The self-assembly of chiral tris(m-ureidobenzyl)amines to give dimeric capsules is a highly diastereoselective process in solution, while in the solid state, the formation of the corresponding capsules is not only diastereoselective but also regioselective.

The CH-activation of THF is realized in a zinc-mediated process using a dibromocyclopropane as a crucial additive. The highly regioselective addition to aryl-substituted propiolates as well as the regio- and stereoselective addition to diynes are described.

A facile synthesis of potentially useful 1-diiodomethylene indanes and cyclopentanes from the regioselective cyclization of acetylenic malonates with the combination of iodosobenzene with tetrabutylammonium iodide in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol is reported.

A phenylethynyl Fischer carbene complex was used as a traceless directing group for the regioselective cycloaddition of dithiolethiones to arylacetylene, which constitutes the first synthesis of E-dithiafulvene thione or dithioesters.

Total synthesis of the proposed structure of a polyketide isolated from Phialomyces macrosporus is described. The synthesis involved chemoselective epoxidation, regioselective epoxide ring opening, chemo- and diastereoselective dihydroxylation, and vinylation of lactone accompanied by the formation of a furan ring.

The regioselective Stille cross-coupling reactions of 3-tri-n-butylstannyl-1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne demonstrate isomerization following the initial transmetalation step resulting in allenyl palladium intermediates for reductive coupling to yield conjugated 1,1-disubstituted allenylsilanes.

The catalyst palladium/2,9-CD3-phenanthroline has a 1.8 times higher turnover number than its non-deuterated counterpart in the aerobic alcohol oxidation of methyl glucoside and allows the regioselective oxidation with dioxygen as the terminal oxidant.

Treatment of meso-mesityl 5,15-diazaporphyrin with alkyllithiums in toluene at low temperature provided monoalkylated diazachlorins through highly regioselective nucleophilic addition at the β-position near the meso-nitrogen atom.

The regioselective, orthogonal functionalisation of 4,10-dichlorochrysene enables the synthesis of a variety of 2,8,4,10-"A2B2"-tetrasubstituted chrysenes. Such compounds exhibit broadened UV-vis absorption spectra, decreased band gap and higher HOMO levels compared to the parent chrysene.

A highly general palladium catalysed regioselective hydroalkynylation of ynamides for versatile enamide building blocks with an alkyne tether is achieved with an N-substitution dependent stereoselectivity switch under very mild reaction conditions.