International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Special Topic Issue on the Theme of Organometallics in Organic Synthesis

Reviews and research papers based on lectures presented at the 13th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS-13), Geneva, Switzerland, 17-21 July 2005.

Foreword

James R. Bull

p. v [Abstract]

Preface

Alexandre Alexakis and E. Peter Kündig

p. vi [Abstract]

Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of allenes

Shengming Ma

p. 197 [Abstract]

Air-stable phosphine oxides as preligands for catalytic activation reactions of C-Cl, C-F, and C-H bonds

Lutz Ackermann, Robert Born, Julia H. Spatz, Andreas Althammer, and Christian J. Gschrei

p. 209 [Abstract]

Toward an understanding of the factors responsible for the 1,2-migration of alkyl groups in borate complexes

Varinder K. Aggarwal, Guang Yu Fang, Xavier Ginesta, Dean M. Howells, and Mirko Zaja

p. 215 [Abstract]

Palladium-mediated cascade or multicomponent reactions: A new route to carbo- and heterocyclic compounds

Geneviève Balme, Didier Bouyssi, and Nuno Monteiro

p. 231 [Abstract]

Photochemical release of various functional groups

Christian G. Bochet

p. 241 [Abstract]

Self-assembly of bidentate ligands for combinatorial homogeneous catalysis based on an A-T base pair model

Bernhard Breit and Wolfgang Seiche

p. 249 [Abstract]

Sulfenylphosphinoferrocenes: Novel planar chiral ligands in enantioselective catalysis

Silvia Cabrera, Olga García Mancheño, Ramón Gómez Arrayás,Inés Alonso, Pablo Mauleón, and Juan C. Carretero

p. 257 [Abstract]

Catalytic asymmetric addition reactions leading to carbon-carbon bond formation: Phenyl and alkenyl transfer to aldehydes and alkynylation of α-imino esters

Jian-Xin Ji, Jing Wu, Lijin Xu, Chiu-Wing Yip, Kim Hung Lam, and Albert S. C. Chan

p. 267 [Abstract]

GaCl₃-catalyzed reactions utilizing isocyanides as a C₁ source

Mamoru Tobisu, Masayuki Oshita, Sachiko Yoshioka, Aki Kitajima, and Naoto Chatani

p. 275 [Abstract]

Hydrostannation of activated alkynes mediated by Stryker's reagent

Lai To Leung and Pauline Chiu

p. 281 [Abstract]

First enantioselective one-pot, three-component imino Reformatsky reaction

Pier Giorgio Cozzi and Eleonora Rivalta

p. 287 [Abstract]

Development of homogeneous and heterogeneous asymmetric catalysts for practical enantioselective reactions

Kuiling Ding

p. 293 [Abstract]

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric reactions with a dynamic library of chiral tropos phosphorus ligands

Cesare Gennari, Chiara Monti, and Umberto Piarulli

p. 303 [Abstract]

New chiral tridentate ligands for asymmetric catalysis

Kevin Murtagh, Brian A. Sweetman, and Patrick J. Guiry

p. 311 [Abstract]

3-Aminopyrrolidine lithium amides as chiral ligands for alkyllithium derivatives: Synthesis, NMR analysis, and computational study of their mixed aggregates

Anne Harrison-Marchand, Jean-Yves Valnot, Aline Corruble, Nicolas Duguet, Hassan Oulyadi, Stéphanie Desjardins, Catherine Fressigné, and Jacques Maddaluno

p. 321 [Abstract]

Syntheses and reactions of optically active α-aminoallenylstannanes and α-aminopropargylboranes

Louis S. Hegedus, Peter Ranslow, Michal Achmatowicz, Cristobal de los Rios, Christopher Hyland, Eva M. Garcia-Frutos, and Sarri Salman

p. 333 [Abstract]

Development of palladium catalysts for asymmetric hydroamination reactions

King Kuok (Mimi) Hii

p. 341 [Abstract]

Palladium-catalyzed ring-forming reactions: Methods and applications

Mark Lautens, Dino Alberico, Cyril Bressy, Yuan-Qing Fang, Brian Mariampillai, and Thorsten Wilhelm

p. 351 [Abstract]

Catalytic activation of nitrogen derivatives with transition-metal complexes

Hélène Lebel, Olivier Leogane, Kim Huard, and Sylvain Lectard

p. 363 [Abstract]

New technologies in catalysis using base metals

Bruce H. Lipshutz, Tom Butler, Bryan A. Frieman, Vladimir Kogan, Ching-Tien Lee, Asher Lower, Danielle M. Nihan, Benjamin R. Taft, and Anthony E. Tomaso Jr.

p. 377 [Abstract]

Synthesis of spiroketals by iridium-catalyzed double hydroalkoxylation

Barbara A. Messerle and Khuong Q. Vuong

p. 385 [Abstract]

Chiral Ru/PNNP complexes in catalytic and stoichiometric electrophilic O- and F-atom transfer to 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds

Cristina Bonaccorsi, Martin Althaus, Claus Becker, Antonio Togni, and Antonio Mezzetti

p. 391 [Abstract]

Alkoxy- and hydroxycyclization of enynes catalyzed by Pd(II) and Pt(II) catalysts

Véronique Michelet, Lise Charruault, Serafino Gladiali, and Jean-Pierre Genêt

p. 397 [Abstract]

Dual Lewis acid - Lewis base activation in enantioselective additions to aldehydes

Erica Wingstrand, Stina Lundgren, Maël Penhoat, and Christina Moberg

p. 409 [Abstract]

Torque control by metal-orbital interactions

Masahiro Murakami, Yasufumi Miyamoto, Munehiro Hasegawa, Ippei Usui, and Takanori Matsuda

p. 415 [Abstract]

Indium-catalyzed addition of carbon units to acetylenes: Development of a new C-C bond formation toward exploitation of chemical resources

Masaharu Nakamura

p. 425 [Abstract]

Alkenyl- and aryl[2-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]dimethylsilanes: Tetraorganosilanes for the practical cross-coupling reaction

Yoshiaki Nakao, Akhila K. Sahoo, Hidekazu Imanaka, Akira Yada, and Tamejiro Hiyama

p. 435 [Abstract]

New synthetic reactions catalyzed by cobalt complexes

Hideki Yorimitsu and Koichiro Oshima

p. 441 [Abstract]

Synthesis and reactivity of new strained cyclic allene and alkyne precursors

Diego Peña, Beatriz Iglesias, Iago Quintana, Dolores Pérez, Enrique Guitián, and Luis Castedo

p. 451 [Abstract]

Cycloruthenated compounds as efficient catalyst for asymmetric hydride transfer reaction

Jean-Baptiste Sortais, Laurent Barloy, Claude Sirlin, André H. M. de Vries, Johannes G. de Vries, and Michel Pfeffer

p. 457 [Abstract]

Catalytic asymmetric ring-opening of cyclopentadiene - heterodienophile cycloadducts with organometallic reagents

Mauro Pineschi, Federica Del Moro, Paolo Crotti, and Franco Macchia

p. 463 [Abstract]

Connecting catalytic cycles by organometallic transformations in situ: Novel perspectives in the olefin metathesis field

Bernd Schmidt

p. 469 [Abstract]

Acid-base catalysis using chiral palladium complexes

Mikiko Sodeoka and Yoshitaka Hamashima

p. 477 [Abstract]

Helicity control in the synthesis of helicenes and related compounds

Ivo Starý, Irena G. Stará, Zuzana Alexandrová, Petr Sehnal, Filip Teplý, David Šaman, and Lubomír Rulíšek

p. 495 [Abstract]

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation using self-assembled chiral bidentate ligands

James M. Takacs, Kittichai Chaiseeda, Shin A. Moteki, D. Sahadeva Reddy, Di Wu, and Kusumlata Chandra

p. 501 [Abstract]

Dabbling with air-stable organoaluminum species

Kallolmay Biswas, Alex Chapron, Thea Cooper, Paul K. Fraser, Andrew Novak, Oscar Prieto, and Simon Woodward

p. 511 [Abstract]

Asymmetric protonation of silyl enolates catalyzed by chiral phosphine-silver(I) complexes

Akira Yanagisawa, Taichiro Touge, and Takayoshi Arai

p. 519 [Abstract]

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