Key Word List

The following list contains suggested key words for use in SYNTHESIS and SYNLETT.


Of the five key words chosen by authors, three should be from this list. These three key words can be expanded by the authors with their own choice of additional words.


For example: hypervalent iodine, alkenes, enantioselective metallation


The key word will be indexed under the word selected from the list and additional words will appear as subheadings.


This list is selected from key words that occurred regularly in SYNTHESIS/SYNLETT over the last three years.


The list will be updated to meet the growing needs of synthetic organic chemists.


acetals
acylation
addition
aggregation
alcohols
aldehydes
aldol reaction
alkaloids
alkanes
alkenation
alkene complexes
alkenes
alkyl halides
alkylation
alkyne complexes
alkynes
allenes
allylation
allyl complexes
aluminum
amides
amination
amines
amino acids
amino alcohols
amino aldehydes
annulation
annulenes
antibiotics
antifungal agents
antisense agents
antitumor agents
antiviral agents
arene complexes
arenes
arylation
arynes
asymmetric catalysis
asymmetric synthesis
atropisomerism
autocatalysis
azapeptides
azasugars
azides
azo compounds

barium
benzylation
betaines
biaryls
bicyclic compounds
biomimetic synthesis
bioorganic chemistry
biosynthesis
boron
bromine

calixarenes
carbanions
carbene complexes
carbenes
carbenoids
carbocation
carbocycles
carbohydrates
carbonyl complexes
carbonylation
carboxylic acids
catalysis
catenanes
cations
cavitands
chelates
chemoselectivity
chiral auxiliaries
chiral pool
chiral resolution
chirality
chromium
chromophores
cleavage
clusters
combinatorial chemistry
complexes
condensation
conjugation
copper
coupling
cross-coupling
crown compounds
cryptands
cuprates
cyanines
cyanohydrins
cyclization
cycloaddition
cyclodextrines
cyclopentadienes
cyclophanes
 
dehydrogenation
dendrimers
deoxygenation
desulfurization
diastereoselectivity
diazo compounds
diene complexes
Diels-Alder reaction
dihydroxylation
dimerization
diols
dioxiranes
DNA
domino reaction
drugs

electrocyclic reactions
electron transfer
electrophilic addition
electrophilic aromatic
substitution
elimination
enantiomeric resolution
enantioselectivity
ene reaction
enols
enones
enynes
enzymes
epoxidation
epoxides
esterification
esters
ethers

fluorine
free radicals
fullerenes
furans
fused-ring systems

gas-phase reaction
genomics
glycolipids
glycopeptides
glycosidases
glycosides
glycosylation
green chemistry
Grignard reaction

halides
halogenation
halogens
Heck reaction
helical structures
heterocycles
heterogeneous catalysis
high-throughput screening
HIV
homogeneous catalysis
host-guest systems
hydrazones
hydrides
hydroboration
hydrocarbons
hydroformylation
hydrogen transfer
hydrogenation
hydrolysis
hydrosilylation
hydrostannation
hyperconjugation

imides
imines
indium
indoles
induction
inhibitors
insertion
iodine
ionic liquids
iridium
iron
isomerization

ketones
kinetic resolution

lactams
lactones
lanthanides
Lewis acids
ligands
lipids
lithiation
lithium

macrocycles
magnesium
manganese
Mannich bases
medicinal chemistry
metalation
metallacycles
metallocenes
metathesis
Michael addition
Mitsunobu reaction
molecular recognition
molybdenum
multicomponent reaction
 
nanostructures
natural products
neighboring-group
effects
nickel
nitriles
nitrogen
nucleobases
nucleophiles
nucleophilic addition
nucleophilic aromatic
substitution
nucleosides
nucleotides
 

olefination
oligomerization
oligonucleotides
oligosaccharides
organometallic reagents
osmium
oxidation
oxygen
oxygenations
ozonolysis

palladacycles
palladium
peptides
pericyclic reaction
peroxides
phase-transfer catalysis
phenols
pheromones
phosphates
phosphorus
phosphorylation
photochemistry
photooxidation
piperidines
polyanions
polycations
polycycles
polymers
Porphyrins
prostaglandins
protecting groups
proteins
protonation
pyridines
pyrroles

quinones
quinolines

radical reaction
radicals
rearrangement
receptors
reduction
regioselectivity
retro reaction
rhodium
ring closure
ring contraction
ring expansion
ring opening
ruthenium

samarium
scandium
Schiff bases
selenium
self-assembly
silicon
sodium
solid-phase synthesis
solvent effects
spectroscopy
sphingolipids
spiro compounds
stereoselective synthesis
stereoselectivity
steric hindrance
steroids
Stille reaction
substituent effects
sulfates
sulfonamides
sulfones
sulfoxides
sulfur
supported catalysis
supramolecular chemistry

tandem reaction
tautomerism
terpenoids
thioacetals
thiols
tin
titanium
total synthesis
transesterification
transition metals
transition states
tungsten

Umpolung

vinylidene complexes
vitamins

Wacker reaction
Wittig reaction

ylides

zeolites
zinc