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 […]

High-Yield Synthesis of a Long-Sought, Labile Ru-NHC Complex and Its Application to the Concise Synthesis of Second-Generation Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Craig S. Day and Deryn E. Fogg* Organometallics 2018 ASAP Influence of Anionic Ligand Exchange in Latent Sulfur-Chelated Ruthenium Precatalysts Elisa Ivry, Noy B. Nechmad, Mark Baranov, Israel Goldberg, and N. Gabriel Lemcoff* Inorg Chem […]

Synthesis of Functionalized Cage Propellanes and D3-Trishomocubanes via the Ring-Closing Metathesis and Acid-Promoted Rearrangement Sambasivarao Kotha,* and Subba Rao Cheekatla Tetrahedron 2018 ASAP Synthetic Studies toward (±)-Furanocembranoid 1: Construction of the Acyclic Carbon Framework Chada Raji Reddy*, and Siddique Z. Mohammed ACS Omega 2018 3 15628-15634 Using Machine Learning To Predict Suitable Conditions for Organic […]

Living Metathesis and Metallotropy Polymerization Gives Conjugated Polyenynes from Multialkynes: How to Design Sequence-Specific Cascades for Polymers Cheol Kang, Seongyeon Kwon, Jong-Chan Sung, Jinwoo Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik,* and Tae-Lim Choi* J Am Chem Soc 2018 ASAP Rapid Decomposition of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts by a Truncated N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC): Efficient Catalyst Quenching and NHC Vinylation Stephanie […]

Synthesis and evaluation of Naphthalene-1,8-dithiolate chelating ruthenium carbene catalyst for Z-Stereoretentive olefin metathesis Tao Wang, Qingxiao Xie, Weijie Guo, Shutao Wu, Huiqing Zhang, Jianhui Wang* J Organometallic Chem 2018 ASAP Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization in Miniemulsion Using a TEGylated Ruthenium-Based Metathesis Catalyst Chunyang Zhu, Xiaowei Wu, Olena Zenkina, Matthew T. Zamora, Karen Moffat, Cathleen M. Crudden,* […]

Macromolecular Brushes by Combination of Ring-Opening and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Thermodynamics, and Dynamics Christiana Nikovia, Lazaros Theodoridis, Stelios Alexandris, Panayiotis Bilalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis, George Floudas,* and Marinos Pitsikalis* Macromolecules 2018 ASAP

Asymmetric Synthesis of an Advanced Tetracyclic Framework of (+)-Sarain A Yu Wang, Lingying Leng, Ying Liu, Guiying Dai, Fanglin Xue, Zhihao Chen, Jiao Meng, Guohua Wen, Yaxin Xiao, Xiao-Yu Liu, and Yong Qin* Org Lett 2018 ASAP Multifaceted study on a cytochalasin scaffold: lessons on reactivity, multidentate catalysis and anticancer properties Mehdi Zaghouani, Oscar Gayraud, […]

An Alternative Stereoselective Synthesis Of Greensporone C Venkata Naresh Vema, Bharathi kumari, Y. Sridhar Musulla, RamaKrishnam Raju Addada, Srinivasa Rao Alapati* Tetrahedron Letters 2018 ASAP Stereoretentive Olefin Metathesis Made Easy: In Situ Generation of Highly Selective Ruthenium Catalysts from Commercial Starting Materials Daniel S. Müller, Idriss Curbet, Yann Raoul, Jérôme Le Nôtre, Olivier Baslé, and […]

Total synthesis of JBIR-03 and asporyzin C Tetsuro Murokawa, Masaru Enomoto*, Takaaki Teranishi, Yusuke Ogura, Shigefumi Kuwahara* Tetrahedron Letters 2018 ASAP A Facile Synthesis of N-Boc-azocan-5-one Maricela Morales-Chamorro, Alfredo Vázquez* Synlett 2018 ASAP Construction of the highly oxidized bicyclo[3.2.1]octane CD ring system of aconitine via a late stage enyne cycloisomerization Xiao-Han Zhou, Ying Liu, Rui-Jie […]