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Web Release Date: September 5, 2008

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Palladium-Catalyzed Disilylation of o-Quinodimethanes: Synthesis of 9- and 10-Membered Disilacarbocycles
Hiroto Yoshida, Saori Nakano, Masashi Mukae, and Joji Ohshita
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801788t

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Two Novel Triterpenoids from Dysoxylum hainanense
Xiu-Feng He, Xiao-Ning Wang, Li-She Gan, Sheng Yin, Lei Dong, and Jian-Min Yue
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801834y

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Simple Chiral Diene Ligands Provide High Enantioselectivities in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions
Kazuhiro Okamoto, Tamio Hayashi, and Viresh H. Rawal
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801931v

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Web Release Date: September 4, 2008

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Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Grignard Reagents to α,β-Unsaturated Sulfones
Pieter H. Bos, Adriaan J. Minnaard, and Ben L. Feringa
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801566n

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Structure of Membrane-Bound Amphidinol 3 in Isotropic Small Bicelles
Toshihiro Houdai, Nobuaki Matsumori, and Michio Murata
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol8016337

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A Samarium(II)-Mediated, Stereoselective Cyclization for the Synthesis of Azaspirocycles
Giuditta Guazzelli, Lorna A. Duffy, and David J. Procter
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol8017209

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Web Release Date: September 3, 2008

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Exploring Electronically Polarized Pentacenes
Dan Lehnherr, Robert McDonald, and Rik R. Tykwinski
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801464k

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Synthesis of CH₂-Linked α(2,3)Sialylgalactose Analogue: On the Stereoselectivity of the Key Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement
Toru Watanabe, Go Hirai, Marie Kato, Daisuke Hashizume, Taeko Miyagi, and Mikiko Sodeoka
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801519j

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Scandium-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of 3-Sulfanyl- and 3-Selanylpropargyl Alcohols
Mitsuhiro Yoshimatsu, Tokutaro Otani, Saki Matsuda, Teruhisa Yamamoto, and Arisa Sawa
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801533p

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Structural Determination of Montanacin D by Total Synthesis
Shunya Takahashi, Yayoi Hongo, Yuki Tsukagoshi, and Hiroyuki Koshino
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801576z

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7-Hydroxycoumarin−Hemicyanine Hybrids: A New Class of Far-Red Emitting Fluorogenic Dyes
Jean-Alexandre Richard, Marc Massonneau, Pierre-Yves Renard, and Anthony Romieu
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801582w

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Synthetic Studies Toward Pectenotoxin 2. Part II. Synthesis of the CDE and CDEF Ring Systems
Hannes Helmboldt, Jatta E. Aho, and Petri M. Pihko
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801585j

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Synthetic Studies Toward Pectenotoxin 2. Part I. Stereocontrolled Access to the C₁₀−C₂₂ Fragment
Jatta E. Aho, Elina Salomäki, Kari Rissanen, and Petri M. Pihko
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol8015868

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Total Synthesis of (−)-Histrionicotoxin 285A and (−)-Perhydrohistrionicotoxin
James M. Macdonald, Helen T. Horsley, John H. Ryan, Simon Saubern, and Andrew B. Holmes
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801604z

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Cu(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Diamination of Conjugated Dienes
Haifeng Du, Baoguo Zhao, Weicheng Yuan, and Yian Shi
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801605w

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Total Synthesis of Salinosporamide A
Takeo Fukuda, Kouhei Sugiyama, Shiho Arima, Yoshihiro Harigaya, Tohru Nagamitsu, and Satoshi O̅mura
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol8016066

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A Concise Entry into Nonsymmetrical Alkyl Polyamines
Tracey Pirali, Grazia Callipari, Emanuela Ercolano, Armando A. Genazzani, Giovanni Battista Giovenzana, and Gian Cesare Tron
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801612r

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Palladium-Catalyzed C-Allylation of Benzoins and an NHC-Catalyzed Three Component Coupling Derived Thereof: Compatibility of NHC- and Pd-Catalysts
Raphaël Lebeuf, Keiichi Hirano, and Frank Glorius
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801644f

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Cyclic Imine Nitro-Mannich/Lactamization Cascades: A Direct Stereoselective Synthesis of Multicyclic Piperidinone Derivatives
Pavol Jakubec, Madeleine Helliwell, and Darren J. Dixon
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801666w

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Rearrangement of Biaryl Monoaminocarbenes via Concerted Asynchronous Insertion into Aromatic C−H Bonds
Joan Vignolle, Matthew Asay, Karinne Miqueu, Didier Bourissou, and Guy Bertrand
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol801670z