Links to topics covered during the 2014 calendar year in our joint group meetings with the Lee group are collected here.

Copper-Catalyzed 1,2-Addition of α-Carbonyl Iodides to Alkynes by Tao Xu and Xile Hu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16477−16480 (presented by Meng Zhao, 20 Dec 2014)

Total Synthesis of Rubriflordilactone A by Jian Li, Peng Yang, Ming Yao, Jun Deng, and Ang Li, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16477−16480 (presented by Xiaoguang Liu, 13 Dec 2014)

One-Pot Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Pyridines by Sequential Ring-Opening/Cyclization/Oxidation of N-Arylmethyl 3-Aziridinylpropiolate Esters by Masahiro Yoshida, Tomotaka Mizuguchi, and Kosuke Namba, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 14550–14554 (presented by Jenny Martinez, 15 Nov 2014)

Total Synthesis of (–)-Haouamine B Pentaacetate and Structural Revision of Haouamine B by Yuichi Momoi, Kei-ichiro Okuyama, Hiroki Toya, Kenji Sugimoto, Kentaro Okano, and Hidetoshi Tokuyama, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13215–13219 (presented by Matt O'Connor, 08 Nov 2014)

Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed β-Hydroxylation of Enals Using Nitroarenes: An Atom Transfer Reaction That Proceeds via Single Electron Transfer by Nicholas A. White and Tomislav Rovis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14674–14677 (presented by Gena Grabovyi, 01 Nov 2014)

Gram-Scale Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Morphine through an ortho–para Oxidative Phenolic Coupling Strategy by Matthieu Tissot, Robert J. Phipps, Catherine Lucas, Rafael M. Leon, Robert D. M. Pace, Tifelle Ngouansavanh, and Matthew J. Gaunt, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13498–13501 (presented by Drew Bauman, 25 Oct 2014)

Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Between Vinyl and Benzyl Electrophiles by Alan H. Cherney and Sarah E. Reisman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14365−14368 (presented by Nabeelah Kauser, 18 Oct 2014)

Cyclopropene Cycloadditions with Annulated Furans: Total Synthesis of (+)- and (−)-Frondosin B and (+)-Frondosin A by E. Zachary Oblak , Michael D. VanHeyst , Jin Li , Andrew J. Wiemer , and Dennis L. Wright, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4309–4315 (presented by Xinyu Guan, 04 Oct 2014)

An In Situ Directing Group Strategy for Chiral Anion Phase-Transfer Fluorination of Allylic Alcohols by Weiwei Zi, Yi-Ming Wang, and F. Dean Toste, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 12864–12867 (presented by Yuanlin Deng, 27 Sep 2014)

Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of (±)-Sorbiterrin A by Chao Qi, Tian Qin, Daisuke Suzuki, and John A. Porco, Jr., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3374−3377 (presented by Gena Grabovyi, 20 Sep 2014)

Enantioselective C−H Bond Addition of Pyridines to Alkenes Catalyzed by Chiral Half-Sandwich Rare-Earth Complexes by Guoyong Song, Wylie W. N. O, and Zhaomin Hou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 12209−12212 (presented by Meng Zhao, 13 Sep 2014)

Total Synthesis of (−)-Crinipellin A by Taek Kang, Seog Boem Song, Won-Yeob Kim, Byung Gyu Kim, and Hee-Yoon Lee, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10274−10276 (presented by Hyunjin Lee, 06 Sep 2014)

Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Reassignment of Mandelalide A by Honghui Lei, Jialei Yan, Jie Yu, Yuqing Liu, Zhuo Wang, Zhengshuang Xu, and Tao Ye, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6533−6537 (presented by Xinyu Guan, 24 May 2014)

Total Synthesis of (−)-Lepenine by Yoshitake Nishiyama, Yuki Han-ya, Satoshi Yokoshima, and Tohru Fukuyama, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6598−6601 (presented by Rajdip Karmakar, 10 May 2014)

An Enantiospecific Synthesis of Jiadifenolide by David A. Siler, Jeffrey D. Mighion, and Erik J. Sorensen, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5332−5335 (presented by Drew Bauman, 26 Apr 2014)

Total Synthesis of (−)-Calyciphylline N by Artem Shvartsbart and Amos B. Smith , III, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 870−873 (presented by Vankata Sabbasani, 05 Apr 2014)

Total Synthesis of the Akuammiline Alkaloid Picrinine by Joel M. Smith , Jesus Moreno , Ben W. Boal , and Neil K. Garg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4504−4507 (presented by Yuanlin Deng, 22 Mar 2014)

Total Synthesis of the Isodon Diterpene Sculponeatin N by Benjamin J. Moritz, Daniel J. Mack, Liuchuan Tong, and Regan J. Thomson, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2988−2991 (presented by Phani Mamidipalli, 01 Mar 2014)

Synthesis of (±)-Actinophyllic Acid and Analogs: Applications of Cascade Reactions and Diverted Total Synthesis by Brett A. Granger, Ivan T. Jewett, Jeffrey D. Butler, Bruce Hua, Claire E. Knezevic, Elizabeth I. Parkinson, Paul J. Hergenrother, and Stephen F. Martin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12984−12986 (presented by Nabeelah Kauser, 08 Feb 2014)

A Concise Synthesis of (−)-Lasonolide A by Barry M. Trost, Craig E. Stivala, Kami L. Hull, Audris Huang, and Daniel R. Fandrick, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 88−91 (presented by Matt O'Connor, 01 Feb 2014)

Divergent Total Synthesis of Indoxamycins A, C, and F by Chi He, Chenlong Zhu, Zhifeng Dai, Chih-Chung Tseng, and Hanfeng Ding, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13256−13260 (presented by Drew Bauman, 11 Jan 2014)