Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans are an interesting class of molecules because of their
unique structure based on an axially chiral biaryl moiety as well as their significant biological …

Ahead of the PAC: Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) can be easily accessed by the
combination of Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling and a [Rh 2 (OAc) 4]‐catalyzed carbene …

A concise strategy to prepare polycyclic heteroaromatics involving a deaminative contraction
cascade is detailed. The efficient deaminative ring contraction involves the in situ …

Organobismuthines are an attractive class of organometallic reagents that can be accessed
from inexpensive and nontoxic bismuth salts. Triarylbismuthines are particularly interesting …

The 60-year history of sodium diisopropylamide (NaDA) is described herein. We review
various preparations, solvent-dependent stabilities, and solution structures. Synthetic …

The solution structures, stabilities, physical properties, and reactivities of sodium
diisopropylamide (NaDA) in a variety of coordinating solvents are described. NaDA is stable …

The reactivities and chemoselectivities of sodium diisopropylamide (NaDA) in N, N-
dimethylethylamine (DMEA) are compared with those of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in …

Sodium diisopropylamide in tetrahydrofuran is an effective base for the metalation of 1, 4-
dienes and isomerization of alkenes. Dienes metalate via tetrasolvated sodium amide …

An aerobic oxidative aromatization of simple aliphatic alcohols and anilines under the Pd
(OAc) 2/2, 4, 6-Collidine/Brønsted acid catalytic system has been established, providing a …

Diversely functionalized diaza [5] helicenes have been synthesized starting from 6, 9-
dichloro-5, 10-diaza [5] helicene, which was prepared from a readily available quinoline …