Difluorocarbene: We’re bringing it back

Wang, F.; Luo, T.; Hu, J.; Wang, Y.; Krishnan, H. S.; Jog, P. V.; Ganesh, S. K.; Prakash, G. K. S.; Olah, G. A. Synthesis of gem-Difluorinated Cyclopropanes and Cyclopropenes: Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane as a Difluorocarbene Source Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Early View, June 16th 2011. There is nothing I like more (we’ll at least when it [...]

Diene to Get Some Olefins

Jacobsen, M. J.; Funder, E. D.; Cramer, J. R.; Gothelf, K. V. β-Olefination of 2-Alkynoates Leading to Trisubstituted 1,3-Dienes Org. Lett. ASAP June 7th, 2011 So after nearly two weeks of reaction after reaction after reaction, I finally found time to write another review. Chemistry in the Leadbeater lab has been going pretty well. Our [...]

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