Organic Letters Table of Contents: 2015, vol. 17, No. 6


Letters

Highly Stereoselective Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Direct C2-syn-Alkenylation of Indoles with Alkynes
Wei Zhang, Jun Wei, Shaomin Fu, Dongen Lin, Huanfeng Jiang, and Wei Zeng
1349-1352

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Highly Efficient Synthesis of HIV NNRTI Doravirine
Donald R. Gauthier, Jr., Benjamin D. Sherry, Yang Cao, Michel Journet, Guy Humphrey, Tetsuji Itoh, Ian Mangion, and David M. Tschaen
1353-1356

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Palladium-Catalyzed Glycosylation: Novel Synthetic Approach to Diverse N-Heterocyclic Glycosides
Li Ji, Shao-Hua Xiang, Wei-Lin Leng, Kim Le Mai Hoang, and Xue-Wei Liu
1357-1360

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Site-Specific Chemical Modification of Peptide and Protein by Thiazolidinediones
Peng Wang, Shumei Zhang, Qiuyue Meng, Ying Liu, Luqing Shang, and Zheng Yin
1361-1364

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Exoselective 1,3-Dipolar [3 + 6] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides with 2-Acylcycloheptatrienes: Stereoselectivity and Mechanistic Insight
Zhao-Lin He, Fu Kit Sheong, Qing-Hua Li, Zhenyang Lin, and Chun-Jiang Wang
1365-1368

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Highly Effective Configurational Assignment Using Bisthioureas as Chiral Solvating Agents in the Presence of DABCO
Guangling Bian, Hongjun Fan, Huayin Huang, Shiwei Yang, Hua Zong, Ling Song, and Genjin Yang
1369-1372

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Oxidative Dimerization of 2-Oxindoles Promoted by KOtBu-I2: Total Synthesis of (±)-Folicanthine
Santanu Ghosh, Saikat Chaudhuri, and Alakesh Bisai
1373-1376

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Gargantulide A, a Complex 52-Membered Macrolactone Showing Antibacterial Activity from Streptomyces sp.
Jung-Rae Rho, Gurusamy Subramaniam, Hyukjae Choi, Eun-Hee Kim, Sok Peng Ng, K. Yoganathan, Siewbee Ng, Antony D. Buss, Mark S. Butler, and William H. Gerwick
1377-1380

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Enantioselective Direct Functionalization of Indoles by Pd/Sulfoxide-Phosphine-Catalyzed N-Allylic Alkylation
Li-Yan Chen, Xiao-Ye Yu, Jia-Rong Chen, Bin Feng, Hong Zhang, Ying-Hua Qi, and Wen-Jing Xiao
1381-1384

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Catalytic, Asymmetric, Aldol/O-Conjugate Addition Sequence for the Construction of Highly Substituted Furanoids
Michael A. Calter and Alexander Korotkov
1385-1388

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Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Alkylation of β-Keto Acids with 3-Hydroxy-3-indolyloxindoles
Xiao-Dong Tang, Shen Li, Ran Guo, Jing Nie, and Jun-An Ma
1389-1392

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Intramolecular Rearrangement of α-Azidoperoxides: An Efficient Synthesis of tert-Butyl Esters
Suman Pramanik, Reddy Rajasekhar Reddy, and Prasanta Ghorai
1393-1396

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Palladium/Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative C–H Carbonylation for the Synthesis of o-Aminobenzoates
Wu Li, Zhengli Duan, Ru Jiang, and Aiwen Lei
1397-1400

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Inter- and Intramolecular Annulation Strategies to a Cyclopentanone Building Block Containing an All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Center
Stephen D. Penrose, Andrew J. Stott, Perla Breccia, Alan F. Haughan, Roland W. Bürli, Rebecca E. Jarvis, and Celia Dominguez
1401-1404

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Synthesis of Pyrazoles from 1,3-Diols via Hydrogen Transfer Catalysis
Daniel C. Schmitt, Alexandria P. Taylor, Andrew C. Flick, and Robert E. Kyne, Jr.
1405-1408

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Oxidative Povarov Reaction via sp3 C–H Oxidation of N-Benzylanilines Induced by Catalytic Radical Cation Salt: Synthesis of 2,4-Diarylquinoline Derivatives
Jing Liu, Fang Liu, Yingzu Zhu, Xingge Ma, and Xiaodong Jia
1409-1412

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Macrospirocyclic Oligomer Based on Triphenylamine and Diphenylphosphine Oxide as a Bipolar Host for Efficient Blue Electrophosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
Kun Chen, Hui-Ru Zhao, Zhao-Kang Fan, Gui Yin, Qing-Min Chen, Yi-Wu Quan, Shu-Hua Li, and Shang-Hui Ye
1413-1416

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Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrazoles by NHC-Catalyzed Reaction of Pyrazolones with α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes
Santhivardhana Reddy Yetra, Santigopal Mondal, Eringathodi Suresh, and Akkattu T. Biju
1417-1420

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2-Nitro-thioglycosides: α- and β-Selective Generation and Their Potential as β-Selective Glycosyl Donors
Peng Peng, Yiqun Geng, Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann, and Richard R. Schmidt
1421-1424

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Enediyne Dimerization vs Bergman Cyclization
Gebhard Haberhauer, Rolf Gleiter, and Sven Fabig
1425-1428

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Characterization of Brønsted Acid–Base Complexes by 19F DOSY
Hariharaputhiran Subramanian, Craig P. Jasperse, and Mukund P. Sibi
1429-1432

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Redox Cycloisomerization Approach to 1,2-Dihydropyridines
Barry M. Trost and Berenger Biannic
1433-1436

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Cyclopentanone as a Cation-Stabilizing Electron-Pair Donor in the Calcium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Carbohydroxylation of Alkynes
Tobias Stopka and Meike Niggemann
1437-1440

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Biomimetic Syntheses of Rubialatins A, B and Related Congeners
Hongzhi Yang, Juan Feng, Yuanhe Li, and Yefeng Tang
1441-1444

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Base-Promoted Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Quinoline N-Oxides with 1,3-Azoles
Xiaopei Chen, Xiuling Cui, Fangfang Yang, and Yangjie Wu
1445-1448

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Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Arenes via Aerobic Oxidative [3 + 3] Benzannulation Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
Prabhakar Ramchandra Joshi, Sridhar Undeela, Doni Dhanoj Reddy, Kiran Kumar Singarapu, and Rajeev S. Menon
1449-1452

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Iodoarene-Catalyzed Cyclizations of Unsaturated Amides
Ali Alhalib, Somaia Kamouka, and Wesley J. Moran
1453-1456

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Muta-mycosynthesis of Naphthalene Analogs
Yuan Tian, Nan Jiang, Ai Hua Zhang, Chao Jun Chen, Xin Zhao Deng, Wen Jing Zhang, and Ren Xiang Tan
1457-1460

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Base-Stabilized Nitrilium Ions as Convenient Imine Synthons
Tom van Dijk, Martijn S. Bakker, Flip Holtrop, Martin Nieger, J. Chris Slootweg, and Koop Lammertsma
1461-1464

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The Reactivity of 4-Hydroxy- and 4-Silyloxy-1,5-allenynes with Homogeneous Gold(I) Catalysts
Michael Wegener and Stefan F. Kirsch
1465-1468

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Bioinspired Organocatalytic Aerobic C–H Oxidation of Amines with an ortho-Quinone Catalyst
Yan Qin, Long Zhang, Jian Lv, Sanzhong Luo, and Jin-Pei Cheng
1469-1472

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Rearrangement of Dypnones to 1,3,5-Triarylbenzenes
Kai Deng, Qi-Yong Huai, Zhi-Lun Shen, Hui-Jing Li, Chen Liu, and Yan-Chao Wu
1473-1476

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Access to Coumarins by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of Aryl Thiocarbamates with Internal Alkynes
Yingwei Zhao, Feng Han, Lei Yang, and Chungu Xia
1477-1480

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Expedient Synthesis of Pyrroloquinolinones by Rh-Catalyzed Annulation of N-Carbamoyl Indolines with Alkynes through a Directed C–H Functionalization/C–N Cleavage Sequence
Xiao-Fei Yang, Xu-Hong Hu, and Teck-Peng Loh
1481-1484

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Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminoacetoxylation of Unactivated Alkenes with Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidant
Haitao Zhu, Pinhong Chen, and Guosheng Liu
1485-1488

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Monocarboxylation and Intramolecular Coupling of Butenylated Arenes via Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Activation Process
Rui Liu, Ze-Hai Lu, Xiao-Hui Hu, Jun-Li Li, and Xian-Jin Yang
1489-1492

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Exo-Selective Reductive Macrocyclization of Ynals
Hengbin Wang, Solymar Negretti, Allison R. Knauff, and John Montgomery
1493-1496

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Synthesis, Guest Binding, and Metal Coordination of Functionalized Self-Folding Deep Cavitands
Magi Mettry, Melissa P. Moehlig, and Richard J. Hooley
1497-1500

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Chojalactones A–C, Cytotoxic Butanolides Isolated from Streptomyces sp. Cultivated with Mycolic Acid Containing Bacterium
Shotaro Hoshino, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Hiroyasu Onaka, and Ikuro Abe
1501-1504

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A General, Scalable, Organocatalytic Nitro-Michael Addition to Enones: Enantioselective Access to All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters
Xiaodong Gu, Yuanyuan Dai, Tingting Guo, Allegra Franchino, Darren J. Dixon, and Jinxing Ye
1505-1508

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Biosynthesis of the Anti-infective Marformycins Featuring Pre-NRPS Assembly Line N-Formylation and O-Methylation and Post-Assembly Line C-Hydroxylation Chemistries
Jing Liu, Bo Wang, Hongzhi Li, Yunchang Xie, Qinglian Li, Xiangjing Qin, Xing Zhang, and Jianhua Ju
1509-1512

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[RhCp*Cl2]2-Catalyzed Directed N-Boc Amidation of Arenes “on Water”
Md Ashif Ali, Xiayin Yao, Hao Sun, and Hongjian Lu
1513-1516

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Water-Soluble Py-BIPS Spiropyrans as Photoswitches for Biological Applications
Cem Özçoban, Thomas Halbritter, Sabrina Steinwand, Lisa-Marie Herzig, Jörg Kohl-Landgraf, Noushin Askari, Florian Groher, Boris Fürtig, Christian Richter, Harald Schwalbe, Beatrix Suess, Josef Wachtveitl, and Alexander Heckel
1517-1520

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I2–TBHP-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling of N-Sulfonyl Hydrazones and Isocyanides to 5-Aminopyrazoles
Gopal Chandru Senadi, Wan-Ping Hu, Ting-Yi Lu, Amol Milind Garkhedkar, Jaya Kishore Vandavasi, and Jeh-Jeng Wang
1521-1524

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Automated Electrochemical Assembly of the Protected Potential TMG-chitotriomycin Precursor Based on Rational Optimization of the Carbohydrate Building Block
Toshiki Nokami, Yuta Isoda, Norihiko Sasaki, Aki Takaiso, Shuichi Hayase, Toshiyuki Itoh, Ryutaro Hayashi, Akihiro Shimizu, and Jun-ichi Yoshida
1525-1528

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Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Dragmacidin D Reveals Unexpected Stereocomplexity
Fengying Zhang, Bin Wang, Pritesh Prasad, Robert J. Capon, and Yanxing Jia
1529-1532

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Synthesis of Bis-Macrocyclic HCV Protease Inhibitor MK-6325 via Intramolecular sp2sp3 Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling and Ring Closing Metathesis
Hongmei Li, Jeremy P. Scott, Cheng-yi Chen, Michel Journet, Kevin Belyk, Jaume Balsells, Birgit Kosjek, Carl A. Baxter, Gavin W. Stewart, Christopher Wise, Mahbub Alam, Zhiguo Jake Song, and Lushi Tan
1533-1536

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Catalytic Cyclization Reactions of Huisgen Zwitterion with α-Ketoesters by in Situ Chemoselective Phosphine Oxide Reduction
Kévin Fourmy and Arnaud Voituriez
1537-1540

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Trapping Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) with Diselenides: The Application in the Design of Fluorescent Probes
Bo Peng, Caihong Zhang, Eizo Marutani, Armando Pacheco, Wei Chen, Fumito Ichinose, and Ming Xian
1541-1544

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Isolation of a Metabolite from the pks Island Provides Insights into Colibactin Biosynthesis and Activity
Carolyn A. Brotherton, Matthew Wilson, Gary Byrd, and Emily P. Balskus
1545-1548

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Efficient C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization of Isochroman by AZADOL Catalysis
Wataru Muramatsu and Kimihiro Nakano
1549-1552

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Synthesis of Functionalized γ-Lactone via Sakurai exo-Cyclization/Rearrangement of 3,3-Bis(silyl) Enol Ester with a Tethered Acetal
Zhiping Yin, Zengjin Liu, Zhenggang Huang, Yang Chu, Zhiwen Chu, Jia Hu, Lu Gao, and Zhenlei Song
1553-1556

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Successively Recycle Waste as Catalyst: A One-Pot Wittig/1,4-Reduction/Paal–Knorr Sequence for Modular Synthesis of Substituted Furans
Long Chen, Yi Du, Xing-Ping Zeng, Tao-Da Shi, Feng Zhou, and Jian Zhou
1557-1560

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[4 + 2] Cycloaddition of in Situ Generated 1,2-Diaza-1,3-dienes with Simple Olefins: Facile Approaches to Tetrahydropyridazines
Xingren Zhong, Jian Lv, and Sanzhong Luo
1561-1564

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(±)-Sinensilactam A, a Pair of Rare Hybrid Metabolites with Smad3 Phosphorylation Inhibition from Ganoderma sinensis
Qi Luo, Lei Tian, Lei Di, Yong-Ming Yan, Xiao-Yi Wei, Xin-Fang Wang, and Yong-Xian Cheng
1565-1568

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Synthesis of Pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolin-11-ones and Dipyrido[1,2-a:2′,3′-d]pyrimidin-5-ones by Pd/DIBPP-Catalyzed Dearomatizing Carbonylation
Tongyu Xu and Howard Alper
1569-1572

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Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Allenoates: Regulation for the Selective Formation of Isomeric Allenyl or Alkynyl Aldol Adduct
Jiyun Bang, Hyuna Kim, Jihyun Kim, and Chan-Mo Yu
1573-1576

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Radical-Based Route to 2-(Trifluoromethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Polycyclic 1,2,4-Triazoles and Dihydrofurans
Ling Qin and Samir Z. Zard
1577-1580

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Palladium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization and Aerobic Oxidative Cycloisomerization of Homoallenyl Amides: A Facile and Divergent Approach to 2-Aminofurans
Cungui Cheng, Shuiyou Liu, and Gangguo Zhu
1581-1584

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TBAI-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Phenols and 2-Aminoacetophenones
Wei Xu and Boris J. Nachtsheim
1585-1588

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Metal-Free Direct 1,6- and 1,2-Difunctionalization Triggered by Radical Trifluoromethylation of Alkenes
Lin Huang, Sheng-Cai Zheng, Bin Tan, and Xin-Yuan Liu
1589-1592

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Synthesis of Air- and Moisture-Stable Dibenzogallepins: Control of Planarity of Seven-Membered Rings in Solid States by Coordination to Gallium Atoms
Takuya Matsumoto, Hirofumi Takamine, Kazuo Tanaka, and Yoshiki Chujo
1593-1596

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Direct Synthesis of N-H Carbazoles via Iridium(III)-Catalyzed Intramolecular C–H Amination
Chiharu Suzuki, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, and Masahiro Miura
1597-1600

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Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Azoles or Thiazoles with Aryl Thioethers via C–H/C–S Activation
Feng Zhu and Zhong-Xia Wang
1601-1604

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Transition-Metal-Free Direct anti-Carboboration of Alkynes with Boronic Acids To Produce Alkenylheteroarenes
Silvia Roscales and Aurelio G. Csákÿ
1605-1608

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Synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acids Containing Pyridazine Derivatives As Cytosine and Thymine Analogs, and Their Duplexes with Complementary Oligodeoxynucleotides
Takahito Tomori, Yuya Miyatake, Yuta Sato, Takashi Kanamori, Yoshiaki Masaki, Akihiro Ohkubo, Mitsuo Sekine, and Kohji Seio
1609-1612

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Hydride-Induced Anionic Cyclization: An Efficient Method for the Synthesis of 6-H-Phenanthridines via a Transition-Metal-Free Process
Wei-Lin Chen, Chun-Yuan Chen, Yan-Fu Chen, and Jen-Chieh Hsieh
1613-1616

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Copper-Catalyzed trans-Carbohalogenation of Terminal Alkynes with Functionalized Tertiary Alkyl Halides
Chao Che, Hanliang Zheng, and Gangguo Zhu
1617-1620

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