Boesenbergia rotunda is a herb from the Boesenbergia genera under the Zingiberaceae
family. B. rotunda is widely found in Asian countries where it is commonly used as a food …

The synthesis of enantiomerically pure compounds employing new and efficient methods
has emerged as an active area of research in the recent past. In spite of the development of …

A novel PdII‐catalyzed enantioselective oxycarbonylation of alkenes has been established.
The ligand with an ethyl group at the C‐6 position of Pyox plays a significant role in the …

An efficient catalytic asymmetric hetero-Diels− Alder reaction of Brassard's diene with
aliphatic aldehydes was reported. The catalyst, which was generated from (R)-BINOL, Ti (i …

External control of bacterial communication—quorum sensing—allows for the regulation of a
multitude of biological processes. Herein, we describe the development of a new synthetic …

Attempts directed toward the stereocontroled total synthesis of piperidine and indolizidine
alkaloids resulted in the synthesis of (−)-β-conhydrine 1 and (−)-lentiginosine 3. The …

This fully updated new edition presents organic reaction mechanism questions, carefully
selected from the primary chemical literature, to understand how reactants are transformed …

Kavalactone derivatives were synthesized using a Heck reaction of the 4-methoxy-6-vinyl-5,
6-dihydropyran-2-one with aryl iodides. The Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of an aryl boronic acid …

The Mukayiama aldol reaction of aldehydes is efficiently accomplished with a low
concentration of the dimeric alumatrane catalyst 2 at mild or subambient temperatures. Our …

A practical and efficient asymmetric synthesis of (S)-dihydrokavain from known ethyl (S)-2-
hydroxy-4-phenylbutanoate which is, in turn, readily available from l-malic acid as a cheap …