α, β-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds are key building blocks in organic chemistry. Their
catalytic synthesis has received significant attention during the past decades. Among the …

Conspectus “Total synthesis endeavors provide wonderful opportunities to discover and
invent new synthetic reactions as a means to advance organic synthesis in general. Such …

Metal-mediated cyclizations are important transformations in a natural product total
synthesis. The Pauson-Khand reaction, particularly powerful for establishing …

Covering: January 2012 to January 2018 Sesterterpenoids are a small family of terpenes
that often possess intriguing biological profiles and complicated chemical structures. Their …

We describe a general strategy for the intermolecular synthesis of polysubstituted
cyclopentenones using palladium catalysis. Overall, this reaction is achieved via a …

A convenient approach to the construction of the 5–6–7 tricarbocyclic fused core structure of
cyanthiwigins via a Co-mediated Pauson–Khand reaction as a key step has been …

Formic acid is found to be an ideal CO surrogate for the rhodium (I)-catalyzed Pauson–
Khand-type (PK-type) reaction of various substituted 1, 6-enynes to afford bicyclic …

Herein, we report the development of a new method for the syntheses of substituted
triphenylenes from the corresponding 1, 2, 4-trisubstituted arenes, which were themselves …

Retigeranic acid A is a uniquely structured pentacyclic sesterterpene bearing eight
stereogenic centers. We report a concise route to the core structure of (−)-retigeranic acid A …

A highly efficient and selective bimetallic Pd 0.88 Co 0.12 nanoparticle catalyst was
developed for the direct N-formylation of amines by carbon monoxide. This catalyst is …