Chemistry 324 - Spring 2008

Copies of assigned papers and questions for discussion are distributed in class. In some cases, a modified version of the paper containing markups, comments, and additional questions will be emailed to you - please examine this version on your computer. The following links provide access to the original paper (no markups) and my questions for discussion.

Papers

• Paper 7 - Asymmetric [4 + 3] Cycloadditions between Benzofuranyldiazoacetates and Dienes: Formal Synthesis of (+)-Frondosin B, OL, 2008, 573 | Questions for discussion | Online article
• Paper 6 - Synthesis of Tertiary α-Hydroxy Acids by Silylene Transfer to α-Keto Esters, OL, 2007, 4651 | Questions for discussion | Online article
• Paper 5 - A New Look at the Diels-Alder Transition State, ACIE, 1998, 3262 | Questions for discussion | Online article
• Paper 4 - Stereoselectivity Control by Torsional Steering in an Intramolecular Diels−Alder Reaction of Vinyl Oxocarbenium Ions, OL, 2006, 3469 | Questions for discussion | Online article
  
• Paper 3 - Highly Selective Diels-Alder Reactions of Dienophiles with 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Mediated by Yb(OTf)3-H2O and High Pressure, OL, 2000, 3517 | Questions for discussion | Online article
• Paper 2 - Hydrophobic Effects Are Dominant over Secondary Orbital Interactions for a Simple Diels-Alder Reaction in Salt Solutions, OL, 2006, 2199 | Questions for discussion | Online article
• Paper 1 - Diastereoselective Diels-Alder Reactions of a Novel Cyclopropenyl-Containing Chiral Auxiliary, OL, 2007, 5167 | Questions for discussion | Online article