Regioselective Cleavage of Unstrained C-C Bond and C-H Bond: Palladium–Copper Catalyzed Deacetophenonylative Arylation of Coumarin Derivatives

Manman Sun, Guodong Shen and Weiliang Bao

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3468 – 3474

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Thioethers as Directing Group for the Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Arenes

Jinzhong Yao, Ming Yu and Yuhong Zhang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3205 – 3210

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Reductive Cyclization of Bromoenynamides with Alcohols as Hydride Source: Synthesis and Reactions of 2-Amidodienes

Rebecca L. Greenaway, Craig D. Campbell, Helen A. Chapman and Edward A. Anderson

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3187 – 3194

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Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Additions, in Water at Room Temperature, with In-Flask Catalyst Recycling

Bruce H. Lipshutz, Nicholas A. Isley, Ralph Moser, Subir Ghorai, Helena Leuser and Benjamin R. Taft

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3175 – 3179

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Zinc-Catalyzed Organic Synthesis: C-C, C-N, C-O Bond Formation Reactions

Xiao-Feng Wu and Helfried Neumann

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3141 – 3160

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Copper-Catalyzed C–H Azidation of Anilines under Mild Conditions

Conghui Tang and Ning Jiao 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (46), pp 18924–18927 

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Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Substitution with Alkylboranes

Yoshinori Shido, Mika Yoshida, Masahito Tanabe, Hirohisa Ohmiya, and Masaya Sawamura

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (45), pp 18573–18576 

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Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Diarylphosphines to Nitroalkenes for the Synthesis of Chiral P,N-Compounds

Jian-Jun Feng, Miao Huang, Zi-Qi Lin and Wei-Liang Duan

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3122 – 3126

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Dehydrogenative Silylation of Terminal Alkynes with Hydrosilanes under Zinc–Pyridine Catalysis

Teruhisa Tsuchimoto, Masakazu Fujii, Yoshihiko Iketani and Masaru Sekine

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2959 – 2964

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Asymmetric Intramolecular C-H Insertion of α-Diazoacetamides in Water by Dirhodium(II) Catalysts Derived from Natural Amino Acids

Nuno R. Candeias, Carolina Carias, Luis F. R. Gomes, Vânia André, M. Teresa Duarte, Pedro M. P. Gois and Carlos A. M. Afonso

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2921 – 2927

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Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative ortho-Acylation of Aryl Ketone O-Methyl Oximes with Aryl and Alkyl Aldehydes

Yaxi Yang, Bing Zhou and Yuanchao Li

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2916 – 2920

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Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Nickel Hydride Complex under Mild Conditions

Linus P. Bheeter, Mickaël Henrion, Lydia Brelot, Christophe Darcel, Michael J. Chetcuti, Jean-Baptiste Sortais and Vincent Ritleng

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2619 – 2624

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Copper-Catalyzed Recycling of Halogen Activating Groups via 1,3-Halogen Migration

R. David Grigg, Ryan Van Hoveln, and Jennifer M. Schomaker 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (39), pp 16131–16134 

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Indirect C–H Azidation of Heterocycles via Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Fragmentation of Unsymmetrical λ3-Iodanes

Dmitrijs Lubriks, Igors Sokolovs, and Edgars Suna 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (37), pp 15436–15442 

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Copper-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of α-Diazo Esters with TMSCF3: The Important Role of Water as a Promoter

Mingyou Hu, Chuanfa Ni, and Jinbo Hu 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (37), pp 15257–15260 

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Catalytic Boracarboxylation of Alkynes with Diborane and Carbon Dioxide by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper Catalyst

Liang Zhang, Jianhua Cheng, Béatrice Carry, and Zhaomin Hou 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (35), pp 14314–14317 

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Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Arylation of 1-Deazapurines via C-H Bond ActivationIaroshenko, Viktor O.; Ali, Iftikhar; Mkrtchyan, Satenik; Semeniuchenko, Volodymyr; Ostrovskyi, Dmytro; Langer, Peter

Synlett 2012; 23(18): 2603-2608

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One-Pot Synthesis of Chiral Dihydrobenzofuran Framework via Rh/Pd Catalysis

Gavin Chit Tsui, Jennifer Tsoung, Patrick Dougan, and Mark Lautens 

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5542–5545

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Ruthenium- and Sulfonamide-Catalyzed Cyclization between N-Sulfonyl Imines and Alkynes

Peng Zhao, Fen Wang, Keli Han, and Xingwei Li

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5506–5509

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Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Dehydrogenative Aromatization of Cyclohexanone Imines to Arylamines

Alakananda Hajra, Ye Wei, and Naohiko Yoshikai

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5488–5491

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Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Using Guanidine as a Directing Group: Ortho Arylation and Olefination of Arylguanidines

Jiaan Shao, Wenteng Chen, Marc A. Giulianotti, Richard A. Houghten, and Yongping Yu

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5452–5455

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Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Aryloxycarboxylic Esters via Asymmetric Hydrogenation of β-Aryloxy-α,β-Unsaturated Esters

Gavin W. Stewart, Michael Shevlin, Adam D. Gammack Yamagata, Andrew W. Gibson, Stephen P. Keen, and Jeremy P. Scott

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5440–5443

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Cu(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Naphthalene-1,3-diamine Derivatives from Haloalkynes and Amines

Zhengwang Chen, Wei Zeng, Huanfeng Jiang, and Liangxian Liu

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (21), pp 5385–5387

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Selective Cross-Coupling of Organic Halides with Allylic Acetates

 

Lukiana L. Anka-Lufford, Michael R. Prinsell, and Daniel J. Weix  

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (22), pp 9989–10000

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Facially Selective Cu-Catalyzed Carbozincation of Cyclopropenes Using Arylzinc Reagents Formed by Sequential I/Mg/Zn Exchange

 

Vinod Tarwade, Ramajeyam Selvaraj, and Joseph M. Fox  

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (21), pp 9900–9904

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EPR Investigation of Zinc/Iodine Exchange between Propargyl Iodides and Diethylzinc: Detection of Propargyl Radical by Spin Trapping

 

Julien Maury, Suribabu Jammi, François Vibert, Sylvain R. A. Marque, Didier Siri, Laurence Feray, and Michèle Bertrand

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Cyclohexylcarbonitriles: Diastereoselective Arylations with TMPZnCl·LiCl

 

Robert J. Mycka, Stéphanie Duez, Sebastian Bernhardt, Johannes Heppekausen, Paul Knochel, and Fraser F. Fleming 

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Radical One-Pot α,β-Dual and β-Mono-Oxymethylation of Alkylidenemalonate

 

Ken-ichi Yamada *, Takehito Konishi, Mayu Nakano, Shintaro Fujii, Romain Cadou, Yasutomo Yamamoto, and Kiyoshi Tomioka * 

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Zinc-Mediated Diastereoselective Synthesis of 3-Amino Oxindoles by Addition of Methyl and Terminal Alkynes to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Ketimines

 

Wenjin Yan , Dong Wang , Jingchao Feng , Peng Li , and Rui Wang 

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (7), pp 3311–3317

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Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling reaction of alkynyl carboxylic acids and allyl acetates

Juseok Choe, Jiyoung Yang, Kyungho Park, Thiruvengadam Palani, Sunwoo Lee

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 51, 19 December 2012, Pages 6908–6912

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Asymmetric synthesis of optically active 2-vinylpyrrolidines and 2-vinylpiperidines by palladium-catalysed cyclisation of amino allylic carbonates

Beata Olszewska, Bogusław Kryczka, Anna Zawisza

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 50, 12 December 2012, Pages 6826–6829

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Palladium-catalysed direct arylations of heteroaromatics bearing dicyanovinyls at C2

Younes Bouazizi, Kassem Beydoun, Anis Romdhane, Hichem Ben Jannet, Henri Doucet

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 50, 12 December 2012, Pages 6801–6805

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A novel approach for highly regio- and stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-3-methyleneisoindoline-1-ones in aqueous micellar medium

Swarbhanu Sarkar, Samrat Dutta, Rajdip Dey, Subhendu Naskar

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 50, 12 December 2012, Pages 6789–6792

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Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of aryl(trialkyl)silanes with aryl nitriles

Shi Tang, Shu-Hua Li, Wen-bin Yan

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 50, 12 December 2012, Pages 6743–6746

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Rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation as a valuable synthetic tool for the preparation of chiral drugs

Pablo Etayo and Anton Vidal-Ferran

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, ASAP

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Homogeneous palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

Qing-An Chen ,  Zhi-Shi Ye ,  Ying Duan and Yong-Gui Zhou 

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, ASAP

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β-Elimination competitions leading to CC bonds from alkylpalladium intermediates

Jean Le Bras, Jacques Muzart

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 49, 9 December 2012, Pages 10065–10113

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Gold-catalyzed direct cycloketalization of acetonide-tethered alkynes in the presence of water

Benito Alcaide, Pedro Almendros, Rocío Carrascosa

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 46, 18 November 2012, Pages 9391–9396

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Rhodium/diene-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of N-Boc-protected α,β-unsaturated δ-lactam with arylboronic acids: enantioselective synthesis of 4-aryl-2-piperidinones

Zhi-Tao He, Ya-Bing Wei, Hong-Jie Yu, Cai-Yun Sun, Chen-Guo Feng, Ping Tian, Guo-Qiang Lin

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 45, 11 November 2012, Pages 9186–9191

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Recent applications of the Suzuki reaction in total synthesis

Majid M. Heravi, Elaheh Hashemi

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 45, 11 November 2012, Pages 9145–9178

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.08.058

Cationic iridium-catalyzed enantioselective activation of secondary sp3 C–H bond adjacent to nitrogen atom

Shiguang Pan, Yusuke Matsuo, Kohei Endo, Takanori Shibata

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 44, 4 November 2012, Pages 9009–9015

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Ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis after tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride-mediated desilylation

Sami Osman, Kazunori Koide

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 49, 5 December 2012, Pages 6637–6640

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Ferrocene tagged functional polymer: a robust solid-phase reagent for O-demethylation

Rajanikant Kurane, Vipul Gaikwad, Jagannath Jadhav, Rajashri Salunkhe, Gajanan Rashinkar

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 47, 21 November 2012, Pages 6361–6366

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Functionalization of BINOL and application in the homo- and heterogeneous enantioselective epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones

Moulay Youness El Kadiri, Eric Framery, Bruno Andrioletti

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 47, 21 November 2012, Pages 6335–6338

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Reductive etherification of aldehydes photocatalyzed by dicarbonyl pentamethylcyclopentadienyl iron complexes

Gilles Argouarch, Guillaume Grelaud, Thierry Roisnel, Mark G. Humphrey, Frédéric Paul

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 53, Issue 37, 12 September 2012, Pages 5015–5018

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Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Derivatives

Ranjan Jana, Tejas P. Pathak, Katrina H. Jensen, and Matthew S. Sigman

Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (16), pp 4074–4077

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Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Methylquinolines with Alcohols

Yasushi Obora, Shinji Ogawa, and Nobuyuki Yamamoto

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (20), pp 9429–9433

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Synthesis of Phenol Derivatives from Cyclohex-2-enones Bearing an Alkyne through Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Enolization and Intramolecular Alder–Rickert Reaction

Atsushi Kinbara, Takehiro Yamagishi, Naoko Hanzawa, Etsuko Kawashima, and Hiroaki Miyaoka

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (20), pp 8999–9005

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Direct α-Arylation of α-Amino Carbonyl Compounds with Indoles Using Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

Zhi-Qiang Wang, Ming Hu, Xiao-Cheng Huang, Lu-Bing Gong, Ye-Xiang Xie, and Jin-Heng Li

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (19), pp 8705–8711

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Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of α-Imino Esters

Jiayan Chen, Xiaoxia Lu, Wenyong Lou, Yong Ye, Huanfeng Jiang, and Wei Zeng

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (19), pp 8541–8548

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