NEWS !
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November 2010

The following papers have been published :

"Synthesis of Chiral Unsaturated Aminolactones using Pd-catalyzed Allylic Amination"
(A. Kallinen, J. Tois, R. Sjöholm and R. Franzén)
Tetrahedron : Asymmetry 21 : 2367 - 2371 (2010)

"Preparation of Indole-Phosphine Oxazoline (IndPHOX) ligands
and their application in allylic alkylation"
(Y. Wang, A. Hämäläinen, J. Tois and R. Franzén)
Tetrahedron : Asymmetry 21 : 2376 - 2384 (2010)

"A novel and efficient synthesis of 3-aminomethyl-N-tosyl-indazoles"
(T. Kylmälä,A. Hämäläinen, N. Kuuloja, J. Tois and R. Franzén)
Tetrahedron 66 : 8854 - 8861 (2010)

October 2010
Professors Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki share the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Our warm congratulation to each Nobel Laureate !

September 2010

The paper titled
"A novel and efficient synthesis of 3-aminomethyl-N-tosyl-indazoles"
(T. Kylmälä,A. Hämäläinen, N. Kuuloja, J. Tois and R. Franzén)
has been accepted for publication in Tetrahedron (2010)

The paper titled
"Synthesis of Chiral Unsaturated Aminolactones using Pd-catalyzed Allylic Amination"
(A. Kallinen, J. Tois, R. Sjöholm and R. Franzén)
has been accepted for publication in Tetrahedron : Asymmetry (2010)

The laboratory presented a poster at ORGCHEM 2010
venue : Weimar, Germany (September 13th – 15th)

The laboratory presented a poster at EuroBoron5: International Conference on Boron Chemistry
venue : Edinburgh, United Kingdom (August 29th – September 2nd)

August 2010

The paper titled
"Preparation of Indole-Phosphine Oxazoline (IndPHOX) ligands
and their application in allylic alkylation"
(Y. Wang, A. Hämäläinen, J. Tois and R. Franzén)
has been accepted for publication in Tetrahedron : Asymmetry (2010)

May 2010

The M.Sc. Thesis by Jenny Yli-Sissala, Antti Hämäläinen and
Teppo Rajala were accepted by the Faculty on May 5th


The paper titled
"Z-Selective synthesis of o-bromo-acetophenone N-tosylhydrazones
and formation of 3-methylindazoles in aqueous ethanol"
(T. Kylmälä, S. Udd, J. Tois and R. Franzén)
has been published in Tetrahedron Letters 51 : 3613 - 3615 (2010)

February 2010

The paper titled
"Preparation of triethylammonium tetra-arylborates (TEATABs) :
Coupling partners for the Suzuki reaction"
(N. Kuuloja, T. Kylmälä, J. Tois, R. Sjöholm and R. Franzén)
has been accepted for publication in Synth. Commun.

January 2010

The JSPS Fellowship of Prof. Franzen to Professor Yasumasa Hamadas Group
at Chiba University has resulted in a collaborative work titled :
"Catalytic Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Tangutorine "
(T. Nemoto, E. Yamamoto, R. Franzén, T. Fukuyama, R. Wu, T. Fukamachi, H. Kobayashi and Y. Hamada)
Org. Lett. 12 : 872 - 875 (2010)

The collaborative work with Helsinki University of Technology titled
"Copper-catalyzed cyclization of Z-oximes into 3-methyl-1,2-benzisoxazoles "
(S. Udd, R. Jokela, R. Franzén, and J. Tois)
has been published in Tetrahedron Lett. 51 : 1030 - 1033 (2010)

The collaborative work with USEPA / Dr. Demarini titled
"Mutagen Structure and Transcriptional Response: Induction of
Distinct Transcriptional Profiles in Salmonella TA100 by the
Drinking-Water Mutagen MX and Its Homologues "
(W. O. Ward, C. D. Swartz, N. M. Hanley, J. W. Whitaker, R. Franzén, and D. M. DeMarini)
has been published in Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 50: 69 - 79 (2010)

Ph.D. Matti Vaismaa joined the laboratory as a post-doctoral researcher

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