Dr Wesley Moran's Outputs (2)

Iodoarene-catalyzed cyclizations of N-propargylamides and β-amidoketones: synthesis of 2-oxazolines (2017)
Journal Article
Kamouka, S., & Moran, W. J. (2017). Iodoarene-catalyzed cyclizations of N-propargylamides and β-amidoketones: synthesis of 2-oxazolines. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 13, 1823–1827. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.177

Two complementary iodoarene-catalyzed methods for the preparation of 2-oxazolines are presented. The first involves the cyclization of N-propargylamides and the second involves the cyclization of β-amidoketones. These are proposed to proceed through... Read More about Iodoarene-catalyzed cyclizations of N-propargylamides and β-amidoketones: synthesis of 2-oxazolines.

Preparation and Synthetic Utility of Stable 1,3-Enynyl- and 1,3-Dienyl(aryl)iodonium Salts (2017)
Journal Article
Zawia, E., Hamnett, D. J., & Moran, W. J. (2017). Preparation and Synthetic Utility of Stable 1,3-Enynyl- and 1,3-Dienyl(aryl)iodonium Salts. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(7), 3960–3964. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b00192

The facile synthesis of stable enynyl- and dienyl(aryl)iodonium salts is achieved from terminal enynes. An X-ray crystal structure of an example of the latter is presented. These compounds are shown to be useful in a range of transformations.