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2009 ChemComm web theme issue: 'Selective Catalysis for Organic Synthesis'


This web-based theme issue showcases high quality applications of catalytic reactions to organic synthesis. The collated, invited, and peer-reviewed ChemComm articles highlight cutting edge contributions by international leaders. 

The editors of this theme issue are excited by the overwhelming response that the letter of invitation produced and they express their sincere thanks to the authors.  The broad spectrum of articles focussing on current developments and frontiers in catalysis for organic synthesis is a celebration of achievements and offers future perspectives in this exciting field of research.  

Articles in this web themed issue will be added to this list as soon as they are published. Please return to this page frequently and see it GROW

Editors

The editors of this high impact web-theme issue are Peter Kündig, Chairman of the ChemComm Editorial Board, Mike Doyle, Associate Editor and member of the ChemComm Editorial Board and Andrew Evans, member of the ChemComm Editorial Board.  If you would like to find out more about our editors please see the links below.

E. Peter Kündig

Chairman
University of Geneva, Switzerland

Michael P. Doyle

Associate Editor
University of Maryland, USA

P. Andrew Evans

University of Liverpool, UK

Feature Articles

Chiral Pd aqua complex-catalyzed asymmetric C–C bond-forming reactions: a Brønsted acid–base cooperative system
Mikiko Sodeoka and Yoshitaka Hamashima, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5787
DOI: 10.1039/b911015a

Mass spectrometric screening of chiral catalysts and catalyst mixtures
Constanze Annelie Müller, Christian Markert, Antje Maria Teichert and Andreas Pfaltz, Chem. Commun., 2009, 1607
DOI: 10.1039/b822382c

Communications

Getting the sterics just right: a five-coordinate iridium trisboryl complex that reacts with C–H bonds at room temperature
Ghayoor A. Chotana, Britt A. Vanchura, II, Man Kin Tse, Richard J. Staples, Robert E. Maleczka, Jr, Milton R. Smith and III, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5731
DOI: 10.1039/b914736e

Stereoselective gold-catalyzed cycloaddition of functionalized ketoenynes: synthesis of (+)-orientalol F
Eloísa Jiménez-Núñez, Kian Molawi and Antonio M. Echavarren, Chem. Commun., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b920119j

Synthesis of 3-hydroxyoxindoles by Pd-catalysed intramolecular nucleophilic addition of aryl halides to -ketoamides
Yi-Xia Jia, Dmitry Katayev and E. Peter Kündig, Chem. Commun., 2010
DOI: 10.1039/b917958e

Iron-catalyzed addition of Grignard reagents to activated vinyl cyclopropanes
Benjamin D. Sherry and Alois Fürstner, Chem. Commun., 2009, 7116
DOI: 10.1039/b918818e

Subtleties in asymmetric catalyst structure: the resolution of a 6-phospha-2,4,8-trioxa-adamantane and its applications in asymmetric hydrogenation catalysis
Jonathan Hopewell, Piotr Jankowski, Claire L. McMullin, A. Guy Orpen and Paul G. Pringle, Chem. Commun., 2010
DOI: 10.1039/b916359j

Total synthesis of (+)-virgatusin via AlCl3-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition
Shanina D. Sanders, Andrea Ruiz-Olalla and Jeffrey S. Johnson, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5135
DOI: 10.1039/b911765b

Copper-catalyzed arene C–H bond cross-coupling
Hien-Quang Do and Olafs Daugulis, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6433
DOI: 10.1039/b912890e

-Amidoaldehydes via oxazoline hydroformylation
David S. Laitar, John W. Kramer, Bryan T. Whiting, Emil B. Lobkovsky and Geoffrey W. Coates, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5704
DOI: 10.1039/b913698c

-Agostic interactions stabilize the propagating species in the vinyl addition polymerization of norbornene
Marc D. Walter, Peter S. White and Maurice Brookhart, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6361
DOI: 10.1039/b916457j

Acid-mediated formation of trifluoromethyl sulfonates from sulfonic acids and a hypervalent iodine trifluoromethylating agent
Raffael Koller, Quentin Huchet, Philip Battaglia, Jan M. Welch and Antonio Togni, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5993
DOI: 10.1039/b913962a

Regioselective synthesis of halohydrin esters from epoxides: reaction with acyl halides and rhodium-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction with alkyl halides and carbon monoxide
Koji Nakano, Shunsuke Kodama, Yessi Permana and Kyoko Nozaki, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6970
DOI: 10.1039/b912907c

Asymmetric meso-aziridine ring-opening reactions using a chiral zirconium catalyst
Kazutaka Seki, Rongmin Yu, Yumi Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Yamashita and Sh Kobayashi, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5722
DOI: 10.1039/b914271c

Solid-phase synthesis of protected -amino phosphonic acid oligomers
Yoshitaka Ishibashi and Masato Kitamura, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6985
DOI: 10.1039/b912231a

Metal-catalyzed rearrangement of enantiomerically pure alkylidenecyclopropane derivatives as a new access to cyclobutenes possessing quaternary stereocenters
Ahmad Masarwa, Alois Fürstner and Ilan Marek, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5760
DOI: 10.1039/b910465h

Platinum-catalysed aerobic 1,2-aminooxygenation of alkenes
Kilian Muñiz, Alvaro Iglesias and Yewen Fang, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5591
DOI: 10.1039/b912139k

Palladium-catalyzed aryl halide carbonylation–intramolecular O-enolate acylation: efficient isocoumarin synthesis, including the synthesis of thunberginol A
Andrew C. Tadd, Mark R. Fielding and Michael C. Willis, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6744
DOI: 10.1039/b917839b

Highly enantioselective hetero-Diels–Alder reactions between Rawals diene and aldehydes catalyzed by chiral dirhodium(II) carboxamidates
Yudai Watanabe, Takuya Washio, Naoyuki Shimada, Masahiro Anada and Shunichi Hashimoto, Chem. Commun., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b919535a

Synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched planar chiral ruthenium complexes via Pd-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenolysis
Audrey Mercier, Wee Chuan Yeo, Jingyu Chou, Piyali Datta Chaudhuri, Gérald Bernardinelli and E. Peter Kündig, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5227
DOI: 10.1039/b910977c

Asymmetric -boration of ,-unsaturated carbonyl compounds promoted by chiral rhodium–bisoxazolinylphenyl catalysts
Takushi Shiomi, Takahiro Adachi, Kenji Toribatake, Li Zhou and Hisao Nishiyama, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5987
DOI: 10.1039/b915759j

Silver(I)-mediated highly enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral allenes under thermal and microwave-assisted conditions
Vanessa Kar-Yan Lo, Cong-Ying Zhou, Man-Kin Wong and Chi-Ming Che, Chem. Commun., 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b914516h

Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of vinyl boronates
Alexander Paptchikhine, Pradeep Cheruku, Mattias Engman and Pher G. Andersson, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5996
DOI: 10.1039/b912590f

Direct functionalization of benzylic C–Hs with vinyl acetates via Fe-catalysis
Chun-Xiao Song, Gui-Xin Cai, Thomas R. Farrell, Zhong-Ping Jiang, Hu Li, Liang-Bing Gan and Zhang-Jie Shi, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6002
DOI: 10.1039/b911031c

Palladium-catalysed arylative cyclisation of N-allylacetamides with aryl halides yielding benzyl-substituted oxazolines
Daishi Fujino, Sayuri Hayashi, Hideki Yorimitsu and Koichiro Oshima, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5754
DOI: 10.1039/b912895f

Barriers to enantiocontrol in Lewis acid catalyzed hetero-Diels–Alder reactions
Xiaochen Wang, Zhuoyan Li and Michael P. Doyle, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5612
DOI: 10.1039/b913019e

Pronounced effects of substituents on the iridium-catalyzed borylation of aryl C–H bonds
Carl W. Liskey, Carolyn S. Wei, Dale R. Pahls and John F. Hartwig, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5603
DOI: 10.1039/b913949d

The concise synthesis of chiral tfb ligands and their application to the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of aldehydes
Takahiro Nishimura, Hana Kumamoto, Makoto Nagaosa and Tamio Hayashi, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5713
DOI: 10.1039/b911118b

Copper-catalyzed enantioselective carbenoid insertion into S–H bonds
Yong-Zhen Zhang, Shou-Fei Zhu, Yan Cai, Hong-Xiang Mao and Qi-Lin Zhou, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5362
DOI: 10.1039/b911670b

Efficient syntheses of -pyridones and 3(2H)-isoquinolones through ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of 3-en-5-ynyl and o-alkynylphenyl nitrones
Kamalkishore Pati and Rai-Shung Liu, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5233
DOI: 10.1039/b910773h

Amino acid salt catalyzed intramolecular Robinson annulation
Pingfan Li and Hisashi Yamamoto, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5412
DOI: 10.1039/b912325c

Intramolecular cross-coupling of gem-dibromoolefins: a mild approach to 2-bromo benzofused heterocycles
Stephen G. Newman, Valentina Aureggi, Christopher S. Bryan and Mark Lautens, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5236
DOI: 10.1039/b912093a

Direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of -keto esters with formaldehyde promoted by a dinuclear Ni2-Schiff base complex
Shinsuke Mouri, Zhihua Chen, Shigeki Matsunaga and Masakatsu Shibasaki, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5138
DOI: 10.1039/b912380f

Phosphabarrelene-modified Rh-catalysts: a new and selective route towards hydroxy-functionalized bicyclic imidazoles via tandem reactions
Patrick S. Bäuerlein, Ismael Arenas Gonzalez, Jarno J. M. Weemers, Martin Lutz, Anthony L. Spek, Dieter Vogt and Christian Müller, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4944
DOI: 10.1039/b911612e

Catalytic amide formation with -hydroxyenones as acylating reagents
Pei-Chen Chiang, Yoonjoo Kim and Jeffrey W. Bode, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4566
DOI: 10.1039/b909360e

Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality
Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Masako Shimizu, Daisuke Nishiyama, Masateru Ito, Hitomi Ozawa and Kenso Soai, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4396
DOI: 10.1039/b908754k

A catalytic synthesis of selectively substituted biaryls through sequential intermolecular coupling involving arene and ketone C–H bond functionalization
Giovanni Maestri, Nicola Della Ca and Marta Catellani, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4892
DOI: 10.1039/b909207b

One-step formation of fused tetracyclic skeletons from cyclohexene-diynes and carbon monoxide through Rh(I)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition reaction
Joseph J. Kaloko, Yu-Han Gary Teng and Iwao Ojima, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4569
DOI: 10.1039/b909781c

Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN3)
Velusamy Subbarayan, Joshua V. Ruppel, Shifa Zhu, Jason A. Perman and X. Peter Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4266
DOI: 10.1039/b905727g

Dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation in copper catalyzed allylic alkylation
Jean-Baptiste Langlois and Alexandre Alexakis, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3868
DOI: 10.1039/b907722g

Comparative catalytic C–H vs. C–Si activation of arenes with Pd complexes directed by urea or amide groups
Waqar Rauf, Amber L. Thompson and John M. Brown, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3874
DOI: 10.1039/b905717j

Rhodium catalyzed enantioselective cyclization of substituted imidazoles via C–H bond activation
Andy S. Tsai, Rebecca M. Wilson, Hitoshi Harada, Robert G. Bergman and Jonathan A. Ellman, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3910
DOI: 10.1039/b902878a

Nickel/AlMe2Cl-catalysed carbocyanation of alkynes using arylacetonitriles
Akira Yada, Tomoya Yukawa, Yoshiaki Nakao and Tamejiro Hiyama, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3931
DOI: 10.1039/b907290j

TfOH-catalyzed intramolecular alkyne–ketone metathesis leading to highly substituted five-membered cyclic enones
Tienan Jin, Fan Yang, Chunli Liu and Yoshinori Yamamoto, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3533
DOI: 10.1039/b905954g

Combination of a binaphthol-derived phosphite and a C1-symmetric phosphinamine generates heteroleptic catalysts in Rh- and Pd-mediated reactions
Luca Pignataro, Benita Lynikaite, Raffaele Colombo, Stefano Carboni, Martin Krupika, Umberto Piarulli and Cesare Gennari, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3539
DOI: 10.1039/b908167d

Electronic and steric tuning of chiral diene ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of imines
Kazuhiro Okamoto, Tamio Hayashi and Viresh H. Rawal, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4815
DOI: 10.1039/b904624k

Efficient copper-catalyzed coupling of aryl chlorides, bromides and iodides with aqueous ammonia
Hanhui Xu and Christian Wolf, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3035
DOI: 10.1039/b904188e

Efficient synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles via a highly selective Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling-cyclization reaction of terminal 2-substituted 2,3-allenyl hydrazines with aryl iodides
Xin Cheng and Shengming Ma, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4263
DOI: 10.1039/b903634b

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydroalkoxylation and hydrosulfenylation of diphenylphosphinylallenes
Takahiro Kawamoto, Sho Hirabayashi, Xun-Xiang Guo, Takahiro Nishimura and Tamio Hayashi, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3528
DOI: 10.1039/b900976k

First iron-catalyzed synthesis of oximes from styrenes
Saisuree Prateeptongkum, Irina Jovel, Ralf Jackstell, Nadine Vogl, Christoph Weckbecker and Matthias Beller, Chem. Commun., 2009, 1990
DOI: 10.1039/b900326f