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JACS 1. T. Maimone: TS of (±)-ocellatusone C 2. G. Liu: Pd-cat. asymm. terminal alkene hydroacyloxylation 3. H. Ohmiya: PR/Co/acid-cat. Markovnikov alkene hydroalkoxylation 4. K. Brown: Bicyclobutane formal [2+2] with styrenes     - published at the same time as Glorius Nature from March 2022 5. T. Radosevich: P(III)/P(V)-cat. C-N coupl. of Ralkyl-NO2 and aryl-B(OH)2 6. MacMillan: hv/Cu-cat. decarboxylative halogenation of arylcarboxylic acids 7. G. Micalizio: TS of (-)-octanorcucurbitacin B 8. G. Dong: Oxa-Matteson Ralkyl-O-BPin to Ralkyl-O-CH2-BF3K 9. P. Melchiorre: Acceptor catalytic electron donor acceptor (EDA) activation 10. Y. Zhang: TS of clionastatin A (QRP)     - reported 16 instead of 24 steps, 50% deceitful 11. H. Lee: EC Ralkyl-BF3K to Ralkyl-Heteroatom via carbocation intermediate Nature Chemistry 1. Meggers: Ru-cat. asymm. synth. of amino acids from azanyl esters Angewandte Chemie 1. In progress...

Legend ! = Great paper, QRP = Questionable research practice TS = Total synthesis, PR = Photoredox, EC = Electrochemical Nature 1. B. List: Organocat. asymm. synthesis of TMS-cyanohydrins from aliphatic ketones Science 1. In progress...