Claisen rearrangement over the past nine decades.

Insofar as one of the fundamental objectives of organic synthesis is the construction of complex molecules from simpler ones, the importance of synthetic efficiency becomes immediately apparent and has been well-recognized.1 The increase in molecular complexity2 that necessarily accompanies the course of a synthesis provides a guide (and a measure) of synthetic efficiency. As a goal, one would like to optimally match the change in molecular complexity at each step with reactions of comparable synthetic complexity. Thus, the creation of many bonds, rings, and stereocenters in a single transformation is a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for high synthetic efficiency. The ultimate, perfect match would constitute single-step syntheses. More realistically, especially in view of the desire for general synthetic methods, the combination of mulScott E. Denmark was born in New York in 1953. He obtained an S.B. degree from MIT in 1975 and carried out research with Daniel Kemp and Richard Holm. His graduate studies at the ETH-Zurich with Albert Eschenmoser culminated with the D. Sc. Tech. degree in 1980. That same year he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at UrbanasChampaign and was promoted to full professor in 1987. In 1991 he was named the Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry. His research interests are primarily in the invention of new synthetic reactions, structure and reactivity of organoelement reagents, and the origin of stereocontrol in fundamental carbon−carbon bond forming reactions.

Tandem [4+2]/[3+2] Cycloadditions of Nitroalkenes.

Asymmetric Synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Recent developments in the synthesis of C-glycosides

Homoallenic alcohols are prepared from propargyl vinyl ethers using a trinuclear gold(I)−oxo complex, [(Ph3PAu)3O]BF4, as a catalyst for propargyl Claisen rearrangement at room temperature. The gold(I)-catalyzed reaction is effective for a diverse collection of propargyl vinyl ethers, including substrates containing aryl and alkyl groups at the propargylic position, and hydrogen, aryl, and alkyl substituents at the alkyne terminus. Tertiary propargyl vinyl ethers can be employed in the reaction, at slightly elevated temperatures, to afford tetrasubstituted allenes. Importantly, the rearrangement of 1,2-disubstituted vinyl ethers proceeds with excellent diastereoselectivity, and the rearrangement of chiral nonracemic propargyl vinyl ethers proceeds with excellent chirality transfer to furnish enantioenriched allenes.

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Gold(I)-Catalyzed Propargyl Claisen Rearrangement

Amphiphilic reactions by means of exceptionally bulky organoaluminum reagents. Rational approach for obtaining unusual equatorial, anti-Cram, and 1,4 selectivity in carbonyl alkylation

Le (bis-[(bromo-4 di-t-butyl-2,6)phenoxy methyl) aluminium peut etre utilise pour obtenir l'isomere (Z) alors que l'isomere (E) est produit avec le (bis-[diphenyl-2,6 phenoxy] methyl) aluminium

Katsumasa Nonoshita

Papers

Amphiphilic reactions by means of exceptionally bulky organoaluminum reagents. Rational approach for obtaining unusual equatorial, anti-Cram, and 1,4 selectivity in carbonyl alkylation

Organoaluminum-promoted Claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers

Unprecedented stereochemical control in the Claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers using organoaluminum reagents

Unusual conjugate addition of organolithium reagent to α, β-unsaturated ketone

Organoaluminum-promoted Claisen rearrangement of bisallyl vinyl ethers