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Nov. 05, 2010 A. Gupta " "  
Oct. 29, 2010 M. Mukherjee  
Oct. 22, 2010 L. Huang "Asymmetric deprotonation using s-BuLi or i-PrLi and chiral diamines in THF:
The diamine matters"
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Oct. 15, 2010 W. Zhao "Total Synthesis of (+)-Perophoramidine& Determination of the Absolute Configuration" PDF
Oct. 08, 2010 X. Zhang "Pd(II)-Catalyzed Olefination of sp3 C-H Bonds" PDF
Oct. 01, 2010 H. Ren  
Sep. 24, 2010 N. Majumdar "Total Synthesis of (+)-Fendleridine (Aspidoalbidine) and (+)-1-
Acetylaspidoalbidinet"
PDF
Sep. 10, 2010 D. Berbasov "Convergent Synthesis of Trisubstituted Z-Allylic Esters by Wittig-Schlosser Reaction" PDF
May. 14, 2010 X. Zhang  
May. 07, 2010 W. Zhao  
Apr. 30, 2010 Y. Guan "Cu(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation of Ketones" PDF
Apr. 16, 2010 W. Gilson "Oxidation Catalysis of Nb(salan) Complexes: Asymmetric Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols Using Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide as an Oxidant" PDF
Apr. 02, 2010 A. Gupta "Nine-Step Enantioselctive Total Synthesis of (+)-Minfeinsine" PDF
Mar. 19, 2010 M. Mukherjee "Total Synthesis, Assignment of the Relative and Absolute Stereochemistry, and Structural Reassignment of Phostriecin (aka Sultriecin)" PDF
Mar. 12, 2010 L. Huang  
Mar. 05, 2010 H. Ren "Total Synthesis of Palau'amine" PDF
Feb. 12, 2010 A. Desai  
Feb. 05, 2010 N. Majumdar  
Jan. 29, 2010 D. Berbasov "Sulfur Ylide Mediated Asymmetric Epoxidations and Aziridinations" PDF
Jan. 22, 2010 Y. Guan  
Dec. 04, 2009 W. Gilson "Catalytic Asymmetric 6 pi Electrocyclization : Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Indolines" PDF
Nov. 20, 2009 A. Gupta "Total Synthesis of Vinigrol" PDF
Nov. 13, 2009 M. Mukherjee "Merging Nucleophilic and Hydrogen Bonding Catalysis: An Anion Binding Approach to the Kinetic Resolution of Amines" PDF
Nov. 06, 2009 L. Huang "Total synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A" PDF
Oct. 30, 2009 H. Ren "Enamine Catalysis with Low Catalyst Loadings–High Efficiency via Kinetic Studies" PDF
Oct. 23, 2009 A. Desai "Transition Metal Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines Via Monodentate Phosphoramidite Ligands A High Impact Field Barely Explored"  
Aug. 14, 2009 Y. Guan "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Organoboronic Esters through Conjugate Boration of β-Substituted Cyclic Enones" PDF
Aug. 07, 2009 W. Gilson "Bimetallic Pd(III) Complexes in Palladium-Catalysed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation" PDF
Jul. 31, 2009 A. Gupta "Reductive and Transition-Metal-Free: Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols by Sodium Hydride" PDF
Jul. 24, 2009 M. Mukherjee "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Alkylidene-β-hydroxy Esters via Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation Involving Ba-Catalyzed Direct Aldol Reaction" PDF
Jun. 26, 2009 L. Huang "A Powerful Chiral Counteranion Motif for Asymmetric Catalysis" PDF
Jun. 19, 2009 H. Ren "Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Carbon Isotope (13C/12C) Chirality" PDF
Jun. 12, 2009 N. Majumdar "A Meta-Selective Copper-Catalyzed C-H Bond Arylation" PDF
May. 15, 2009 D. Berbasov "Chemistry and the Nervous System" PDF
May. 01, 2009 L. Huang "Nazarov Reaction" PDF
Apr. 24, 2009 W. Gilson "A New Method in Conversion of CO2 into Methanol" PDF
Apr. 17, 2009 H. Ren "Total Synthesis of Norhalichondrin B" PDF
Apr. 10, 2009 A. Desai "The Story of (S)-Metolachlor: An Industrial Odyssey in Asymmetric Catalysis" PDF
Mar. 20, 2009 M. Mukherjee "Development of Carbohydrate Based Anticancer Vaccine" PDF
Mar. 13, 2009 N. Majumdar "Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Alcohol: Significant Developments" PDF
Mar. 06, 2009 A. Predeus "Synthesis of Clavirolide C and Other Dolabellane Diterpenes" PDF
Feb. 20, 2009 A. Gupta "Total Synthesis of Bryostatins" PDF
Feb. 13, 2009 Y. Guan "Synthesis of Polyfluorinated and Polychlorinated Hydrocarbons" PDF
Sep. 05, 2008 A. Gupta "Catalytic Arylation of Aldehydes & Catalytic vinylation of Iminium Ions" PDF
Aug. 15, 2008 Y. Guan "Boronic Acids in Molecular Self-Assembly" PDF
Aug. 08, 2008 L. Huang "A Brønsted Acid Catalyst for the Enantioselective Protonation Reaction" PDF
Aug. 01, 2008 W. Gilson "Synthesis of 1,3-Diols via Controlled, Radical-Mediated C-H Functionalization" PDF
Jul. 19, 2008 H. Ren "The total synthesis of (-)-cyanthiwigin F by means of double catalytic enantioselective alkylation" PDF
Jul. 11, 2008 A. Desai "Analysis of the Reactions used for the Preparation of Drug Candidate Molecules, Industrial Methods for the Production of Optically Active Intermediates, The Chemistry IgNobel Prizes" PDF
Jun. 13, 2008 M. Mukherjee "Cooperative Catalysis by Tertiary Amino-Thioureas: Mechanism and Basis for Enantioselectivity of Ketone Cyanosilylation" PDF
Jun. 06, 2008 D. Berbasov "Chiral DMAP Catalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis" PDF
May. 16, 2008 H. Ren"Do Special Noncovalent π-π Stacking Interaction Really Exist?" PDF
May. 16, 2008 A. Gupta "Recent Advances in IMCRs (Passerini and Ugi Reactions)" PDF
May. 09, 2008 Y. Guan "Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Coupling with Alkyl Halides" PDF
Dec. 14, 2007 A. Gupta "Total Synthesis of Resveratrol-Based Natural Products & Nucleophilic Carbene and HOAt Relay Catalysis in an Amide Bond Coupling" PDF
Dec. 07, 2007 L. Huang "Enantioselective α−Allylationof Aldehydesand Ketones" PDF
Oct. 26, 2007 A. Gupta "Highly Enantioselective Oxidative Couplings of 2-Naphthols Catalyzed by Chiral Bimetallic Oxovanadium Complexes with Either Oxygen or Air as Oxidant" PDF
Oct. 19, 2007 Z. Ding "Total Synthesis of Platensimycin" PDF
Oct. 12, 2007 A. Predeus "Stereo- and Regioselective Synthesis of Multisubstituted Alkenes" PDF
Sep. 28, 2007 Z. Lu "(+)-Saxitoxin : A First and Second Generation Stereoselective Synthesis" PDF
Sep. 21, 2007 A. Desai "The Conferience Experience" PDF
Sep. 21, 2007 A. Desai "ACDC – Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Catalysis (Catalysis with Chiral Phosphoric Acid Counteranions)" PDF
Sep. 07, 2007 M. Mukherjee "A Practical Synthesis of (-)-Oseltamivir" PDF
Jun. 01, 2007 A. Gupta "Few Selected Total Synthesis in 2007" PDF
May. 18, 2007 K. Rampalakos"Enamine/Iminium catalysis: Highlights from the evolution of pyrolidinetype catalysts" PDF
Feb. 16, 2007 K. Korthals"Common Pain Killers: Miscellaneous Factoids and Information
Chemistry Inspired by Pains"
PDF
Jan. 07, 2007 A. Predeus "Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Two sp3-Carbons: Challenges and Solutions" PDF
Jun. 16, 2006 A. Desai "Chiral Ionic Liquids (CILs) in Asymmetric Synthesis: The story so far…." PDF
Jun. 09, 2006 M. Barabanov "Chiral [1,3,2]Oxazaboroles: Preparation and Use in Organic Reactions" PDF
Apr. 21, 2006 Z. Lu "A Convergent Enantioselective Route to Structurally Diverse Tetracyclines"
Apr. 13, 2006 K. Rampalakos "Asymmetric organocatalytic Michael addition to nitro-olefins"
Feb. 17, 2006 C. Newman "Chiral Phosphine…The Nucleophilic Trigger"
Feb. 10, 2006 K. Korthals "Recent Advances in the Asymmetric NH(K) Catalytic in Chromium (Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi)"
Feb. 03, 2006 G. Hu "Application of Titanium BINOLate In Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition"
Jan. 26, 2006 Z. Ding "Most Recent Advances in Hydroamination"
Jan. 19, 2006 A. Predeus "Recent Examples of Cobalt-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions of Alkyl Halides"
Jan. 12, 2006 Z. Lu "Recent Applications of Chiral Binaphthol Derived Phosphoric Acid in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions"
Nov. 17, 2005 G. Philips "Total Syntheses of Ustiloxin D"
Nov. 10, 2005 Y. Zhang "Derecemization/Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary Stereocenters"
Oct. 13, 2005 Y. Lian "Catalytic Asymmetric Esterification of Ketenes"
Oct, 06, 2005 C. Wu "Total Synthesis of (+)-Apiosporamide"
Sep. 29, 2005 C. Newman
Sep. 22, 2005 K. Korthals "Diabetic Retinopathy II"
Sep. 08, 2005 G. Hu "Chiral Boron-bridged Bisoxazolines: Readily Available Anionic Ligands For Asymmetric Catalysis"
May. 12, 2005 Z. Ding "Strategies for Catalytic Asymmetric Electrophilica-Halogenation of Carbonyl Compounds"
May. 05, 2005 V. Gopalsamuthiram "Total Synthesis of Cribrostatin"
Apr. 20, 2005 A. Predeus "Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of Indole and Pyrrole"
Mar. 31, 2005 Z. Lu "Total Syntheses of Amphidinolides T1 and T4 via Catalytic, Stereoselective, Reductive Macrocyclizations"
Mar. 24, 2005 K. Rampalakos "Total Synthesis of (-)-Incarvilline, (+)-Incarvine C and (-)-Incarvillateine"
Mar. 10, 2005 Y. Zhang "Catalytic C-H Bond Functionalization with Palladium (II)"
Mar. 03, 2005 G. Philips "Total Synthesis and Elucidation of of the Absolute Configuration of the Diterpene Tonantzitlolone"
Feb. 03, 2005 J. Huang "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Agelastatin A Using Sulfinimine (N-Sulfinyl Imine) Derived Methodologies"
Jan. 27, 2005 Y. Lian "Total Synthesis of Stephacidin A"
Jan. 20, 2005 C. Wu "Total Synthesis of (-)-Lepadiformine"
Jan. 13, 2005 C. Newman "Chiral Phosphine Oxide Preligands (SPO’s)"
Nov. 18, 2004 K. Korthals "Spirodiepoxides : Epoxomicin"
Nov. 11, 2004 G. Hu "C-C Bond Formation Between Fischer Carbene Complex and Allylic Alcohols Promoted by an M(CO)5 Shift"
Nov. 04, 2004 Z. Ding "Back to Sugars: “Enzymatic” Synthesis"
Oct. 28, 2004 V. Gopalsamuthiram "Total Synthesis of Kendomycin- An Odyssey in C-Aryl Glycoside Synthesis"
Oct. 21, 2004 W. Wulff "Oxidative C-Arylation of Free (NH)-Heterocycles Via Direct (sp3) C-H Bond Functionalization"
Oct. 14, 2004 A. Predeus "Some Approaches to Synthesis of Marine Natural Products Containing Medium-Sized Rings"
Oct. 07, 2004 Z. Lu "P-Menthane-3-carboxaldehyde: A Useful Chiral Auxiliary for the Synthesis of Chiral Quaternary Carbons"
Sep. 23, 2004 K. Rampalakos "Anodic Oxidation Reactions: First asymmetric synthesis of (-)-Alliaciol A"
Sep. 02, 2004 G. Philips "Asymmetric Total synthesis of (+)-Cannabisativine"
Aug. 26, 2004 Y. Zhang "Total Synthesis of TMC-95A and -B via a New Reaction Leading to Z-enamides"
Aug. 19, 2004 J. Huang "Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Terpestacin and Structural Revision of Siccanol"
Aug. 12, 2004 Y. Lian "Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Acyl-Pictet-Spengler Reaction"
Aug. 05, 2004 C. Wu "Synthesis of Chiral Allylic Amines via Coupling of Alkynes and Imines"
Jul. 30, 2004 C. Newman "Total Synthesis and Structural Confirmation of the Antithrombotic Marine Natural Product Oscillarin"
Jul. 01, 2004 K. Korthals "Angiogenesis: Synthetic Emphasis on Fumagillin"
Jun. 24, 2004 G. Hu "Chiral Olefin Ligands - New Spectators in Asymmetric Catalysis"
Jun. 16, 2004 Z. Ding "Synthesis of Resorcinylic Macrolides"
Jun. 10, 2004 V. Gopalsamuthiram "Asymmetric Carbometalation of Unactivated Olefifins"
Jun. 03, 2004 W. Wulff "Stereoselective Synthesis of (-)-Cephalotaxine and C- 7 Alkylated Analogues"
May. 27, 2004 Z. Lu "Asymmetric O- and N- Nitroso Aldol Reaction - An Efficient Access to α-oxy and α-amino Carbonyl Compound"
May. 20, 2004 K. Rampalakos "DDQ Induced C-C Bond Forming Reactions"
May. 13, 2004 V. Prutyano "A Chiral Aldehyde Equivalent as a Building Block Towards Biologically Active Targets"
Apr. 22, 2004 G. Philips "The Tethered Biginelli Condensation in Natural Product Synthesis"

Apr. 08, 2004 M. Rawat "Proton Based Catalysis: Imine as Electrophiles"

Mar. 18, 2004 Y. Zhang "Recent Development in Catalytic Benzoin Reaction"

Mar. 11, 2004 Y. Lian "Large-Scale Synthesis of (+)-Discodermolide -- The Hybridized Novartis-Smith-Paterson Approach"

Mar. 04, 2004 C. Wu "Asymmetric Cycloisomerization of 1,6- and 1,7- Enynes by Transition-Metal Catalysts"

Feb. 26, 2004 P. Reddy "Ionic Liquids (IL’s): An Ionic Liquid-Supported Ruthenium Carbene Complexes for RCM in Ionic Liquids"
Feb. 19, 2004 C. Newman "Iridium Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions"
Feb. 12, 2004 K. Korthals "Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Reaction - Asymmetric Versions"
Feb. 05, 2004 J. Huang "None-group VI Metal Catalyzed Reactions of Fischer Carbene Complexes through Transmetallation"

Jan. 22, 2004 Z. Ding "Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Quinine and Quinidine"

Jan. 16, 2004 G. Hu "Catalytic Asymmetric Michael Reaction of Keto Esters: Effects of the Linker Heteroatom Linked-BINOL"

Jan. 08, 2004 V. Gopalsamuthiram "Photoenolization Diels-Alder Reactions -Application to the Total Synthesis of Hybocarpone and Hamigerans

Dec. 03, 2003 K. Rampalakos "Total Synthesis of Paraherquamide A"

Nov. 20, 2003 Z. Lu."Reductive Enolate Generation From Enones - Application in C-C bond Formation"

Nov. 13, 2003 W. D. Wulff "Asymmetric Simmons-Smith Cyclopropanation of Unfunctionalized Olefins" Long, J.; Yuan, Y.; Shi, Y.; JACS, 2003, 125, 13632
Sep. 11, 2003 Y. Lian "Asymmetric Total synthesis of Tetrodotoxin" 1. Ohyabu, N.; Nishikawa, T.; Isobe, M. JACS. 2003, 125, 8798;  2. Hinman, A.; Du Bois, J. JACS, 2003, 125, 11510
Aug. 28, 2003 K. Korthals "Olefin Cross Metathesis: A Model in Selectivity"

Aug. 21, 2003
Y. Zhang "Asymmetric [3+2] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides"

Jul. 31, 2003 V. Gopalsamuthiram "Palladium catalyzed C-C Bond Cleavage of tert-Cyclobutanols" 1. Matsumura, S.; Maeda, Y.; Nishimura, T.; Uemura, S. JACS. 2003, 125, 8862. 2. Nishimura, T.; Ohe, K.; Uemura, S. JACS. 1999, 121, 2645. 3. Nishimura, T.; Uemura, S. JACS. 1999, 121, 11010
Jun. 26, 2003 Z. Lu. "Asymmetric Schmidt Reaction of Hydroxyalkyl Azides with Ketones"

May 29, 2003 Y. Deng "Development of the [3+2] Annulations of Cyclohexenylsilanes and Chlorosulfonyl Isocyanate: Application to the Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Peduncularine” Roberson, C. W.; Woerpel, K. A. JACS 2002,124, 11342
May 22, 2003 Y. Zhang "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Quaternary Carbons Bearing Two Aryl Substituents by Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reactions" Larry E. Overman et al. JACS, 2003, 125, 626.
May 15, 2003 Y. Lian "Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions (Aldol, Michael, Mannich reactions) of Hydroxyketones with a Et2Zn/Linked-BINOL Complex"
1. Kumagai, N.; Matsunaga, S.; Kinoshita, T.; Harada, S.; Okada, S.; Sakamoto, S.; Yamaguchi, K.; Shibasaki, M. JACS. 2003, 125, 2169.2. Harada, S.; Kumagai, N.; Kinoshita, T.; Matsunaga, S.;Shibasaki, M. JACS. 2003,125, 2582.3. Matsunaga, S.; Kumagai, N.; Harada, S.; Shibasaki, M. JACS. 2003, 125, 4712.   
March 13, 2003 P. Reddy "Reductive coupling of alkynes and aldehydes: Catalytic asymmetric reductive coupling of alkynes and aldehydes: Enantioselective synthesis of allylic alcohols and hydroxy ketones"

1. JACS, 2003, 125, 3442-43; 2. JACS, 1993, 115, 1593-1594; 3. JACS, 1999, 121, 6098-6099   

March 6, 2003 C. Newman "MgI2 ring expansion reactions of spirocyclopropanes" 1. Alper, P. B.; Meyers, C.; Lerchner, A.; Siegel, D.R.; Carriera,E. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999 3186-3189. 2. Meyers, C.; Carriera, E. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003 694-696. 3. Fischer, C.; Meyers, C.; Carreira, E. M. Helv. Chim. Acta. 2000, 1175-1181. 4. Lerchner, A.; Carreira, E. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 14826-14827.
Feb. 20, 2003 K. Korthals "Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Type Couplings" Reichwein, J.F.; Pagenkopf, B.L.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1821-1824
Feb. 13, 2003 J. Huang "Diastereo- and Enantioselective Catalytic Carbometallative Adol Cycloreduction: Tandem Conjugate Addition-Adol cyclization" 1. JACS, 2003, 1110; 2. JOC, 2003, 11-14; 3. JACS, 2002, 15158; 4. JACS, 2001, 5112; 5. JACS, 2002, 2402.            
Feb. 6, 2003 Z. Ding "Cu-catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of AlkylZinc Reagents to Acyclic Aliphatic Enones"  Amir H. Hoveyda et al, 1.  JACS 124, 779, 2002 2.  JACS 123, 755, 2001. 3.  JACS 123, 11594, 2001 4.  Angew Chem Int Ed 1998, 37, 283
 5. JACS 122, 8168, 2000
Jan. 30, 2003 G. Hu "Lewis Acid-Assisted Bronsted Acid Catalysis and Bronsted Acid-Assisted Lewis Acid Catalysis" 

 1. Ishihara, K.; Kurihara, H.; Matsumoto, M.; Yamamoto, H. JACS. 1998, 120, 6920. 2. Nakamura, S.; Kaneeda, M.; Ishihara, K.; Yamamoto, H. JACS. 2000, 122, 8120. 3. Ishihara, K.; Nakashima, D.; Hiraiwa, Y.; Yamamoto, H. JACS 2003, 125, 24                                   

Jan. 23, 2003  V. Gopalsamuthiram "Total synthesis of FR 900482"  
Nov. 7, 2002 Y. Zhang "Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Lithiated N-Boc Allylic and Benzylic Amines to Nitroalkenes: Enantioselective Synthesis of Substituted Piperidines, Pyrrolidines, and Pyrimidinones Peter Beak et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 11689 -11698
May 16, 2002 Y. Zhang "Catalytic Hydroamination of 1,3-Dienes- Catalyst, Scope, Mechanism " Hartwig, J. F. et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 3669-3679      to top of the list
  Z. Ding "Enantioselective Addition of Amines to Ketenes Catalyzed by a Plannar-Chiral Derivative of PPY" 
Gregory C. Fu et al, 1.  JACS 124, 10006, 2002 2.  JACS 120, 11532, 1998 3.  JACS 122, 7831, 2000 4. JACS 124, 1578, 2002 5. Angew Chem Int Ed 2001, 40, 234
  Z. Ding "Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclopentenones via Rhodium-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization of 4-Alkylals" Gregory C. Fu et al., 1.  JACS 124, 11492, 2001 2.  JACS 124, ASAP, 2002
  Z. Ding "Transition Metal Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Inactivated Alkyl Halides" Gregory C. Fu et al, 1.  JACS 123, 10099, 2001 2.  Angew Chem Int Ed 2002, 41, 1945 3.  Angew Chem Int Ed 2002, 41, 4056 4.  JACS 124, 13662, 2002 5.  JACS 124, 4222, 2002 6.  Angew Chem Int Ed 2002, 41, 4137. 7. J. Organomet Chem 1998 61, 558
 

P. Reddy "Design of a new bifunctional asymmetric catalyst from carbohydrates: Application of to catalytic asymmetric cyanosilylation of ketones"

1. TL, 2000, 41, 2405-2409 2. JACS, 2000, 122, 7412-7413. 3. JACS, 2001, 123, 9908-9909. 4. TL, 2001, 42, 691-694. 5. TL, 2002, 43, 2919-2922. 6. TL, 2002, 43, 2923-2926

  P. Reddy "Asymmetric, catalytic phenyl transfer to imines: Highly enantioselective synthesis of diarylmethylamines"

1. ACIE, 2002, 41, 3692. 2. JACS, 2000, 122, 976-977