Number 101
compiled by Veronica M. Cornel
Department of Chemistry, Reedley College, 995 Reed Avenue, Reedley, California 93654
Reviews are listed in order of appearance in the sources indicated. In multidisciplinary review journals, only those reviews which fall within the scope of this Journal are included. Sources are listed alphabetically in three categories: regularly issued review journals and series volumes, contributed volumes, and other monographs. Titles are numbered serially, and these numbers are used for reference in the index.
Major English-language sources of critical reviews are covered. Encyclopedic treatises, annual surveys such as Specialist Periodical Reports, and compilations of symposia proceedings are omitted.
This installment of Recent Reviews covers principally the early part of the 2011 literature. Previous installment: J.
Org. Chem. 2011, 76(7).
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Regularly Issued Journals and Series Volumes
Accounts of Chemical Research
1. Nolan, S. P. The Development and Catalytic Uses of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold Complexes. 2011, 44(2), 91–100.
2. Guo, L.-N.; Duan, X.-H.; Liang, Y.-M. Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Propargylic Com-pounds. 2011, 44(2), 111–22.
3. Sarish, S. P.; Nembenna, S.; Nagendran, S.; Roesky, H. W. Chemistry of Soluble b-Diket-iminatoalkaline–Earth Metal Complexes with M–X Bonds (M = Mg, Ca, Sr; X = OH, Halides, H). 2011, 44(3), 157–70.
4. Smith, A. B., III; Charnley, A. K.; Hirschmann, R. Pyrrolinone-Based Peptidomimetics." Let the Enzyme or Receptor be the Judge". 2011, 44(3), 180–93.
Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry
5. Padwa, A. Cycloaddition and Cyclization Chemistry of 2H-Azirines. 2010, (99), 1–31.
6. Arshad, N.; Kappe, C. O. Heterocyclic BINAP Analogues. 2010, (99), 33–59.
7. Balaban, A. T. Monocyclic Hetarenes with p-Electron Aromatic Sextet. 2010, (99), 61–105.
8. Belen'kii, L. I. Positional Selectivity in Electrophilic Substitution in p-Excessive Hetero-aromatics. 2010, (99), 143–83.
9. Schantl, J. G. Cyclic Azomethine Imines from Diazenes (Azo Compounds). 2010, (99), 185–207.
10. Trofimov, B. A.; Mikhaleva, A. I.; Schmidt, E. Y.; Sobenina, L. N. Pyrroles and N-Vinylpyrroles from Ketones and Acetylenes: Recent Strides. 2010, (99), 209–54.
11. Sadimenko, A. P. Organometallic Complexes of Aminopyridines. 2011, 2011(102), 229–86.
Aldrichimica Acta
12. Leighton, J. L. Powerful and Versatile Silicon Lewis Acids for Asymmetric Chemical Synthesis. 2010, 43(1), 3–12.
13. Baskin, J. M.; Bertozzi, C. R. Copper-Free Click Chemistry: Bio-Orthogonal Reagents for Tagging Azides. 2010, 43(1), 15–23.
14. Hashmi, A. S. K.; Buehrle, M. Gold-Catalyzed Addition of X–H Bonds to C–C Multiple Bonds. 2010, 43(2), 27–33.
15. Dudnik, A. S.; Chernyak, N.; Gevorgyan, V. Copper-, Silver-, and Gold-Catalyzed Migratory Cycloisomerization Leading to Heterocyclic Five-Membered Rings. 2010, 43(2), 37–46.
16. Mukherjee, S.; Corey, E. J. Enantioselective Synthesis Based on Catalysis by Chiral Oxaza-borolidinium Cations. 2010, 43(2), 49–58.
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English
17. Shao, Z.; Peng, F. Metal-Mediated Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Terminal Alkynes: A Promising Strategy for Alkyne Synthesis. 2010, 49(50), 9566–8.
18. Malkov, A. V. Change of Direction: Enantio-selective CuH-Catalyzed 1,2-Reduction of a,b-Unsat-urated Ketones. 2010, 49(51), 9814–5.
19. Decortes, A.; Castilla, A. M.; Kleij, A. W. Salen-Complex-Mediated Formation of Cyclic Carbonates by Cycloaddition of CO2 to Epoxides. 2010, 49(51), 9822–37.
20. Luehmann, N.; Mueller, T. A Compound with a Si–C Triple Bond. 2010, 49(52), 10042–4.
21. Pyun, J. Graphene Oxide as Catalyst: Application of Carbon Materials beyond Nanotechnology. 2011, 50(1), 46–8.
22. Klinkenberg, J. L.; Hartwig, J. F. Catalytic Organometallic Reactions of Ammonia. 2011, 50(1), 86–95.
23. Seebach, D. Generation of Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Centers by Geminal Disubstitution of Carbonyl Oxygens. 2011, 50(1), 96–101.
24. Yeung, C. S.; Dong, V. M. A New Direction in Enantioselective Catalysis: Scaffolding Ligands in Olefin Hydroformylation. 2011, 50(4), 809–12.
25. Bandini, M. Allylic Alcohols: Sustainable Sources for Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation Reactions. 2011, 50(5), 994–5.
26. Bach, T.; Hehn, J. P. Photochemical Reactions as Key Steps in Natural Product Synthesis. 2011, 50(5), 1000–45.
27. Roulland, E. Protecting-Group-Free Total Syn-theses: A Challenging Approach. 2011, 50(6), 1226–7.
28. Mende, F.; Seitz, O. 9-Fluorenylmethoxy-carbonyl-Based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide a-Thioesters. 2011, 50(6), 1232–40.
29. Duschek, A.; Kirsch, S. F. 2-Iodoxybenzoic Acid–A Simple Oxidant with a Dazzling Array of Potential Applications. 2011, 50(7), 1524–52.
30. Patil, N. T. Merging Metal and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis: On the Way to Discovering Enantioselective Organic Transformations. 2011, 50(8), 1759–61.
Australian Journal of Chemistry
31. Murray, J. S.; Riley, K. E.; Politzer, P.; Clark, T. Directional Weak Intermolecular Interactions: s-Hole Bonding. 2010, 63(12), 1598–607.
32. Chrostowska, A.; Dargelos, A.; Graciaa, A. UV-photoelectron Spectroscopy of Unhindered Germylenes and Carbon–Arsenic Multiple-Bonded Species. 2010, 63(12), 1608–14.
33. Schaumann, E.; Oppermann, G.; Stranberg, M.; Moore, H. W. New Syntheses and Ring Expansion Reactions of Cyclobutenimines. 2010, 63(12), 1656–64.
34. Bruce, M. I. Some Organometallic Chemistry of Tetracyanoethene: CN-displacement and Cyclo-addition Reactions with Alkynyl-Transition Metal Complexes and Related Chemistry. 2011, 64(1), 77–103.
Chemical Reviews
35. Katritzky, A. R.; Kuanar, M.; Slavov, S.; Hall, C. D.; Karelson, M.; Kahn, I.; Dobchev, D. A. Quantitative Correlation of Physical and Chemical Properties with Chemical Structure: Utility for Prediction. 2010, 110(10), 5714–89.
36. Butler, R. N.; Coyne, A. G. Water: Nature's Reaction Enforcer–Comparative Effects for Organic Synthesis "In-Water" and "On-Water". 2010, 110(10), 6302–37.
37. Warren, J. J.; Tronic, T. A.; Mayer, J. M. Thermochemistry of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reagents and its Implications. 2010, 110(12), 6961–7001.
38. Ananikov, V. P. Characterization of Molecular Systems and Monitoring of Chemical Reactions in Ionic Liquids by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectro-scopy. 2011, 111(2), 418–54.
39. Nie, J.; Guo, H.-C.; Cahard, D.; Ma, J.-A. Asymmetric Construction of Stereogenic Carbon Centers Featuring a Trifluoromethyl Group from Pro-chiral Trifluoromethylated Substrates. 2011, 111(2), 455–529.
40. Corey, J. Y. Reactions of Hydrosilanes with Transition Metal Complexes and Characterization of the Products. 2011, 111(2), 863–1071.
41. Climent, M. J.; Corma, A.; Iborra, S. Heterogeneous Catalysts for the One-Pot Synthesis of Chemicals and Fine Chemicals. 2011, 111(2), 1072–133.
42. Le Bras, J.; Muzart, J. Intermolecular Dehydrogenative Heck Reactions. 2011, 111(3), 1170–214.
43. Yeung, C. S.; Dong, V. M. Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling: Forming Carbon–Carbon Bonds by Oxidizing Two Carbon–Hydrogen Bonds. 2011, 111(3), 1215–92.
44. Sun, C.-L.; Li, B.-J.; Shi, Z.-J. Direct C–H Transformation via Iron Catalysis. 2011, 111(3), 1293–314.
45. Rosen, B. M.; Quasdorf, K. W.; Wilson, D. A.; Zhang, N.; Resmerita, A.-M.; Garg, N. K.; Percec, V. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings Involving Carbon–Oxygen Bonds. 2011, 111(3), 1346–416.
46. Jana, R.; Pathak, T. P.; Sigman, M. S. Advances in Transition Metal (Pd, Ni, Fe)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Alkyl-organometallics as Reaction Partners. 2011, 111(3), 1417–92.
47. Partyka, D. V. Transmetalation of Unsat-urated Carbon Nucleophiles from Boron-Containing Species to the Mid to Late d-Block Metals of Relevance to Catalytic C–X Coupling Reactions (X = C, F, N, O, Pb, S, Se, Te). 2011, 111(3), 1529–95.
48. Beletskaya, I. P.; Ananikov, V. P. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–S, C–Se, and C–Te Bond Formation via Cross-Coupling and Atom-Economic Addition Reactions. 2011, 111(3), 1596–636.
49. Smith, A. M. R.; Hii, K. K. Transition Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective a-Heterofunctionalization of Carbonyl Compounds. 2011, 111(3), 1637–56.
50. Corma, A.; Leyva-Perez, A.; Sabater, M. J. Gold-Catalyzed Carbon–Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reactions. 2011, 111(3), 1657–712.
51. Xie, J.-H.; Zhu, S.-F.; Zhou, Q.-L. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of En-amines and Imines. 2011, 111(3), 1713–60.
52. Choi, J.; MacArthur, A. H. R.; Brookhart, M.; Goldman, A. S. Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions Catalyzed by Iridium Pincer Complexes. 2011, 111(3), 1761–79.
53. Suzuki, T. Organic Synthesis Involving Iridium-Catalyzed Oxidation. 2011, 111(3), 1825–45.
54. Weaver, J. D.; Recio, A.; Grenning, A. J.; Tunge, J. A. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Decarb-oxylative Allylation and Benzylation Reactions. 2011, 111(3), 1846–913.
55. Aubert, C.; Fensterbank, L.; Garcia, P.; Malacria, M.; Simonneau, A. Transition Metal Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of 1,n-Allenynes and -Allenenes. 2011, 111(3), 1954–93.
56. Krause, N.; Winter, C. Gold-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Cyclization of Functionalized Allenes: A Powerful Access to Carbo- and Heterocycles. 2011, 111(3), 1994–2009.
57. Dauth, A.; Love, J. A. Reactivity by Design – Metallaoxetanes as Centerpieces in Reaction Devel-opment. 2011, 111(3), 2010–47.
58. Selander, N.; Szabo, K. J. Catalysis by Palladium Pincer Complexes. 2011, 111(3), 2048–76.
59. van Leeuwen, P. W. N. M.; Kamer, P. C. J.; Claver, C.; Pamies, O.; Dieguez, M. Phosphite-containing Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis. 2011, 111(3), 2077–118.
60. Fernandez-Perez, H.; Etayo, P.; Panossian, A.; Vidal-Ferran, A. Phosphine–Phosphinite and Phosphine–Phosphite Ligands: Preparation and Applications in Asymmetric Catalysis. 2011, 111(3), 2119–76.
61. Magano, J.; Dunetz, J. R. Large-Scale Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Couplings for the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals. 2011, 111(3), 2177–250.
62. Molnar, A. Efficient, Selective, and Recyclable Palladium Catalysts in Carbon–Carbon Coupling Reactions. 2011, 111(3), 2251–320.
63. Kobayashi, S.; Mori, Y.; Fossey, J. S.; Salter, M. M. Catalytic Enantioselective Formation of C–C Bonds by Addition to Imines and Hydrazones: A Ten-Year Update. 2011, 111(4), 2626–704.
64. Antonow, D.; Thurston, D. E. Synthesis of DNA-Interactive Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines (PBDs). 2011, 111(4), 2815–64.
Chemical Society Reviews
65. Cavallo, G.; Metrangolo, P.; Pilati, T.; Resnati, G.; Sansotera, M.; Terraneo, G. Halogen Bonding: A General Route in Anion Recognition and Coordination. 2010, 39(10), 3772–83.
66. Csaky, A. G.; de la Herran, G.; Murcia, M. C. Conjugate Addition Reactions of Carbon Nucleophiles to Electron-Deficient Dienes. 2010, 39(11), 4080–102.
67. Szumna, A. Inherently Chiral Concave Molecules–From Synthesis to Applications. 2010, 39(11), 4274–85.
68. Bandini, M. Gold-catalyzed Decorations of Arenes and Heteroarenes with C–C Multiple Bonds. 2011, 40(3), 1358–67.
69. Puri, J. K.; Singh, R.; Chahal, V. K. Silatranes: A Review on Their Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity and Applications. 2011, 40(3), 1791–840.
Chemistry – A European Journal
70. del Amo, V.; Philp, D. Integrating Replication-Based Selection Strategies in Dynamic Covalent Systems. 2010, 16(45), 13304–18.
71. Bonesi, S. M.; Fagnoni, M. The Aromatic Carbon–Carbon ipso-Substitution Reaction. 2010, 16(46), 13572–89.
72. Pamies, O.; Andersson, P. G.; Dieguez, M. Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Minimally Func-tionalized Terminal Olefins: An Alternative Sustain-able and Direct Strategy for Preparing Enantioenriched Hydrocarbons. 2010, 16(48), 14232–40.
73. Donohoe, T. J.; Callens, C. K. A.; Flores, A.; Lacy, A. R.; Rathi, A. H. Recent Developments in Methodology for the Direct Oxyamination of Ole-fins. 2011, 17(1), 58–76.
74. Lopez, F.; Mascarenas, J. L. Allenes as Three-Carbon Units in Catalytic Cycloadditions. New Opportunities with Transition-Metal Catalysts. 2011, 17(2), 418–28.
75. Ruiz-Sanchis, P.; Savina, S. A.; Albericio, F.; Alvarez, M. Structure, Bioactivity and Synthesis of Natural Products with Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]-indole. 2011, 17(5), 1388–408.
76. Li, B.-J.; Yu, D.-G.; Sun, C.-L.; Shi, Z.-J. Activation of "Inert" Alkenyl/Aryl C=O Bond and Its Application in Cross-Coupling Reactions. 2011, 17(6), 1728–59.
77. Valero, G.; Companyo, X.; Rios, R. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Synthesis of Fluor-inated Molecules. 2011, 17(7), 2018–37.
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds
78. Kozlov, N. G.; Gusak, K. N.; Kadutskii, A. P. Development of the Catalytic Synthesis of Compounds of the Quinoline Series (the N. S. Kozlov Reaction) (Review). 2010, 46(5), 505–28.
79. Abele, E.; Abele, R.; Golomba, L.; Visnevska, J.; Beresneva, T.; Rubina, K.; Lukevics, E. Oximes of Six-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with Two and Three Heteroatoms. Part II. Reactions and Biological Activity. 2010, 46(8), 905–30.
80. Buzykin, B. I. Formazans in the Synthesis of Heterocycles. Part 2. Synthesis of Azines. 2010, 46(9), 1043–62.
81. Alekseyev, R. S.; Kurkin, A. V.; Yurovskaya, M. A. g-Carbolines and Their Hydrogenated Deriv-atives. Part 3. Hydrogenated Derivatives of g-Carbolines, Chemical and Biological Properties. 2011, 46(10), 1169–98.
82. Aleksandrova, E. V.; Kravchenko, A. N.; Kochergin, P. M. Methods for the Synthesis of Haloimidazoles. 2011, 46(11), 1295–317.
CHEMTRACTS: Organic Chemistry
83. Anon Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Carbon Isotope (13C/12C) Chirality. 2010, 23(3), 83–6.
84. Anon N–N Bond Cleavage in Diazoalkanes by a Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Complex. 2010, 23(3), 87–9.
85. Zanardi, F.; Battistini, L.; Curti, C.; Castraghi, G.; Rassu, G. The Vinylogous Aldol Reaction: Targeting Stereocontrol. 2010, 23(4), 123–40.
86. Battistini, L.; Zanardi, f.; Curti, C.; Castraghi, G. The Vinylogous Mannich Reaction: An Asymmetric Journey. 2010, 23(4), 141–52.
87. Cordes, M.; Kalesse, M. The Vinylogous Aldol Reaction: Venturing on Total Synthesis. 2010, 23(4), 153–75.
88. Anon. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofurans: A Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Racemic Cyclopropanes and Aldehydes. 2010, 23(6), 219–22.
89. Anon. Magnesium-catalyzed Asymmetric Direct Aldol Addition of Ethyl Diazoacetate to Aromatic, Aliphatic, and a,b-Unsaturated Alde-hydes. 2010, 23(6), 223–6.
90. Anon. A General and Highly Selective Chelate-Controlled Intermolecular Oxidative Heck Reac-tion. 2010, 23(6), 227–9.
91. Anon. Stereospecific Synthesis of C2 Symmetric Diamines from the Mother Diamine by Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen-Bond Directed Diaza-Cope Rearrangement. 2010, 23(6), 230–3.
92. Anon. Iron-catalyzed Chemoselective Ortho-Arylation of Aryl Imines by Directed C–H Bond Activation. 2010, 23(6), 234–8.
93. Anon. Iron-catalyzed 1,4-Addition of a-Olefins to Dienes. 2010, 23(6), 239–41.
94. Anon. Aqueous Olefin Metathesis. 2010, 23(6), 242–55.
95. Anon. Synthesis of Amidines using N-Allyl Ynamides: A Palladium-Catalyzed Allyl Transfer Through an Ynamido–p-Allyl Complex. 2010, 23(6), 256–60.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
96. Herndon, J. W. The Chemistry of the Carbon–Transition Metal Double and Triple Bond. Annual Survey Covering the Year 2009. 2011, 255(1–2), 3–100.
97. Buschbeck, R.; Low, P. J.; Lang, H. Homoleptic Transition Metal Acetylides. 2011, 255(1–2), 241–72.
98. Bierenstiel, M.; Cross, E. D. Sulfur-Func-tionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Their Transition Metal Complexes. 2011, 255(5–6), 574–90.
Current Organic Chemistry
99. Yoo, E. J.; Chang, S. Copper-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions: Securing a Catalytic Route to Ketenimine Intermediates and Their Reactivities. 2009, 13(18), 1766–76.
100. Bello, D.; Ramon, R.; Lavilla, R. Mechanistic Variations of the Povarov Multicomponent Reaction and Related Processes. 2010, 14(4), 332–56.
101. Kevill, D. N.; D'Souza, M. J. Use of the Simple and Extended Grunwald–Winstein Equations in the Correlation of the Rates of Solvolysis of Highly Hindered Tertiary Alkyl Derivatives. 2010, 14(10), 1037–49.
102. Lykakis, I. N.; Perchyonok, V. T. Thiols as an Efficient Hydrogen Atom Donor in Free Radical Transformations in Aqueous Media. 2010, 14(10), 1075–82.