Abstract The orthoester Johnson–Claisen rearrangement, an important C–C bond forming
reaction, has been used enormously in the past four decades in the synthesis of bioactive …

The benzodithiol heterocycle 1 (Scheme 1) is an interesting and readily available synthon
for organic synthesis.[1] The application of the easily formed carbanion 2 and carbocation 3 …

The first direct intermolecular regiospecific and highly enantioselective α‐allylic alkylation of
linear aldehydes by a combination of achiral bench‐stable Pd0 complexes and simple chiral …

Arundic acid has been experimented in vitro and in vivo as a potential neuroprotective
agent. It modulates astrocyte activation by inhibiting the enhanced astrocytic synthesis of S …

Asymmetric allylic substitution is one of the most powerful synthetic transformations with
numerous applications in the total synthesis of biologically active compounds and natural …

A highly enantioselective and widely applicable method for the synthesis of various chiral 2‐
alkyl‐1‐alkanols, especially those of feeble chirality, has been developed. It consists of …

An efficient stereoselective total synthesis of (+)‐nephrosteranic acid and (+)‐roccellaric acid
is presented. The synthetic strategy features the regioselective asymmetric dihydroxylation …

A concise synthesis of (−)-methylenolactocin and (−)-phaseolinic acid, the common
members of the paraconic acids, is described. The synthesis is based on regioselective …

The Johnson–Claisen rearrangement of allyl alcohols with chiral vicinal diol functionality
was employed to access chiral β, γ-disubstituted-γ-lactones in high enantio-and …

A concise and improved stereoselective synthesis of (+)-eleutherin,(+)-allo-eleutherin and
the formal synthesis of (+)-nocardione B is described. The synthesis is based on a Dötz …