Desjardins, S.; Andrez, J.-C.; Canesi, S. A Stereoselective Oxidative Polycyclization Process Mediated by a Hypervalent Iodine Reagent Org. Lett. ASAP May 27th, 2011 After a long overdue break, I am finally back! Not much to report, all I can say is chemistry is going quite well in our lab. Between the 3+ projects I’ve got [...]
Sometimes you just need to heat it…
Deb, I; Coiro; D. J.; Seidel, D. Decarboxylative formation of N-alkyl pyrroles from 4-hydroxyproline Chem. Comm. Advance Article April 18th, 2011 Honestly, there is nothing worse than being in a chemistry lab when you have a bad cold. You are constantly sneezing and coughing, you can’t get anything done, and you simply feel miserable. Not [...]
I React With a Little Help From My Friends…
Accurso, A. A.; Cho, S.-H.; Amin, A.; Potapov, V. A.; Amosova, S. V.; Finn, M.G. Thia-, Aza-, and Selena[3.3.1]bicyclononane Dichlorides: Rates vs Internal Nucleophile in Anchimeric Assistance J. Org. Chem. ASAP May 5th, 2011 Another week in the lab, another round of owning chemistry. This week was quite good for me. Things with our collaboration [...]
Those Damn Rearrangements…
Burkhard, J. A.; Tchitchanov, B. H.; Carreira, E. M. Cascade Formation of Isoxazoles: Facile Base-Mediated Rearrangement of Substituted Oxetanes Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Early View April 28th, 2011 There’s not much I love more (besides my girlfriend…awww….) than a week of chemistry ownage. That really summarizes this week for me. I actually made a count [...]
