Organic Syntheses

Professor David Nagib of Ohio State presented the Organic Syntheses Lecture at the UC Irvine on November 3, 2025 on “Harnessing Radicals and Carbenes to Enable Unconventional Reactivity”.

Professo Yoonsu Park of KAIST presented the Organic Syntheses Lecture at the University of Hong Kong on November 5, 2025.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Spirolactonization of Hydroxycyclopropanols  Cyrus C. Gudeman, Courtney M. Wiethorn, and Mingji Dai orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Preparation of S-Trifluoromethyl Trifluoromethanesulfonothioate (TTST), a Highly Versatile and Atom-economical Trifluoromethylthiolating Agent Seyedesahar Miraghaee, Teruo Umemoto, and Gerald B. Hammond orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Synthesis of 4,4-Dimethyl-1,6-Heptadiyne and Derivatives from Dimedone Amir Tavakoli, Nathaniel J. Selvaraj, and Gregory B. Dudley (uh.edu/nsm/chemistry/…) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Professor Emeritus Tohru Fukuyama (University of Tokyo) presented the Organic Syntheses Lecture at Tohoku University on November 6th, 2025.

Discussion Addendum for: Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Ketones from Alkyl Halides and Acid Chlorides: Preparation of Ethyl 4-Oxododecanoate Omar M. Beleh and Daniel J. Weix orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Large-Scale Amino-Hydroxylation Using Tethered Nitreniums Shyam Sathyamoorthi (medchem.ku.edu/research/shyam…) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Preparation of N-tert-Butylbenzenesulfinimidoyl Chloride Teruaki Mukaiyama, Yasuo Nakamura, and Jun-ichi Matsuo (yakugaku.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/~gousei/) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Oxidative Nitrogen Atom Insertion into Cyclopentenones Bence B. Botlik and Bill Morandi (@morandilab) (morandi.ethz.ch) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Summer 2026-2027 Research Grants for Faculty at Principally Undergraduate Institutions: Applications are due by November 1, 2025. For more information, visit orgsyn.org/puigrants.aspx

Professor Jeff Gustafson (Stony Brook University, @GustafsonLab) (gustafsongroup.sdsu.edu/wordpress/) presented the Organic Syntheses Lecture at Notre Dame on September 24th, 2025.

Professor Vy Dong (UC Irvine, @Vy_Dong_Group) (sites.google.com/uci.edu/vydong…) and Dr. Jeff Kallemeyn (abbVie, @JeffKallemeyn) presented the Organic Syntheses Lectures at Iowa State on September 12th 2025.

Synthesis of Abietatriene via Nitrogen Deletion Julia L. Driscoll, Carys E. Obertone, Liao Chen, and Mark D. Levin (levingroup.uchicago.edu) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Hydrosilylation of Propiolate Esters Allison M. Clark, Giulianna Miseo, and Neil K. Garg (@GargLab) (garg.chem.ucla.edu) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Acid-Mediated Hydroaminomethylation of Unactivated Alkenes Uros Vezonik, Paolo Piacentini and Nuno Maulide (@MaulideLab) (maulide.univie.ac.at) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Large-Scale Alkene Dimesyloxylation Shyam Sathyamoorthi (medchem.ku.edu/research/shyam…) orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

Top Ten Organic Syntheses Articles (Vol 65 to present) accessed during 2024 (8) Jacobsen Mn Salen Epoxidation Catalyst Prepn. OS 1998, 75, 1 (9) Campagne Dipeptide Synthesis OS 2015, 92, 296 (10) Alberico Oxyma Peptide Synthesis OS 2013, 90, 306

Top Ten Organic Syntheses Articles (Vol 65 to present) accessed during 2024 (5) Tschaen NaOCl-TEMPO Oxidation OS 2005, 81, 195 (6) Ellman (S)-Nonafluorobutanesulfinamide Preparation OS 2005, 93, 319 (7) Danheiser Ynamide Synthesis OS 2007, 84, 88

Top Ten Organic Syntheses Articles (Vol 65 to present) accessed during 2024 (1) Kelly Carbazole Photoredox Catalyst OS 2019, 96, 455 (2) Taber Oxone Preparation OS 2013, 90, 350 (3) Miyaura Bis(pinacolato)diboron OS 2000, 77, 176 (4) Boeckman Dess Martin Reagent OS 2000, 77, 141