News-Archive 2020

Dionicio Siegel describes the synthesis of the 26-membered core of thiopeptide natural products.

Narihito Ogawa presents the synthesis of optically active maresins.

Yasushi Nishihara presents the Ni-catalyzed decarbonylative alkynylation of acyl fluorides.

Hans-Joachim Knölker reports on the synthesis and structure of the alkaloid clausenalansine A.

Luyong Wu describes the synthesis of diaryltriazoles from tosylhydrazones and nitriles.

On December 7, 2020, we hosted a virtual seminar on Select Crowd Review with talks by the founders of this review method. Read the highlights at a glance here!

Daniella Cheang was awarded a Thieme Poster Prize at the virtual Twitter conference LatinXChem.

We celebrate the 20th birthday of Science of Synthesis. Join us and enjoy 36 articles throughout the year by top chemists to honor the anniversary!

Kazuyuki Sugita reports on the total synthesis of (±)-parvistemonine A.

On November 11, 2020, our virtual SOS symposium with talks by Barry Trost and some of his alumni took place. Read the highlights at a glance here!

Koichi Mitsudo and Seiji Suga show the integrated synthesis of the title compounds via 1-benzothiophen-3(2H)-ones.

James Crawford describes the synthesis of an azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanone-containing NIK inhibitor.

Vladimir Kouznetsov presents a comparative study between visible light photocatalysis and transition-metal catalysis.

Renshi Luo describes the efficient hydration and tandem transfer hydrogenation of alkynes.

Issa Yavari presents the synthesis of heptacyclic pyrrolidines via 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.

Masaaki Omote describes a peptide synthesis via one-pot ring opening.

Narihito Ogawa presents two stereoisomers of a trihydroxy derivative of docosahexaenoic acid.

Akira Yanagisawa uses metallic barium for the propargylation of diaryl azo compounds.

This online event is taking place on September 7, 2020. Find out more on latinxchem.org.

Select Crowd Review offers secure, fast and substantive reviewing in today’s fast-moving scientific world. Now it's shortlisted for the 2020 ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing.

Welcoming Professor Steven Diver to the Science of Synthesis Editor Team!

Alexander Preinfalk, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna.

Join Dr. Karen Muirhead-Hofmann and Dr. Toby Reeve in this virtual SoS Roadshow to find out how to use SoS for your research. Time: July 21, 3:00 p.m. CEST. This online event is open to all.

Call for Nominations: Thieme Chemistry and the Editors of Science of Synthesis announce the Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry Prize 2021.

Professor Guosheng Liu was appointed as Volume Editor for SOS Volume 47, Alkenes.

Shinnosuke Wakamori presents the total synthesis of phyllanemblinin B.

Vladimir Baranov presents the synthesis and structure of 1-substituted semithioglycolurils.

Jianbo Zhang describes a new stereoselective approach to 2-deoxygalactosides.

Thomas Duhamel, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain.

Professor Johannes de Vries appointed as Volume Editor for SOS Volume 25, Aldehydes

Dual catalysis has developed rapidly over the last decade, and these volumes highlight the application of synergistic and cooperative dual catalysis as a means of efficiently increasing molecular complexity.

This SOS volume provides a collection of the most useful, practical, and reliable methods for advanced borylation reactions.

Recently, there have been many reports of investigations into the repurposing of currently available drugs as potentially effective treatments for the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. We provide free PDFs from Pharmaceutical Substances.

Rui Shang shows the cobalt-catalyzed decarboxylative methylation and ethylation of N-(acyloxy)phthalimides.

Vincent Reboul describes a direct and convenient approach to N-substituted ureas.

Professor Zheng Huang to be Volume Editor for SOS Volume 48: Alkanes

Virginie Ratovelomanana-Vidal shows the synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles from bromovinyl acetals and N-tosylhydrazones.

Rodney A. Fernandes presents the synthesis of 3-halo-1H-indenes via cascade halo-Nazarov-type cyclization.

Jun-An Ma describes the silver-catalyzed [3+3] annulation of glycine imino esters.

Professor J. Goodman (University of Cambridge), Dr. Y. Li (MIT), and Dr. D. Wrublewski (Caltech).

Professor Stephen Marsden to be Volume Editor for updating of SOS Volume 26: Ketones.

Alexander Pöcheim, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Austria

Nicolas Philippe and Serge Pérard present the synthesis of sphingomyelins.

Farnaz Jafarpour demonstrates a new application of palladium/norbornene chemistry.

Hiroaki Miyaoka describes a concise total synthesis of sunipol.

We celebrate the 20th birthday of SoS. On this occasion we received many birthday wishes.

Venkateswara Rao Batchu presents the total synthesis of glycosyl flavonoids.

Gaetano Angelici and Claudio Evangelisti describe the total synthesis of asparenydiol by cross-couplings.

Simen Antonsen used an auxiliary-based strategy to synthesize the enantiomers of thioridazine.

P. H. Tran shows the S/DABCO-promoted reaction of o-hydroxy/amino nitrobenzenes and benzaldehydes.

Gregory O’Neil reports on effects of various directing groups on allylic benzoate reductions.

Naoki Mori presents a formal synthesis of pseudolaric acid B.

Joanna Wencel-Delord describes the synthesis of hindered 3-azoindoles via C–H functionalization.

Professor Chao-Jun Li joins the SOS Volume Editor Team.

Dmitriy Volochnyuk and Sergey Ryabukhin take a close look at safety vs efficacy issues in the fluorination of β-keto esters.

Hideo Togo presents the synthesis of 2-arylquinolines from 2-arylethyl bromides and aromatic nitriles.

Professor Jean-Luc Montchamp is new Volume Editor for SOS Organophosphorus Updates.

Christos Stathakis and Anna Hirsch present novel 2-substituted analogues of (–)-pentenomycin I.

David Nelson investigates the role of substrate coordination to zerovalent metal complexes.

Prof. Alexander O. Terent’ev Appointed as Volume Editor for SOS Volume 38: Peroxides.

Prof. Liu-Zhu Gong from the University of Science and Technology of China has joined the Editorial Board of SYNTHESIS

Stefan Kirsch presents a new method for the synthesis of sulfonylisoureas.