A polymer-bound reagent for the efficient oxidation of primaryalcohols to aldehydes and secondaryalcohols to ketones in the presence of a catalytic amount of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) is described. The oxidation process is particular mild and allows one to prepare aldehydes with α-chirality without racemization. This also includes the synthesis of α-aminoaldehydes. In most cases
The first enantioselective total synthesis of tonantzitlolone, a novel 15-membered macrocyclic diterpene, utilized a Julia olefination, a highly selective, potassium enolate-based anti-Felkin aldol reaction, and an E-selective ring-closing metathesis as key C-C bond-forming steps. The absoluteconfiguration of tonantzitlolone is established.