History of Chemical Routes towards Cyclic Non-Enzymatic Oxygenated Metabolites of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Camille Oger, Claire Cuyamendous, Aurélien de la Torre, Mathieu Candy; Alexandre Guy, Valérie Bultel-Poncé, Thierry Durand, Jean-Marie Galano* Synthesis 2018 ASAP Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Sulfur-Chelated Ruthenium Benzylidenes Bearing a CAAC Ligand Illya Rozenberg, Or Eivgi, Alexander Frenklah, Danielle Butilkov, Sebastian […]

Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) of 1,5-Cyclooctadiene Using Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization Olga Lidia Torres-Rocha, Xiaowei Wu, Chunyang Zhu, Cathleen M. Crudden, and Michael F. Cunningham* Macromol Rapid Commun 2018 ASAP Synthesis and biological evaluation of cyclic derivatives of combretastatin A-4 containing group 14 elements Víctor Blasco, Juan Murga, Eva Falomir,* Miguel Carda, Santiago Royo, Ana C. […]

Divergent total synthesis of penaresidin B and its straight side chain analogue Tomoya Fujiwara, Kazuki Hashimoto, Masanori Umeda, Saki Murayama, Yuki Ohno, Bo Liu, Hisanori Nambu, Takayuki Yakura* Tetrahedron 2018 ASAP DDQ-Mediated Oxidation of Allylarenes: Expedient Access to Cinnamaldehyde-Containing Phenylpropanoids Tao-Shan Jiang*, Qingqing Zhang, Guohui Li, Xi Cheng, Yongping Cai* Synthesis 2018 ASAP Transformations of […]

Total synthesis and cytotoxic activity of dechlorogreensporones A and D Laksamee Jeanmard, Panata Iawsipo, Jiraporn Panprasert, Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul, Kwanruthai Tadpetch* Tetrahecdron 2018 ASAP Recent Advances in Total Synthesis via Metathesis Reactions Iván Cheng-Sánchez, Francisco Sarabia* Synthesis 2018 ASAP A highlight of total syntheses (2012-2018) featuring metathesis as a key bond-forming transformation Bowls, Hoops, and Saddles: […]

Metathesis and Decomposition of Fischer Carbenes of Cyclometalated Z-Selective Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts Tonia S. Ahmed, Jessica M. Grandner, Buck L. H. Taylor, Myles B. Herbert, K. N. Houk,* and Robert H. Grubbs* Organometallics 2018 ASAP

Merging metathesis and photochemical Csp3-H activation: Access to masked β-formyl hexanolides and their rearrangement to furofuranones Quentin Glenadel, Youssef Nassar, Ludovic Raffier, Sebastiaan Veys and Olivier Piva* Tetrahedron 2018 ASAP The Studies on the Synthesis of Endocyclic Enol Lactones via a RCM of Selected Vinyl Esters Anna Brodzka, Filip Borys, Dominik Koszelewski, and Ryszard Ostaszewski* […]

Sequential Alkene Isomerization and Ring-Closing Metathesis in Production of Macrocyclic Musks from Biomass Adrian Sytniczuk, Gwénaël Forcher, Douglas B. Grotjahn,* and Karol Grela* Chem Eur J 2018 ASAP At Long Last: Olefin Metathesis Macrocyclization at High Concentration Adrian Sytniczuk, Michał Dąbrowski, Łukasz Banach, Mateusz Urban, Sylwia Czarnocka-Śniadała, Mariusz Milewski, Anna Kajetanowicz, Karol Grela* J Am […]

Ring-Closing Metathesis in Pharmaceutical Development: Fundamentals, Applications and Future Directions Miao Yu*, Sha Lou*, and Francisco Gonzalez Bobes* Org Proc Res Dev 2018 ASAP Metathesis-Based Stapling of a Pyridine-Acetylene-Phenol Oligomers Having Alkenyl Side Chains after Intermolecular Templation by Native Saccharides Hajime Abe,* Chihiro Sato, Yuki Ohishi, and Masahiko Inouye* Eur J Org Chem 2018 ASAP […]

Total Synthesis of Carpatamides A-D Nagaraju Madala, Venkata Rao Ghanta, Srilalitha Vinnakota, Narender Mendu, Arun B. Ingle, Krishna Ethiraj, Vishal Sharma* Tetrahedron Letters 2018 ASAP Sharma Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of tertiary amide monomers derived from a bio-based oxanorbornene Stefan B. Lawrenson, Sam Hart, Ian. D. V. Ingram, Michael North,* Rachel R. Parker and Adrian C. […]

Carboxyl Graphene as a Superior Support for Bulky Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalyst Katarzyna Kaczanowska,* Michał Chwalba, Jakub Pastva, Martin Kubů, Anna Ruszczyńska, Ewa Bulska, Hynek Balcar, and Krzysztof Skowerski* Organometallics 2018 ASAP Toward Perfect Regiocontrol for β-Selective Cyclopolymerization Using a Ru-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalyst Kijung Jung, Kunsoon Kim, Jong-Chan Sung, Tonia S. Ahmed, Soon Hyeok […]

Synthesis of Various Heterocycles Having a Dienamide Moiety by Ring-Closing Metathesis of Ene-ynamides Hideaki Wakamatsu*, Yoshimi Sasaki, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yuichi Yoshimura* Synthesis 2018 ASAP Reusable N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex Catalysts and Beyond: A Perspective on Recycling Strategies Wenlong Wang, Lifeng Cui, Peng Sun, Lijun Shi, Chengtao Yue, and Fuwei Li* Chem Rev 2018 ASAP […]