Number 120
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 2016 literature. Previous installment: J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81(7).
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Regularly Issued Journals and Series Volumes
Accounts of Chemical Research
1. Wang, C.; Luo, L.; Yamamoto, H. Metal-Catalyzed Directed Regio- and Enantioselective Ring-Opening of Epoxides. 2016, 49(2), 193-204.
2. Bures, J.; Armstrong, A.; Blackmond, D. G. Explaining Anomalies in Enamine Catalysis: "Downstream Species" as a New Paradigm for Stereocontrol. 2016, 49(2), 214-22.
3. Sears, J. E.; Boger, D. L. Tandem Intramolecular Diels-Alder/1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Cascade of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles: Initial Scope and Applications. 2016, 49(2), 241-51.
4. Depres, J.-P.; Delair, P.; Poisson, J.-F.; Kanazawa, A.; Greene, A. E. Diverse Natural Products from Dichloro-cyclobutanones: An Evolutionary Tale. 2016, 49(2), 252-61.
5. Dale, E. J.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Juricek, M.; Barnes, J. C.; Young, R. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F. Supramolecular Explorations: Exhibiting the Extent of Extended Cationic Cyclophanes. 2016, 49(2), 262-73.
6. Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C.; Roesky, H. W. Cyclic Alkyl(amino) Carbene Stabilized Complexes with Low Coordinate Metals of Enduring Nature. 2016, 49(3), 357-69.
7. Shi, Y.; Teng, P.; Sang, P.; She, F.; Wei, L.; Cai, J. γ-AApeptides: Design, Structure, and Applications. 2016, 49(3), 428-41.
8. Lash, T. D. Out of the Blue! Azuliporphyrins and Related Carbaporphyrinoid Systems. 2016, 49(3), 471-82.
9. Zhou, S.; Li, J.; Schlangen, M.; Schwarz, H. Bond Activation by Metal–Carbene Complexes in the Gas Phase. 2016, 49(3), 494-502.
10. Friis, S. D.; Lindhardt, A. T.; Skrydstrup, T. The Development and Application of Two-Chamber Reactors and Carbon Monoxide Precursors for Safe Carbonylation Reactions. 2016, 49(4), 594-605.
11. He, G.; Wang, B.; Nack, W. A.; Chen, G. Syntheses and Transformations of α-Amino Acids via Palladium-Catalyzed Auxiliary-Directed sp3 C–H Functionalization. 2016, 49(4), 635-45.
12. Tejedor, D.; Lopez-Tosco, S.; Mendez-Abt, G.; Cotos, L.; Garcia-Tellado, F. Propargyl Vinyl Ethers and Tertiary Skipped Diynes: Two Pluripotent Molecular Platforms for Diversity-Oriented Synthesis. 2016, 49(4), 703-13.
13. Tantillo, D. J. Speeding Up Sigmatropic Shifts–To Halve or to Hold. 2016, 49(4), 741-9.
14. Lam, Y.-h.; Grayson, M. N.; Holland, M. C.; Simon, A.; Houk, K. N. Theory and Modeling of Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions. 2016, 49(4), 750-62.
15. Sameera, W. M. C.; Maeda, S.; Morokuma, K. Computational Catalysis Using the Artificial Force Induced Reaction Method. 2016, 49(4), 763-73.
16. Mayr, H.; Ofial, A. R. Philicities, Fugalities, and Equilibrium Constants. 2016, 49(5), 952-65.
17. Halskov, K. S.; Donslund, B. S.; Paz, B. M.; Joergensen, K. A. Computational Approach to Diarylprolinol-Silyl Ethers in Aminocatalysis. 2016, 49(5), 974-86.
18. Hansen, E.; Rosales, A. R.; Tutkowski, B.; Norrby, P.-O.; Wiest, O. Prediction of Stereochemistry using Q2MM. 2016, 49(5), 996-1005.
19. Sunoj, R. B. Transition State Models for Understanding the Origin of Chiral Induction in Asymmetric Catalysis. 2016, 49(5), 1019-28.
20. Peng, Q.; Paton, R. S. Catalytic Control in Cyclizations: From Computational Mechanistic Understanding to Selectivity Prediction. 2016, 49(5), 1042-51.
21. Wheeler, S. E.; Seguin, T. J.; Guan, Y.; Doney, A. C. Noncovalent Interactions in Organocatalysis and the Prospect of Computational Catalyst Design. 2016, 49(5), 1061-9.
22. Balcells, D.; Clot, E.; Eisenstein, O.; Nova, A.; Perrin, L. Deciphering Selectivity in Organic Reactions: A Multifaceted Problem. 2016, 49(5), 1070-8.
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis
23. Liu, J.; Chen, G.; Tan, Z. Copper-Catalyzed or -Mediated C–H Bond Functionalizations Assisted by Bidentate Directing Groups. 2016, 358(8), 1174-94.
24. Day, D. P.; Chan, P. W. H.; Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of 1,n-Diyne Carbonates and Esters. 2016, 358(9), 1368-84.
25. Huple, D. B.; Ghorpade, S.; Liu, R.-S. Recent Advances in Gold-Catalyzed N- and O-Functionalizations of Alkynes with Nitrones, Nitroso, Nitro and Nitroxy Species.
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English
26. Wrackmeyer, B. A Cyclotriborane Dianion and the Triboron Cation: "Light Ends" of the Hueckel Rule. 2016, 55(6), 1962-4.
27. Coombs, J. R.; Morken, J. P. Catalytic Enantio-selective Functionalization of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes. 2016, 55(8), 2636-49.
28. Iacobucci, C.; Reale, S.; De Angelis, F. Elusive Reaction Intermediates in Solution Explored by ESI-MS: Reverse Periscope for Mechanistic Investigations. 2016, 55(9), 2980-93.
29. Barboiu, M.; Stadler, A.-M.; Lehn, J.-M. Controlled Folding, Motional, and Constitutional Dynamic Processes of Polyheterocyclic Molecular Strands. 2016, 55(13), 4130-54.
30. Bueschleb, M.; Dorich, S.; Hanessian, S.; Tao, D.; Schenthal, K. B.; Overman, L. E. Synthetic Strategies toward Natural Products Containing Contiguous Stereogenic Quatern-ary Carbon Atoms. 2016, 55(13), 4156-86.
31. Chung, W.-j.; Vanderwal, C. D. Stereoselective Halogenation in Natural Product Synthesis. 2016, 55(14), 4396-434.
32. Li, Y.; Hari, D. P.; Vita, M. V.; Waser, J. Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Atom-Transfer Reactions: Beyond Trifluoromethylation. 2016, 55(14), 4436-54.
33. Ghavre, M.; Froese, J.; Pour, M.; Hudlicky, T. Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Constituents and Unnatural Derivatives. 2016, 55(19), 5642-91.
The Chemical Record
34. Singh, A. S.; Sun, S.-S. Structurally Flexible C3-Symmetric Receptors for Molecular Recognition and Their Self-Assembly Properties. 2015, 15(6), 1021-44.
35. Kawase, T.; Nishida, J.-i. π-Extended Pentalenes: The Revival of the Old Compound from New Standpoints. 2015, 15(6), 1045-59.
36. Kuck, D. From Fragmentation to Construction – From Void to Massive: Fascination with Organic Mass Spectrometry and the Synthesis of Novel Three-Dimensional Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 2015, 15(6), 1075-109.
37. Komarova, B. S.; Tsvetkov, Y. E.; Nifantiev, N. E. Design of α-Selective Glycopyranosyl Donors Relying on Remote Anchimeric Assistance. 2016, 16(1), 488-506.
38. Meledin, R.; Mali, S. M.; Brik, A. Pushing the Boundaries of Chemical Protein Synthesis: The Case of Ubiquitin Chains and Polyubiquitinated Peptides and Proteins. 2016, 16(1), 509-19.
Chemical Reviews
39. Mahadevi, A. S.; Sastry, G. N. Cooperativity in Noncovalent Interactions. 2016, 116(5), 2775-825.
40. Candeias, N. R.; Paterna, R.; Gois, P. M. P. Homologation Reaction of Ketones with Diazo Compounds. 2016, 116(5), 2937-81.
41. Tiwari, V. K.; Mishra, B. B.; Mishra, K. B.; Mishra, N.; Singh, A. S.; Chen, X. Cu-Catalyzed Click Reaction in Carbohydrate Chemistry. 2016, 116(5), 3086-240.
42. De Risi, C.; Pollini, G. P.; Zanirato, V. Recent Developments in General Methodologies for the Synthesis of α-Ketoamides. 2016, 116(5), 3241-305.
43. Yoshimura, A.; Zhdankin, V. V. Advances in Synthetic Applications of Hypervalent Iodine Compounds. 2016, 116(5), 3328-435.
44. De Bruycker, K.; Billiet, S.; Houck, H. A.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Winne, J. M.; Du Prez, F. E. Triazoline-diones as Highly Enabling Synthetic Tools. 2016, 116(6), 3919-74.
45. Hong, L.; Sun, W.; Yang, D.; Li, G.; Wang, R. Additive Effects on Asymmetric Catalysis. 2016, 116(6), 4006-123.
46. Mailyan, A. K.; Eickhoff, J. A.; Minakova, A. S.; Gu, Z.; Lu, P.; Zakarian, A. Cutting-Edge and Time-Honored Strategies for Stereoselective Construction of C–N Bonds in Total Synthesis. 2016, 116(7), 4441-557.
47. Goossens, K.; Lava, K.; Bielawski, C. W.; Binnemans, K. Ionic Liquid Crystals: Versatile Materials. 2016, 116(8), 4643-807.
48. Becucci, M.; Melandri, S. High-Resolution Spectroscopic Studies of Complexes Formed by Medium-Size Organic Molecules. 2016, 116(9), 5014-37.
49. Biedermann, F.; Schneider, H.-J. Experimental Binding Energies in Supramolecular Complexes. 2016, 116(9), 5216-300.
50. Frey, J. A.; Holzer, C.; Klopper, W.; Leutwyler, S. Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Dissociation Energies of Dispersion-Dominated Aromatic Molecular Complexes. 2016, 116(9), 5614-41.
51. Kacprzak, K.; Skiera, I.; Piasecka, M.; Paryzek, Z. Alkaloids and Isoprenoids Modification by Copper(I)-Catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition (Click Chemistry): Toward New Functions and Molecular Architectures. 2016, 116(10), 5689-743.
52. Simeonov, S. P.; Nunes, J. P. M.; Guerra, K.; Kurteva, V. B.; Afonso, C. A. M. Synthesis of Chiral Cyclo-pentenones. 2016, 116(10), 5744-893.
Chemical Society Reviews
53. Estager, J.; Holbrey, J. D.; Swadzba-Kwasny, M. Halometallate Ionic Liquids - Revisited. 2014, 43(3), 847-86.
54. Iyoda, M.; Shimizu, H. Multifunctional π-Expanded Oligothiophene Macrocycles. 2015, 44(18), 6411-24.
55. Li, S.; Ma, J.-A. Core-Structure-Inspired Asym-metric Addition Reactions: Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrobenzoxazinone- and Dihydroquinazolinone-Based Anti-HIV Agents. 2015, 44(21), 7439-48.
56. Butt, N. A.; Zhang, W. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution Reactions with Unactivated Allylic Sub-strates. 2015, 44(22), 7929-67.
57. Vanjari, R.; Singh, K. N. Utilization of Methyl-arenes as Versatile Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis. 2015, 44(22), 8062-96.
58. Cruz-Cabeza, A. J.; Reutzel-Edens, S. M.; Bernstein, J. Facts and Fictions About Polymorphism. 2015, 44(23), 8619-35.
59. Bayne, J. M.; Stephan, D. W. Phosphorus Lewis Acids: Emerging Reactivity and Applications in Catalysis. 2016, 45(4), 765-74.
60. Melen, R. L. Dehydrocoupling Routes to Element–Element Bonds Catalysed by Main Group Compounds. 2016, 45(4), 775-88.
61. Milnes, K. K.; Pavelka, L. C.; Baines, K. M. Cycloaddition of Carbonyl Compounds and Alkynes to (Di)Silenes and (Di)Germenes: Reactivity and Mechanism. 2016, 45(4), 1019-35.
62. Chandra Mondal, K.; Roy, S.; Roesky, H. W. Silicon Based Radicals, Radical Ions, Diradicals and Diradicaloids 2016, 45(4), 1080-111.
63. Stennett, T. E.; Harder, S. s-Block Amidoboranes: Syntheses, Structures, Reactivity and Applications. 2016, 45(4), 1112-28.
64. Wang, Q.; Su, Y.; Li, L.; Huang, H. Transition-Metal Catalysed C–N Bond Activation. 2016, 45(5), 1257-72.
65. Borie, C.; Ackermann, L.; Nechab, M. Enantiosel-ective Syntheses of Indanes: From Organocatalysis to C–H Functionalization. 2016, 45(5), 1368-86.
66. Rickhaus, M.; Mayor, M.; Juricek, M. Strain-Induced Helical Chirality in Polyaromatic Systems. 2016, 45(6), 1542-56.
67. Ardkhean, R.; Caputo, D. F. J.; Morrow, S. M.; Shi, H.; Xiong, Y.; Anderson, E. A. Cascade Polycyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis. 2016, 45(6), 1557-69.
68. Wu, W.-T.; Zhang, L.; You, S.-L. Catalytic Asym-metric Dearomatization (CADA) Reactions of Phenol and Aniline Derivatives. 2016, 45(6), 1570-80.
69. Li, W.; Zhang, J. Recent Developments in the Synthesis and Utilization of Chiral β-Aminophosphine Derivatives as Catalysts or Ligands. 2016, 45(6), 1657-77.
70. Galan, A.; Ballester, P. Stabilization of Reactive Species by Supramolecular Encapsulation. 2016, 45(6), 1720-37.
71. Lledo, A.; Pla-Quintana, A.; Roglans, A. Allenes, Versatile Unsaturated Motifs in Transition-Metal-Catalysed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions. 2016, 45(8), 2010-23.
72. Chen, J.-R.; Hu, X.-Q.; Lu, L.-Q.; Xiao, W.-J. Visible Light Photoredox-Controlled Reactions of N-Radicals and Radical Ions. 2016, 45(8), 2044-56.
73. Trost, B. M.; Masters, J. T. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Couplings of Alkynes to 1,3-Enynes: Modern Methods and Synthetic Applications. 2016, 45(8), 2212-38.
74. Andres, P.; Ballano, G.; Calaza, M. I.; Cativiela, C. Synthesis of α-Aminoboronic Acids. 2016, 45(8), 2291-307.
75. Levi, L.; Mueller, T. J. J. Multicomponent Synth-eses of Functional Chromophores. 2016, 45(10), 2825-46.
76. Gensch, T.; Hopkinson, M. N.; Glorius, F.; Wencel-Delord, J. Mild Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation: Examples and Concepts. 2016, 45(10), 2900-36.
Chemistry - A European Journal
77. Froimowicz, P.; Zhang, K.; Ishida, H. Intra-molecular Hydrogen Bonding in Benzoxazines: When Structural Design Becomes Functional. 2016, 22(8), 2691-707.
78. James, M. J.; O'Brien, P.; Taylor, R. J. K.; Unsworth, W. P. Synthesis of Spirocyclic Indolenines. 2016, 22(9), 2856-81.
79. Zeng, Y.; Ni, C.; Hu, J. Recent Advances in the One-Step Synthesis of Distally Fluorinated Ketones. 2016, 22(10), 3210-23.
80. Rong, J.; Pellegrini, T.; Harutyunyan, S. R. Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Alcohols by CuI-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Organomagnesium Reagents to Ketones. 2016, 22(11), 3558-70.
81. Pfaffenbach, M.; Gaich, T. The Diaza[5.5.6.6]-fenestrane Skeleton-Synthesis of Leuconoxine Alkaloids. 2016, 22(11), 3600-10.
82. Meninno, S.; Lattanzi, A. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Reactions of Epoxides: Recent Progress. 2016, 22(11), 3632-42.
83. Sazonov, P. K.; Beletskaya, I. P. Carbonyl-metallates–A Special Family of Nucleophiles in Aromatic and Vinylic Substitution Reactions. 2016, 22(11), 3644-53.
84. Fascione, M. A.; Brabham, R.; Turnbull, W. B. Mechanistic Investigations into the Application of Sulfoxides in Carbohydrate Synthesis. 2016, 22(12), 3916-28.
85. Bunz, U. H. F.; Engelhart, J. U. The Palladium Way to N-Heteroacenes. 2016, 22(14), 4680-9.
86. Gabriele, B.; Mancuso, R.; Veltri, L. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Indanes and Indenes. 2016, 22(15), 5056-94.
87. Teng, P.; Shi, Y.; Sang, P.; Cai, J. γ-AApeptides as a New Class of Peptidomimetics. 2016, 22(16), 5458-66.
88. Ito, M.; Tahara, Y.-k.; Shibata, T. Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Clavicipitic Acid. 2016, 22(16), 5468-77.
89. Mankad, N. P. Selectivity Effects in Bi-metallic Catalysis. 2016, 22(17), 5822-9.
90. Campos, J.; Lopez-Serrano, J.; Peloso, R.; Carmona, E. Methyl Complexes of the Transition Metals. 2016, 22(19), 6432-57.
91. Dominguez, G.; Perez-Castells, J. Alkenes in [2+2+2] Cycloadditions. 2016, 22(20), 6720-39.
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds
92. Kim, D. G.; Vershinina, E. A. Synthesis and Properties of Thiazolo- and Oxazolo[3,2-a]Quinolinium Systems and Their Hydrogenated Derivatives. 2014, 50(7), 911-31.
93. Sultanova, R. M.; Khanova, M. D.; Zlotskii, S. S. The Insertion Reaction Of Diazocarbonyl Compounds at C-H Bonds in the Synthesis of Biologically Active Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles. 2015, 51(9), 775-84.
94. Deeb, A.; Abdelgawad, A. A. M. Utility of 3-Amino-1H-Pyrazolo[3,4-C]Pyridazine in Heterocyclic Syn-thesis. 2015, 51(9), 785-98.
95. Urbanaite, A.; Cikotiene, I. Synthesis of 4H-Thiazines. 2016, 52(1), 1-3.
96. Bakulev, V. A.; Beryozkina, T. A. NH-1,2,3-Triazoles: Synthesis and Reactions with Electrophilic Agents. 2016, 52(1), 4-6.
97. Mierina, I.; Jure, M. Alkylidene and Arylidene Meldrum's Acids as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of Heterocycles. 2016, 52(1), 7-9.
98. Mierina, I.; Jure, M. Nitroolefins as Starting Materials for 5-Membered N-Heterocycles. 2016, 52(1), 10-2.
99. Chalikidi, P. N. O,S-Disubstituted Xantho-genates in Heterocyclic Synthesis. 2016, 52(1), 13-4.
100. Kornev, M. Y.; Sosnovskikh, V. Y. Synthesis and Chemical Properties of Chromone-3-Carboxylic Acid. 2016, 52(2), 71-83.
101. Petuskovs, A.; Shubin, K. Synthesis of 1,3-Dihydro-2H-benzo[d]azepin-2-ones. 2016, 52(2), 84-6.
102. Gutnov, A. Furan Ring as a Surrogate for Carboxy Group. 2016, 52(2), 87-9.