Author: Layhna

Target: Kik

Total Synthesis of Resiniferatoxin

Method: Layhna

DABCO-Catalyzed Reaction of 2-Naphthols with Aryl Isothiocyanates: Access to 2-Iminonaphtho-1,3-oxathioles

Target: Yang

Total Synthesis of Bipolamine I

Method: Blaik

Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Fluoroalkyl-Substituted Alkenes to Access Chiral Fluoroalkylboronates

Target: Yang

[Link] Total Synthesis of Bipolamine I

Method: Blaik

Postponed

Spotlight: Layhna

Darren Dixon (University of Oxford)
Special Topic: One-Pot Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 2-Pyrazolines

Target: Eliseo

Symmetry-Driven Total Synthesis of Myrioneurinol

(Method skipped)

Spotlight: Bryce

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Target: Blaik

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (−)-Phaeocaulisin A

Method: Layhna

Undirected, Asymmetric Alkyl Group Functionalizations through Alkane Dehydrogenation

Spotlight: Yang

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Target: Kik

Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Cephalotane-Type Diterpenoids Cephanolides A–D

Method: Bryce

Highly Regio-, Stereo-, and Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed B−H Bond Insertion of α-Silylcarbenes: Efficient Access to Chiral Allylic gem -Silylboranes

 

Spotlight: Eliseo

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Target: Bryce

Total Syntheses of Proposed Structures of 4,10-Dihydroxy-8,12-guaianolides

Method: Eliseo

[Enantioselective Organocopper-Catalyzed Hetero Diels−Alder Reaction through in Situ Oxidation of Ethers into Enol Ethers]

Spotlight: Vivian

Research update

NMR Problem:

1) https://www.chem.uci.edu/~jsnowick/organicspectroscopy/2013-MT-I.3.pdf

2) https://www.chem.uci.edu/~jsnowick/organicspectroscopy/2014-MT-II.2.pdf

Target: Yang

Method: Blaik

Nontraditional Fragment Couplings of Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids: C(sp³)–C(sp³) Cross-Coupling via Radical Sorting

Spotlight: Kik

Research update

Target: Eliseo

Concise Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Daphenylline Enabled by an Intramolecular Oxidative Dearomatization

Method: Vivian

Decarboxylative Borylation and Cross-Coupling of (Hetero)aryl Acids Enabled by Copper Charge Transfer Catalysis

Spotlight: Layhna

PDF: Erik Alexanian (University of North Carolina)