Total Synthesis of (-)-Haploscleridamine Moumita Singha Roy, Xiaofeng Meng, Karuna Koda, Sivappa Rasapalli, Delphine Gout and Carl J. Lovely* Tetrahedron Letters 2019 ASAP Bimolecular Cross-Metathesis of a Tetrasubstituted Alkene with Allylic Sulfones Rishi R. Sapkota, Jacqueline M. Jarvis, Tanner M. Schaub, Marat R. Talipov, and Jeffrey B. Arterburn* ChemistryOpen 2019 8 201-205 Ring-opening metathesis polymerization […]

Access to multi-substituted 2(5H)-furanones using hydrogen bonding-promoted ring-closing metathesis and polyamine workup Kai Tan, Huan Yan, Pengbo Lu, Yuehui Liu, Ruigeng Ji, Zhongxian Liu, Ya-Min Li, Fu-Chao Yu, Yuehai Shen* J Org Chem 2019 ASAP Development of a catalytic enantioselective synthesis of the guanacastepene and heptemerone tricyclic core Andrew M. Harned* and Brian M. Stoltz* […]

Traceless Protection for More Broadly Applicable Olefin Metathesis Yucheng Mu, Thach T. Nguyen, Farid W. van der Mei, Richard R. Schrock, and Amir H. Hoveyda* Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP Recent Advances in the Application of Ring-Closing Metathesis for the Synthesis of Unsaturated Nitrogen Heterocycles Emilia J. Groso, Corinna S. Schindler* Synthesis 2019 ASAP […]

Sequence-Controlled Polymers Through Entropy-Driven Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Theory, Molecular Weight Control, and Monomer Design Jamie A. Nowalk, Cheng Fang, Amy L. Short, Ryan M. Weiss, Jordan H. Swisher, Peng Liu, Tara Yvonne Meyer* J Am Chem Soc 2019 ASAP Total synthesis of natural (-)- and unnatural (+)-Melearoride A Carson W. Reed, Mark G. Fulton, Kellie […]

Ruthenium-Catalysed Olefin Metathesis in Environmentally Friendly Solvents: 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran Revisited Michał Smoleń, Anna Marczyk, Wioletta Kośnik, Bartosz Trzaskowski, Anna Kajetanowicz,* and Karol Grela* Eur J Org Chem 2019 ASAP 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran as a Solvent of Choice for Spontaneous Metathesis/Isomerization Sequence Adam A. Rajkiewicz, Krzysztof Skowerski, Bartosz Trzaskowski, Anna Kajetanowicz,* and Karol Grela* ACS Omega 2019 4 1831-1837 […]

Selectivity in Ring-Closing Metathesis: Synthesis of Propellanes and Angular Aza-tricycles Sambasivarao Kotha,* Vikas R. Aswar and Saima Ansari Adv Synth Catal 2019 ASAP Influence of Residual Impurities on Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization after Copper(I)-Catalyzed Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Click Reaction Jinwoong Choi, Hyunjoo Kim, Taeyang Do, Junsoo Moon, Youngson Choe, Jeung Gon Kim,* Joona Bang* J Polym Sci […]

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Laurallene Fumihiko Yoshimura,* Taku Okada, and Keiji Tanino* Org Lett 2019 ASAP Synthesis and biological evaluation of fluorinated analogues of ripostatin A Vladyslav Shendermana and Evgeny V. Prusov* Org Biomol Chem 2019 ASAP Ultra-Fast Synthesis of Multivalent Radical Nanoparticles by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly Dao Le, Marco Dilger, Vincent Pertici, Silvia […]

cis-Dichloro Sulfoxide Ligated Ruthenium Metathesis Precatalysts Adam M. Johns,* Bryan A. Fiamengo, Jessica R. Herron, Jean-Baptiste Bourg, Angelino Doppiu, Ralf Karch, and Richard L. Pederson Organometallics 2019 ASAP Looking for the Noncyclic(amino)(alkyl)carbene Ruthenium Catalyst for Ethenolysis of Ethyl Oleate: Selectivity Is on Target Przemysław Wyrębek, Paweł Małecki, Adrian Sytniczuk, Wioletta Kośnik, Anna Gawin, Jacek Kostrzewa, […]

Short Total Synthesis of Δ12-Prostaglandin J2 and Related Prostaglandins. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Macrocyclic Δ12-Prostaglandin J2 Analogues K. C. Nicolaou,* Kiran Kumar Pulukuri, Stephan Rigol, Zisis Peitsinis, Ruocheng Yu, Satoshi Kishigami, Nicholas Cen, Monette Aujay, Joseph Sandoval, Nancy Zepeda, and Julia Gavrilyuk J Org Chem 2018 ASAP Novel Synthesis of Trisubstituted Olefins for […]

Concise Asymmetric Synthesis of Kweichowenol A David B. Konrad, Bilal Kicin, Dirk Trauner* Synlett 2018 ASAP ω-Norbornenyl Macromonomers: In Situ Synthesis by End-Capping of Living Anionic Polymers Using a Norbornenyl-Functionalized α-Phenyl Acrylate and Their Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Myung-Jin Kim, Yong-Guen Yu, Chang-Geun Chae, Ho-Bin Seo, In-Gyu Bak, Y. L. N. Kishore Mallela, and Jae-Suk Lee* […]

Concise Syntheses of Δ12-Prostaglandin J Natural Products via Stereoretentive Metathesis Jiaming Li, Tonia S. Ahmed, Chen Xu*, Brian M. Stoltz*, and Robert H. Grubbs* J Am Chem Soc 2018 ASAP In Situ Conformational Fixation of the Amide Bond Enables General Access to Medium-Sized Lactams via Ring-Closing Metathesis Nina Hegmann, Lea Prusko, Nina Diesendorf, and Markus […]