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Recent
Reviews on Organocatalysis
1. Melchiorre, P.; Marigo,
M.; Carlone, A.; Bartoli,
G. “Asymmetric Aminocatalysis – Gold Rush in
Organic Chemistry.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008,
47, 6138-6171.
2. Dondoni, A.; Massi, A.
“Asymmetric Organocatlysis: From Infancy to
Adolescence.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47,
4638-4660.
Recent Highlights in Organocatalysis
1. Malerich, J.P.; Hagihara,
K.; Rawal, V.H. “Chiral
Squaramide Derivatives are Excellent Hydrogen
Bond Donor Catalysts.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 14416-14417.
2. Uyeda, C.; Jacobsen, E.N. “Enantioselective
Claisen Rearrangements with a Hydrogen-Bond Donor
Catalyst.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 9228-9229.
3. Reisman, S.E.; Doyle, A.G.; Jacobsen, E.N. “Enantioselective Thiourea-Catalyzed
Additions to Oxocarbenium Ions.” J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 2008, 130, 7198-7199.
Useful Online Chemistry Resources
· http://www.chem.harvard.edu/groups/myers/chemistry115handouts.htm
Downloadable lecture notes from Prof. Myers (Harvard) course, “Advanced
Organic Chemistry: Synthesis of Complex Molecules”
· http://www2.lsdiv.harvard.edu/labs/evans/pdf/evans_pKa_table.pdf
A table of pKa values of a wide variety of
functional groups
· http://organicdivision.org/organic_solvents.html
A table that includes the dielectric constants of common organic solvents
· http://chem.chem.rochester.edu/~nvd/index.html
Chemists blogging about chemistry…very cool!
And finally…
· http://organicdivision.org/links.html
Links to many other useful online chemistry resources
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