Teruaki Mukaiyama

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe reactions of N,N′-sulfinyl-bisdialkylamines (I) with alcohols, carboxylic acids and some electrophilic reagents.

TL;DR: In this article, 5′-phosphorodianilidates of various N-protected nucleoside were prepared from the Nprotected 5'deoxyribomononucleotides (e.g., d-pABz-OAc) and aniline with coupling reagents, triphenylphosphine and 2,2'dipyridyl disulfide, in yields ranging from 60 to 65%.

TL;DR: Cyanohydrin silyl ethers, prepared by trimethylsilylcyanation of glyoxylic esters, smoothly react with LDA (lithium diisopropylamide) to yield the lithium salts, which in turn react with alkyl halides such as allyl bromide to give, after acetylation, the corresponding enol acetates of α-keto esters in good yields as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, β-lactams are prepared from corresponding β-amino acids under mild reaction conditions in high yields by employing 2-chloro-1-methylpyridinium iodide as a condensing reagent.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that trityl methyl ether can be used to hydrolyze diethylthioacetals selectively when another thioacetal, such as 1,3-dithiane, coexisted in the same molecule.