
Donald Craig, Kiyohiko Funai, Sophie J. Gore, Albert Kang and Alexander V. W. Mayweg
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 8000-8002
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06619F

Nitrogen cation–π interactions in asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis
Shinji Yamada and John S. Fossey
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7275-7281
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05228D

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions: a facile synthesis of 3,5-di- and 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles
Shravankumar Kankala, Ravinder Vadde and Chandra Sekhar Vasam
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7869-7876
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06072D

Synthesis of enantioenriched γ-quaternary cycloheptenones using a combined allylic alkylation/Stork–Danheiser approach: preparation of mono-, bi-, and tricyclic systems
Nathan B. Bennett, Allen Y. Hong, Andrew M. Harned and Brian M. Stoltz
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06189E

The immobilisation of chiral organocatalysts on magnetic nanoparticles: the support particle cannot always be considered inert
Oliver Gleeson, Gemma-Louise Davies, Aldo Peschiulli, Renata Tekoriute, Yurii K. Gun’ko and Stephen J. Connon
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7929-7940
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06110K

Iron-catalyzed ene-type propargylation of diarylethylenes with propargyl alcohols
Shiyong Peng, Lei Wang and Jian Wang
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06456H

Recent advances in indole syntheses: New routes for a classic target
Rubén Vicente
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6469-6480
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05750B

Rhodium-catalysed enantioselective synthesis of 4-arylchroman-2-ones
Joseph C. Allen, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn and Christopher G. Frost
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06586F

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This month sees the following articles in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed:

Recent advances in indole syntheses: New routes for a classic target
Rubén Vicente
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6469-6480
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05750B

Brønsted acid assisted activation of imide carbonyl group: regioselective synthesis of isoindoloisoquinolinone alkaloid (±)-nuevamine
Jayaraman Selvakumar and Chinnasamy Ramaraj Ramanathan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7643-7646
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06349A

Palladium-catalyzed desulfitative C–H arylation of azoles with sodium sulfinates
Ru Chen, Saiwen Liu, Xinhua Liu, Luo Yang and Guo-Jun Deng
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7675-7679
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06387A

Tandem reactions initiated by copper-catalyzed cross-coupling: A new strategy towards heterocycle synthesis
Yunyun Liu and Jie-Ping Wan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6873-6894
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05769C

Chromo-fluorogenic detection of aldehydes with a rhodamine based sensor featuring an intramolecular deoxylactam
Zhu Li, Zhongwei Xue, Zhisheng Wu, Jiahuai Han and Shoufa Han
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7652-7654
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06448G

Pd-Catalyzed cyclization reaction: a convenient domino process for synthesis of α-carbonyl furan derivatives
Hua Cao, Huan-Feng Jiang, Hua-Wen Huang and Jin-Wu Zhao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7313-7317
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06105D

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions: a facile synthesis of 3,5-di- and 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles
Shravankumar Kankala, Ravinder Vadde and Chandra Sekhar Vasam
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7869-7876
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06072D

Highly effective copper-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of aryl halides with alkynyl carboxylic acids
Xiaoming Qu, Tingyi Li, Peng Sun, Yan Zhu, Hailong Yang and Jincheng Mao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6938-6942
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05969F

Synthesis and thermal decomposition of N,N-dialkoxyamides
Katherine M. Digianantonio, Stephen A. Glover, Jennifer P. Johns and Adam A. Rosser
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 4116-4126
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB00008J

Facile carbohydrate-based stereocontrolled divergent synthesis of (+)-pericosines A and B
Subhankar Tripathi, Ajam Chand Shaikh and Chinpiao Chen
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7306-7308
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06383A

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This month sees the following articles in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed:

Efficient and simple zinc-mediated synthesis of 3-amidoindoles
Anahit Pews-Davtyan and Matthias Beller
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6331-6334
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05576C

Total synthesis of clavaminol A, C and H
Ahmed M. Zaed and Andrew Sutherland
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06060K

A synergistic approach to polycyclics via a strategic utilization of Claisen rearrangement and olefin metathesis
Sambasivarao Kotha, Nimita G. Krishna, Somnath Halder and Shilpi Misra
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5597-5624
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05413A

Direct enantioselective access to 4-substituted tetrahydroquinolines by catalytic asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of quinolines
Magnus Rueping, Thomas Theissmann, Mirjam Stoeckel and Andrey P. Antonchick
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6844-6850
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05870C

Catalytic oxidative cleavage of olefins promoted by osmium tetroxide and hydrogen peroxide
Stewart R. Hart, Daniel C. Whitehead, Benjamin R. Travis and Babak Borhan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 4741-4744
DOI: 10.1039/C0OB01189D

Irreversible inhibitors and activity-based probes as research tools in chemical glycobiology
Martin D. Witte, Gijsbert A. van der Marel, Johannes M. F. G. Aerts and Herman S. Overkleeft
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5908-5926
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05531C

The synthesis of dehydrotryptophan and dehydrotryptophan-containing peptides
Harveen Kaur, Amanda M. Heapy and Margaret A. Brimble
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5897-5907
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05777D

Copper-catalyzed reductive coupling of tosylhydrazones with amines: A convenient route to α-branched amines
Abdallah Hamze, Bret Tréguier, Jean-Daniel Brion and Mouâd Alami
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6200-6204
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05664F

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cascade epoxide-opening and lactonization reaction for the synthesis of dihydropyrone derivatives
Jing Qi, Xingang Xie, Jinmei He, Ling Zhang, Donghui Ma and Xuegong She
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5948-5950
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05854A

Palladium-catalyzed C–H acetoxylation of 2-methoxyimino-2-aryl-acetates and acetamides
Liang Wang, Xu-Dong Xia, Wei Guo, Jia-Rong Chen and Wen-Jing Xiao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05887H

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