ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 39-40

A Divergent Synthetic Route to the Vallesamidine, Strempeliopine and Schizozygine Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (+)-Vallesamidine and (+)-14,15-Dehydrostrempeliopine
Xiangyu Zhang and James. C. Anderson*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP

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Chemoenzymatic cascade for stilbene production from cinnamic acid catalyzed by ferulic acid decarboxylase and an artificial metathease
M. A. Stephanie Mertens, Daniel F. Sauer, Ulrich Markel, Johannes Schiffels, Jun Okuda*, and Ulrich Schwaneberg*
Cat Sci Technol 2019 ASAP

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Nitroxide radical-containing polynorbornenes by ring-opening metathesis polymerization as stabilizing agents for polyolefins
Clémence Nicolas, Laurent Fontaine*, Véronique Montembault*
Polym Chem 2019 ASAP

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A stereoselective synthesis of (R)-5-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenethyl)cyclohex-2-enone, towards total synthesis of Prelunularin
Lakshmi Srinivasa Rao Kundeti, Sharada Ambati, N.M.A Rasheed, Ushakiranmayi Managamuri, Jhillu Singh Yadav, Kommu Nagaiah*
Tetrahedron Letters 2019 60 151134

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A facile synthesis of (Z)-1, 6-disubstituted-7H-benzo[b][1,5]diazonin-7-one derivatives via arylation-allylation-RCM pathway of anthranilamide and isatoic anhydride
Motakatla Novanna, Sathananthan Kannadasan,* and Ponnusamy Shanmugam*
Tetrahedron Letters 2019 ASAP

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Enantioselective Construction of the Tricyclic Core of Curcusones A–D via a Cross-electrophile Coupling Approach
Austin C. Wright and Brian M. Stoltz*
Chem Sci 2019 ASAP

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The chemistry of the carbon-transition metal double and triple bond: Annual survey covering the year 2018
James W. Herndon*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2019 401 213051

Section 2.2 reviews recent advances in olefin metathesis. Examples include the synthesis of complex small molecules, polymers, and many examples of Z-selective and stereoretentive reactions.

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Cycloparaphenylene-Norbornene Monomers Afford Access to Carbon Nanohoop-Based Polymers
Ruth L. Maust, Penghao Li, Lev N. Zakharov, Ramesh Jasti*
ChemRxiv

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Controlled release of ibuprofen from polymeric nanoparticles
Sara Shehata, Christopher J. Serpell*, and Stefano C. G. Biagini*
ChemRxiv

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