Organic Syntheses, Volume 93

Huw M. L. Davies, PhD, joined the Emory University faculty in 2008 as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organic Chemistry. Prior to Emory, he held the positions of UB Distinguished Professor and Larkin Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Dr. Davies received his BSc degree from University College in Cardiff, Wales and his PhD from the University of East Anglia. He completed his post-doctoral training at Princeton University.

DIBALH-Mediated Reductive Ring-Expansion Reaction of Cyclic Ketoxime 1
Taku Imaizumi, Kentaro Okano, and Hidetoshi Tokuyama

Preparation of 2-(2-(Dicyclohexylphosphino)phenyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole (CM-phos) 14
Shun Man Wong, On Ying Yuen, Pui Ying Choy, Chau Ming So, and Fuk Yee Kwong

Synthesis of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) 29
Svilen P. Simeonov, Jaime A. S. Coelho, and Carlos A. M. Afonso

Erratum for: Titanium-Mediated Addition of Silyl Dienol Ethers to Electrophilic Glycine: 4 Ketopipecolic Acid Hydrochloride 37
Clarisse Mühlemann, Peter Hartmann, and Jean-Pierre Obrecht

Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Ketones from Alkyl Halides and Acid Chlorides: Preparation of Ethyl 4-Oxododecanoate 50
Alexander C. Wotal, Donald C. Batesky, and Daniel J. Weix

Trichloroboron-promoted Deprotection of Phenolic Benzyl Ether UsingPentamethylbenzene as a Non Lewis-Basic Cation Scavenger 63
Shun Okaya, Keiichiro Okuyama, Kentaro Okano, and Hidetoshi Tokuyama

Enantioselective Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted Lactones via a Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization 75
Jennifer E. Wilent, Ghassan Qabaja, and Kimberly S. Petersen

Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Bromonitroalkanes for Umpolung Amide Synthesis: Preparation of tert-Butyl ((1R)-1-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-bromo-2-nitroethyl)carbamate 88
Victoria T. Lim, Sergey V. Tsukanov, Amanda B. Stephens, and Jeffrey N. Johnston

Synthesis of 1-Bromopyrene and 1-Pyrenecarbaldehyde 100
Matthias Schulze, Alexander Scherer, Colin Diner, and Rik R. Tykwinski

Intermolecular [2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkynes with Alkenes Catalyzed by Gold(I) 115
M. Elena de Orbe and Antonio M. Echavarren

Photochemical Benzannulation of N-Phosphoryl Ynamides and α-Diazo Ketones in Continuous Flow 127
John M. Read, Yu-Pu Wang, and Rick L. Danheiser

Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Iodides Catalyzed by the Copper(I)-Phen Complex 147
Naoto Shimizu, Hideaki Kondo, Masahiro Oishi, Kenichi Fujikawa, Kazuki Komoda, and Hideki Amii

Copper-catalyzed Cyanation of Alkenyl Iodides 163
Antoine Nitelet, Sara Zahim, Cédric Theunissen, Alexandre Pradal, and Gwilherm Evano

Visible Light Photocatalysis of Radical Cation Diels–Alder Cycloadditions: Preparation of Tris(2,2’-bipyrazyl) Ruthenium(II) Bis(tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate) 178
Shane D. Lies, Shishi Lin, and Tehshik P. Yoon

Preparation of Methyl 1,2,3,4-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranuronate 200
Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Garrett T. Potter, John M. Gardiner, and Gavin J. Miller

Preparation of 1,5-Dioxaspiro[5.5]undecan-3-one 210
Robert A. Craig, II, Russell C. Smith, Beau P. Pritchett, Benzi I. Estipona, and Brian M. Stoltz

Oxyboration: Synthesis of Borylated Benzofurans 228
Darius J. Faizi, Nicole A. Nava, Mohammad Al-Amin, and Suzanne A. Blum

Synthesis of 1-Iodopropyne 245
Samuel G. Bartko, James Deng, and Rick L. Danheiser

Potassium tert-Butoxide–Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Heteroarenes with Hydrosilanes 263
Anton A. Toutov, Wen-Bo Liu, Brian M. Stoltz, and Robert H. Grubbs

Synthesis of α-Carboline 272
Linli He, Shawn P. Allwein, Benjamin J. Dugan, Kyle W. Knouse, Gregory R. Ott, and Craig A. Zificsak

Synthesis of Methyl 1-Formylcyclopropanecarboxylate utilizing Ti-Claisen Condensation 286
Yuichiro Ashida, Satomi Kajimoto, Hidefumi Nakatsuji, and Yoo Tanabe

Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling in t-Amyl Alcohol for the Preparation of 5-(Furan-3-yl)pyrimidine 306
Liana Hie and Neil K. Garg

Preparation of (S)-Nonafluorobutanesulfinamide 319
Apiwat Wangweerawong, Scott Kolmar, and Jonathan A. Ellman

Preparation of 1-Methylimidazole-N-oxide (NMI-O) 331
James I. Murray and Alan C. Spivey

Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Allylic Alcohols at Room Temperature 341
Bao Gao, Lixin Li, Guoying Zhang, and Hanmin Huang

Preparation of 1,1-Difluoroallenes by Difluorovinylidenation of Carbonyl Compounds 352
Kohei Fuchibe, Masashi Abe, Ken Oh, and Junji Ichikawa

Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Terminal Alkynes towards Z-Enol Esters 367
Stephanie Ganss, Julia Pedroni, Alexandre Lumbroso, Günther Leonhardt-Lutterbeck, Antje Meißner, Siping Wei, Hans-Joachim Drexler, Detlef Heller, and Bernhard Breit

Copper-Catalyzed Semi-Reduction of Alkynes 385
Nick Cox, Hester Dang, Aaron M. Whittaker, and Gojko Lalic

Synthesis of Cyclobutanes by Lewis Acid-Promoted Ketene-Alkene [2+2] Cycloadditions 401
Christopher M. Rasik, Eleni M. Salyers, and M. Kevin Brown

Synthesis of 2,2-Dichloroimidazolidine-4,5-diones and their Application in Chlorodehydroxylation 413
David Schilter and Christopher W. Bielawski