Acetylsalicylic acid, commonly called aspirin or salicylic acid, is a common pain reliever first synthetized by German chemist Arthur Eichengrun while working for Bayer in 1853. Acetylsalicylic acid ...
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Spiroketal-Based Diphosphine Ligands in Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Amination of Morita−Baylis−Hillman Adducts: Exceptionally High Efficiency and New Mechanism
Wang, X.; Guo, P.; Han, Z.; Wang, X.; Wang, Z.; Ding, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 405–411. DOI: 10.1021/ja410707q Exceptionally high activity (with a TON up to 4750) of the palladium complexes of ...
Direct Stereospecific Synthesis of Unprotected N-H and N-Me Aziridines from Olefins
Jat, J. L.; Paudyal, M. P.; Gao, H.; Xu, Q. L.; Yousufuddin, M.; Devarajan, D.; Ess, D. H.; Kurti, L.; Falck, J. R. Science 2014, 343, 61–65. DOI: 10.1126/science.1245727 Despite the prevalence of ...
Masao Horiba
Dr. Masao Horiba is a pioneer in student-launched start-up companies in Japan. He founded Horiba Radio Laboratory in 1945. This became the foundation of HORIBA, Ltd., which manufactures a wide range ...
Hierarchical Growth of Fluorescent Dye Aggregates in Water by Fusion of Segmented Nanostructures
Zhang, X.; Görl, D.; Stepanenko, V.; Würthner, F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, Early View. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308963 Dye aggregates are becoming increasingly attractive for diverse applications, in ...
Reversible Self-Assembly of Terpyridine-Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Energy Conversion
Song, S.; Xue, Y.; Feng, L.; Elbatal, H. Wang, P.; Moorefield, C. N.; Newkome, G. R.; Dai, L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014. Early view. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309641 Terpyridine-functionalized graphene ...
Divergent Total Synthesis of Indoxamycins A, C, and F
He, C.; Zhu, C.; Dai, Z.; Tseng, C.-C.; Ding, H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13256–13260. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307426 The concise and divergent total synthesis of (−)-indoxamycins A, C, and F has ...
A General Aminocatalytic Method for the Synthesis of Aldimines
Morales, S.; Guijarro, F. G.; García Ruano, J. L.; Cid, M. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/ja4111418 A general and efficient biomimetic method for the synthesis of aldimines from ...
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Stereodivergent Synthesis of Chiral Fullerenes by [3 + 2] Cycloadditions to C60
Maroto, E. E.; Filippone, S.; Suárez, M.; Martínez-Álvarez, R.; de Cózar, A.; Cossío, F. P.; Martín, N. J Am Chem Soc 2014. ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/ja410408c A wide range of new dipoles and catalysts ...
Ligand-enabled cross-coupling of C(sp3)–H bonds with arylboron reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) catalysis
Chan, K. S. L.; Wasa, M.; Chu, L.; Laforteza, B. N.; Miura, M.; Yu, J.-Q. Nat. Chem 2014, advance online publication DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1836 There have been numerous developments in C–H activation ...