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Abstracts of articles in the field of organic synthesis,
published in the most highly regarded organic chemistry journals

An Efficient Synthesis of Nitroalkenes by Alkene Cross Metathesis: Facile
Access to Small Ring Systems
G. P. Marsh, P. J. Parsons, C. McCarthy, X. G. Corniquet, Org. Lett., 2007,
9, 2613-2616.

Palladium-Catalyzed Amidation of Enol Triflates: A New Synthesis of Enamides
D. J. Wallace, D. J. Klauber, C.-Y. Chen, R. P. Volante, Org. Lett.,
2003,
5, 4749-4752.

Indium Tribromide Catalyzed Aminolysis of Aziridines: An Efficient Synthesis
of vicinal-diamines
J. S. Yadav, B. V. S. Reddy, K. Vishweshwar Rao, K. Saritha Raj, A. R. Prasad, Synthesis,
2002, 1061-1064.

Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Tosylates with
Terminal Alkynes: Use of a Copper Cocatalyst Inhibits the Reaction
D. Gelman, S. L. Buchwald, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42,
5993-5996.

Facile Preparation of 2-Imidazolines from Aldehydes with tert-Butyl
Hypochlorite
M. Ishihara, H. Togo, Synthesis, 2007,
1939-1942.

Novel Synthesis of 2-Oxo-3-butynoates by Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling
Reaction of Terminal Alkynes and Monooxalyl Chloride
M. Guo, D. Li, Z. Zhang, J. Org. Chem., 2003, 68,
10172-10174.

Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of β-Carboxy-γ-lactams and Their Ethyl
Esters via Sc(OTf)3-Catalyzed Imino Mukaiyama-Aldol Type Reaction of
2,5-Bis(trimethylsilyloxy)furan with Imines
M. Pohmakotr, N. Yotapan, P. Tuchinda, C. Kuhakarn, V. Reutrakul, J. Org. Chem., 2007,
72, 5016-5019.

A General Method for the Direct α-Arylation of Nitriles with Aryl Chlorides
J. You, J. G. Verkade, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42,
5051-5053.

The First General Palladium Catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura and Carbonyl
Enolate Coupling of Aryl Arenesulfonates
H. N. Nguyen, X. Huang, S. L. Buchwald, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003,
125, 11818-11819.
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Acetyl chloride-ethanol brings about a remarkably efficient conversion of
allyl acetates into allyl chlorides
V. K. Yadav, K. G. Babu, Tetrahedron, 2003, 59,
9111-9116.

Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reaction in an Aqueous
Medium
V. Maya, M. Raj, V. K. Singh, Org. Lett., 2007,
9, 2593-2595.

N,N-Dimethyl Glycine-Promoted Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Phenols
and Aryl Halides
D. Ma, Q. Cai, Org. Lett., 2003, 5, 3799-3802.
