The present review “Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” covers the literature until the end of
June 2014 and represents a comprehensive update of a previous article published by Bolm …

This review highlights a number of additives that can be used to make asymmetric reactions
perfect. Without changing other reaction conditions, simply adding additives can lead to …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important driver for present day healthcare.
Fluorine-18 is the most widely used radioisotope for PET imaging and a thorough overview …

The Prins reaction 1 is often related to the Kriewitz reaction. 2 The latter leads to unsaturated
alcohol 1 from a-pinene and formaldehyde through a thermal 'ene-rearrangement'(Eq. 1) …

The synthesis of spiro [furan-2, 1′-isoindolin]-3′-ones from 2-(4-hydroxybut-1-yn-1-yl)
benzonitriles and aryl aldehydes is demonstrated. It involves the initial formation of …

A metal-free Lewis acid-initiated protocol for the synthesis of highly substituted 3-
(dihydrofuran-3 (2 H)-ylidene) isobenzofuran-1 (3 H)-imines from 2-(4-hydroxybut-1-yn-1-yl) …

Allylsilanes are readily available, nontoxic, and versatile reagents for organic synthesis.
Although fairly weak nucleophiles, allylsilanes exhibit a dynamic reactivity pattern that is …

The first total syntheses of aflavazole (6) and 14-hydroxyaflavinine (8), two sterically
congested indole diterpenoids, were accomplished. AlI3-promoted alkyne Prins cyclization …

Covering: up to 2015 Iron salts are inexpensive and almost innocuous; they are thus the
promoters of choice, even in stoichiometric amounts, for the formation of carbon–carbon …

We report a Brønsted acid-catalyzed carbocyclization cascade, featuring condensation of an
alcohol/sulfonamide with an aldehyde followed by an intramolecular three-component …