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HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 ■ PREFACE 1 Preface In Memorial Issue of the late Professor Kenji Koga Shiro Ikegami* ■ CURRICULUM VITAE 3 Biographical Data Kenji Koga* ■ PUBLICATIONS 7 Original Papers Kenji Koga* HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 27 Reviews Kenji Koga* ■ COMMUNICATIONS 31 Enantioselective Synthesis of (R)-1-Azaspiro[4.4]nonane2,6-dione Ethylene Ketal, Key Chiral Intermediate in the Elaboration of (-)-Cephalotaxine Mathieu Pizzonero, Françoise Dumas,* and Jean d’Angelo* Cephalotaxine 39 Asymmetric Michael Reaction Curtius Rearrangement Chiral Enaminoester Stereoselective Reduction [2+2] and [2+4] Type Cycloadditions of Isocyanates with Ynolates Mitsuru Shindo,* Akiko Harada, Kenji Matsumoto, and Kozo Shishido Azetidinedione 45 Pyridone Ketene Ynolate Studies on the Preparation of 1,5-Methanoazocinoindole Based on Indolylborate Minoru Ishikura,* Norinobu Takahashi, Hidekazu Takahashi, and Kazuo Yanada Tandem Cyclization-Cross-Coupling Reaction Indolylborate Uleine Catalytic Hydrogenation Cyclization HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 51 Practical Halogenations of Nucleosides Using Tetrabutylammonium Peroxydisulfate Vasu Sampath, Vidyadhar Jadhav, Hee Yoon Lee,* and Yong Hae Kim* Chlorination 57 Bromination N-Bromosuccinimide Regioselectivity Pyrimidine Direct Access to Heteropolycyclic Spiroketones. 1,3-Dichloroacetone as a Cyclopropanone Equivalent Leo A. Paquette,* David G. Hilmey, and Peter R. Selvaraj Oxonium Ion 61 Pinacolic Ring Expansion Cyclopropanone Equivalent Spirocyclic Ketone Acid-catalyzed Rearrangement A New Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Enantiopure (-)-Malyngolide Hidetoshi Miyamoto, Mitsuhiro Iwamoto, and Masahisa Nakada* Asymmetric Catalysis 69 Cyclopropanation Enantioselective Intramolecular Reaction Stereoselective Enantioselective Syntheses of Heliannuols G and H Sachie Morimoto, Mitsuru Shindo, and Kozo Shishido* Sesquiterpene 75 Lipase Desymmetrization Metathesis Palladium-catalyzed Allylation A Cation-Exchange Resin Promoted Imino Aldol Reaction of Chiral Alkoxyketene Silyl Acetals with !,"-Unsaturated Imines, Leading to a Facile Synthesis of "-Lactams Makoto Shimizu,* Masanori Tachi, Shiho Fukushima, and Iwao Hachiya !-Lactam Cation-Exchange Resin !-Amino Ester Chiral Ketene Silyl Acetal ",!-Unsaturated Imine HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 81 Asymmetric Introduction of Nucleophiles to the 2-Position of Pyrrolidine Ring through N-Acylpyrrolidinium Ion Osamu Onomura, Takashi Ikeda, and Yoshihiro Matsumura* Alkylation 87 Asymmetric Reaction Iminium Ion Pyrrolidine A Highly Efficient Synthesis of Trispheridine through a Construction of Tetrahydrophenanthridine Based on a Microwave-assisted Thermal Electrocyclic Reaction of an Aza 6#-Electron System Teppei Kumemura, Tominari Choshi, Junko Yukawa, Aya Hirose, Junko Nobuhiro, and Satoshi Hibino* Microwave 91 Electrocyclic Reaction Tetrahydrobenzo[c]isoquinoline Trispheridine Phenanthridine Alkaloid The Synthesis of Heteroarylazulene Taku Shoji, Shigeru Kikuchi, Shunji Ito, and Noboru Morita* Azulene 95 Lithium Magnesate Thiophene Pyridine Quinoline Kinetic Resolution via the [2,3] Stevens Rearrangement of Epimeric Six-membered Ammonium Ylides: A New Entry to Enantio-enriched !-Amino Acid Derivatives Eiji Tayama,* Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Takeshi Nakai Stevens Rearrangement 101 Kinetic Resolution Chirality Transfer New Utilizations of Optically Active Homoallylamines: Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic Guanidine and Thiourea Reiko Yanada, Akira Kaieda, Kazuo Yanada, and Yoshiji Takemoto* Homoallylamine Halocyclization Imine Indium Guanidine Ammonium Ylide Unnatural Amino Acid HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 107 A Concise Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-!-Conhydrine Kazuhiro Nagata, Yosuke Toriizuka, and Takashi Itoh* (+)-"-Conhydrine 111 Enantioselective Synthesis Kinetic Resolution Diastereoselective Reduction 2-(1-Hydroxypropyl)pyridine Cu(II)-mediated Stereoselective Michael Addition of a Methyl Group to an !,"-Unsaturated Ester as the C2-Side Chain in 3-(t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)tetrahydropyrans Keisuke Suzuki, Ulrike Jannsen, Hiroko Matsukura, and Tadashi Nakata* Michael Addition 119 Methylation ",!-Unsaturated Ester Methylmagnesium Bromide Cyclic Ether Anion-induced Fluorescence Quenching and Excimer Formation of Anthracene-Imidazolium Receptor Kiyoshi Sato,* Yuichi Sadamitsu, Sadao Arai, Tetsuya Shimada, Haruo Inoue, and Takamichi Yamagishi C-H···X Hydrogen Bonding 129 Anion Recognition Fluorescence Quenching Imidazolium Anthracene Excimer Synthetic Studies of Liposidomycin Degradation Product: Attempt for Introduction of an Uracil Group Shouhei Fukunishi, Makoto Ubukata, and Noriyuki Nakajima* Nucleoside Antibiotics 135 Peptidoglycan Synthesis Inhibitor O-Nitrobenzenesulfonyl Group Sterically Congested “Roofed” 2-Iminothioethers as New Chiral Ligands for Palladium-catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation Ryoh Tokuda, Hirofumi Matsunaga,* Tadao Ishizuka, Makoto Nakajima, and Takehisa Kunieda* 2-Thiazolone 2-Thiazolidinone 2-Aminothiol Electron Acceptor Steric Factor Synthesis Caprazamycin HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 143 Direct C-C Bond Formation between Thymine Derivatives and Naphthalene through [2+2]-Photocycloaddition Kazue Ohkura,* Tetsuya Ishihara, Hajime Takahashi, Haruko Takechi, and Koh-ichi Seki* Naphthocyclobutapyrimidine 147 Piperylene Cyclobutane Ring Formation Mode Selective Cycloaddition Novel Protocol for the Asymmetric Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,5benzothiazepin-4(5H)-one via Bakers’ Yeast Reduction Takuzo Komiyama, Yutaka Takaguchi, and Sadao Tsuboi* Deltiazem 153 Biocatalyst 1,5-Benzothiazepin-2-one Darzens Condensation Dichloroacetate Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed C-Glycosylation of "-Diketones. A Facile Access to Useful Precursors of Heteroaromatic C-Glycosides Takahito Yamauchi, Masayuki Shigeta, Takashi Matsumoto,* and Keisuke Suzuki* C-Nucleoside 161 C-Glycosylation !-Diketone Heteroaromatic Scandium Tris(triflate) Syntheses and Biological Activities of Structurally Stiff Rhodacyanines as Novel Antimalarial Candidates Kiyosei Takasu,* Daiki Morisaki, Marcel Kaiser, Reto Brun, and Masataka Ihara* Antimalarial Activity 167 Rhodacyanine Dye Drug-Resistance Structural Rigidification Synthesis An Enantio- and Diastereocontrolled Synthesis of (+)-7-Deoxy-trans-dihydronarciclasine Takashi Fujimura, Masatoshi Shibuya, Kunio Ogasawara,* and Yoshiharu Iwabuchi* Amaryllidaceae Phenanthridone Stereocontrolled Synthesis Cyclohexanoid Chiral Building Block HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 175 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Ethyl 2,3-Pentadienoate with Pyridinium Dicyanomethylides: Regiospecific Formation of Ethyl 3-Cyano-2-ethylindolizine-1carboxylates and a Novel Formation of Tricyclic Compounds Naoto Hayashi, Naoto Kawajiri, Takane Uchida, and Kiyoshi Matsumoto* Pyridinium Ylide 181 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Allene Indolizine Regioselectivity Diastereoselective Fischer-Type Pyrroloindole Synthesis and Its Application to the Synthesis of Chiral Pyrrolo-indole Alkaloids Atsushi Nishida,* Satoru Ushigome, Ayako Sugimoto, and Shigeru Arai Asymmetric Synthesis 187 Esermethole Fischer Indole Synthesis Physostigmine Pyrroloindole Asymmetric Synthesis of Crypto-folione and Determination of Its Absolute Configuration Yuko Matsuoka, Kohsuke Aikawa, Ryo Irie, and Tsutomu Katsuki* Asymmetric Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction 195 (Salen)chromium Complex Cryptocarya Species 6-Substituted 5,6-Dihydro-"-pyrone Regression Analysis in the Characterization of Hydrogenbonded Complex System Involving 2-Pyridone in Terms of Melting Points before and after Complexation Ichiro Takahashi,* Masahiro Takahashi, Hidehiko Kitajima, Masami Wagi, Yumi Takahashi, Machiko Sabi, Atsushi Hishida, Minoru Hatanaka, Kimio Isa, Akihito Yamano, Akiyo Sakushima, and Shinzo Hosoi Molecular Recognition 201 Hydrogen Bonding Construction Module Regression Analysis Melting Poing Bismuth Triflate-Chiral Bipyridine Complex Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Opening Reactions of meso-Epoxide in Water Chikako Ogawa, Stéphane Azoulay, and Sh# Kobayashi* Bismuth Triflate Chiral Bipyridine Ligand Water meso-Epoxide Ring Opening Reaction anti-1,3-Diol HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 ■ PAPERS 207 Synthesis and Transformations of Ethyl (2E)-3-N,NDimethylamino-2-(5-ethoxy-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)propenoate David Bevk, Ljubo Goli$, Amalija Golobi$, Jurij Svete, and Branko Stanovnik* 1H-Pyrazole 3-Pyrazol-3-ylpropenoate 219 3-Heteroaryl-1H-pyrazole Synthesis of (4R,5S)-Melithiazols B and M Hiroyuki Akita,* Takamitsu Sasaki, Hiroyuki Takayama, and Keisuke Kato Melithiazol 229 !-Methoxyacrylate Bithiazole Natural Product Synthesis Anitibiotics Effective Methods for Introducing Some Aryl and Heteroaryl Substituent onto 1-Azaazulene Nuclei Noritaka Abe,* Megumi Tanaka, Takeshi Maeda, Hiroyuki Fujii, and Akikazu Kakehi 1-Azaazulene 241 Aryllithium Addition-Elimination Suzuki Coupling X-Ray Structure Analysis Synthesis of Tetrahydro-"-carbolines via Radical Cyclization of 2-Alkenylthioanilides Manami Iwadate, Tohru Yamashita, Hidetoshi Tokuyama, and Tohru Fukuyama* !-Carboline 251 Indole Thioamide Radical Cyclization Lawesson’s Reagent Synthesis of Phospholane 1-Oxide Having Oxygen Functional Groups from a 4-Bromobutylphoshinate Derivative Tadashi Hanaya,* Shigeru Kawase, and Hiroshi Yamamoto Phospholane 1-Oxide Phospha Sugar Grignard Reaction Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction SDMA HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 263 Planar-Chiral Ionic Liquids. Cyclophane-Type Imidazolium Salts with a C(2)-C(4) Bridge Yasuhiro Ishida, Hiroyuki Miyauchi, and Kazuhiko Saigo* Chiral Recognition 275 Cyclophane Imidazolium Ionic Liquid Planar Chirality Synthesis and Properties of (1-Azulenyl)di(3-indolyl)methylium Hexafluorophosphates Shigeru Kikuchi,* Makiko Iki, Chizu Ikeda, and Kimiaki Imafuku* Indole 285 Azulene (1-Azulenyl)di(3-indolyl)methyl Cation pKR + Value Stability Allosteric Binding of Alkali Metal Ions to a Pseudocryptand Formed by a C-Pivot Tripodal Ligand Containing 3-Hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinone and Ga(III) Akira Katoh,* Hidenori Kudo, and Ryota Saito Allosteric Binding 299 Hexadentate Ligand 3-Hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinone Pseudocryptand Alkali Metal Recognition Synthesis of Novel 5-Acetoacetyl-3-acetyl-2-pyridone Derivatives by the Ring-Transformation of 6-Methyl1,3-oxazin-4-ones Hidekazu Ouchi,* Hisao Saito, Yutaka Yamamoto, and Hiroki Takahata* Ring Transformation 309 6-Methyl-1,3-oxazin-4-one Isoxazole 5-Acetoacetyl-3-acetyl-2-pyridone Poly-functionalized Pyridone Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent-promoted Rearrangement and Subsequent Oxidative Ring Cleavage of Cyclic 2,3Epoxy-1-alcohol Derivatives Yasuyuki Kita,* Satoshi Matsuda, Eri Fujii, Shinji Kitagaki, Ryoko Inoguchi, Kayoko Hata, and Hiromichi Fujioka Tandem Reaction "-Hydroxy Ketone Derivative !-Hydroxy Ketone Derivative %-Formylalkanoic Acid Spirocyclic Lactone HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 319 Novel 1,1’,5,5’-Tetraaryl-2,2’-bipyrroles: Their Synthesis and Physical Properties Shoji Matsumoto, Takamitsu Kobayashi, and Katsuyuki Ogura* Pyrrole 333 2,2’-Bipyrrole CuCl-catalyzed Cyclization Reaction Flat Conformation Twisted Conformation Addition of 2-Oxazolidinones to Arylidenecyclopropanes: A Highly Efficient Method for the Preparation of gem-Aryl Disubstituted Homoallylic Oxazolidinones Amal I. Siriwardana, Kalum K. A. D. S. Kathriarachchi, Itaru Nakamura, and Yoshinori Yamamoto* Hydroamination 341 Methylenecyclopropane Oxazolidinone Copper Catalyst Homoallylation Alternative Synthesis of (-)-Geissman-Waiss Lactone, a Key Intermediate of Necine Bases Toshio Honda* and Sae Matsumoto Ring-closing Metathesis 347 Intramolecular Michael Reaction Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Anti-malarial Piperidine Alkaloid Guanidine-catalyzed Asymmetric Addition Reactions: Michael Reaction of Cyclopentenone with Dibenzyl Malonates and Epoxidation of Chalcone Takuya Kumamoto, Keiko Ebine, Yukari Araki, Miyuki Endo, Yuji Fushimi, Ikue Miyamoto, Tsutomu Ishikawa,* Toshio Isobe, and Keiko Fukuda Guanidine 361 Michael Reaction Epoxidation Enantioselective Synthesis of Base-selectively Deuterium-labelled Nucleosides by the Pd/C-catalyzed H-D Exchange Reaction in Deuterium Oxide Hiroyoshi Esaki, Fumiyo Aoki, Tomohiro Maegawa, Kosaku Hirota, and Hironao Sajiki* Deuterium Nucleoside Palladium Deuterium Oxide Green Chemistry HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 371 Synthesis of a Pseudoenantiomer of "-Isocupreidine ("-ICD), a Chiral Amine Catalyst for Asymmetric Baylis-Hillman Reactions Ayako Nakano, Keisuke Takahashi, Jun Ishihara, and Susumi Hatakeyama* Organic Catalysis 385 Asymmetric Catalysis Baylis-Hillman Reaction !-Isocupreidine (!-ICD) Quinine Asymmetric Synthesis of "-Substituted $-Lactams Employing the SAMP-/RAMP-Hydrazone Methodology. Application to the Synthesis of (R)-(-)-Baclofen Dieter Enders* and Oliver Niemeier Lactam 405 Hydrazone Nitrile Alkylation GABA Agonist Remarkable Effect of Subtle Structural Change of Chiral Pseudo-18-Crown-6 on Enantiomer-Selectivity in Complexation with Chiral Amino Alcohols Keiji Hirose,* Pakatip Aksharanandana, Michiko Suzuki, Kiyoshi Wada, Koichiro Naemura, and Yoshito Tobe Chiral Recognition 433 Crown Ether Amine Enthalpy and Entropy Thermodynamics Synthesis of New Chiral Bis-oxazoline Ligand with Zinc Triflate-Selective Chelating Ability and Its Applications Kazuishi Makino, Ikuko Ogawa, and Yasumasa Hamada* Chiral Bis-oxazoline Ligand 441 Dihydroanthracene Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reaction Short-Step Synthesis of 5-Thio-L-hexopyranoses from D-Glyconothio-O-lactones Daisuke Sawada, Shinya Sasayama, Hideyo Takahashi, and Shiro Ikegami* L-Sugar Thiosugar Mitsunobu Cyclization Thiosugar Lactone Sugar Oxime Henry Reaction Zinc Triflate HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 453 Synthesis of Di- and Trisaccharides Comprising D-Fructopyranose with "2 % 1 Glycosidic Linkage Using "-D-Fructopyranosyl Fluoride as the Fructosyl Donor Eisuke Kaji,* Emiko Kurimoto, Reiko Saiga, Ayako Matsuura, Kazuho Harada, and Takashi Nishino !-D-Fructopyranosyl Fluoride 469 Methoxymethyl !-D-Fructopyranoside !(2 & 1)-Fructosylation Fructooligosaccharide Synthesis of 25-Hydroxy-19-norvitamin D3 Analogs and Their Antiproliferative Activities on Prostate Cells Midori A. Arai, Ryuji Tsutsumi, Hideki Hara, Tai C. Chen, Toshiyuki Sakaki, Naoko Urushino, Kuniyo Inouye, and Atsushi Kittaka* 19-Norvitamin D 481 Julia-Type Olefination 1"-Hydroxylase (CYP27B1) Antiproliferative Activity Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Benzazepine Derivatives Utilizing Intramolecular Mitsunobu Reaction Tadaaki Ohtani,* Yoshikazu Kawano, Kazuyoshi Kitano, Jun Matsubara, Makoto Komatsu, Minoru Uchida, Fujio Tabusa, and Yoshimitsu Nagao Cyclization 503 Mild Condition Electron-withdrawing Group Novel Synthesis of 4-Arylsulfenyl-3-hydroxy-2-pyrone: One Pot Substitution-Rearrangement-Cyclization Reaction of Acetonide Protected 4,5-Dihydroxy-2-chloroglycidic Ester by Sodium Arylthiolate Takuzo Komiyama, Yutaka Takaguchi, and Sadao Tsuboi* One Pot Reaction 511 3-Hydroxy-2-pyrone Cyclization Darzens Condensation Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,5-Di- and 2,2,5Trisubstituted Pyrrolidines by Allylation Reaction of Acyliminium Ion Tetsuro Shinada,* Makoto Hamada, Masanori Kawasaki, and Yasufumi Ohfune* Acyliminium Ion Allylation Pyrrolidine Stereoselectivity Dichloroacetate Prostate Cell HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 ■ NOTES 527 Palladium-assisted Biaryl Coupling Reaction of 1-(2-Iodobenzoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline Takashi Harayama,* Tomonori Sato, Akihiro Hori, Hitoshi Abe, and Yasuo Takeuchi Pyrido[3,2,1-de]phenanthridin-8-one 531 Biaryl Coupling Pd Reagent Benzoyltetrahydroquinoline Benzoyldihydroindoline Diol Derivative of (3-Trifluoromethyl)phenyldiazirine for Post-labeling of Photocrosslink Makoto Hashimoto* and Yasumaru Hatanaka Diazirine 535 Photocrosslink Diol Avidin-Biotin Schiff Base Wittig Rearrangement of Ally 2-Thiophenemethyl Ethers: Facile Synthesis of Thiophenemethanol and -ethanol Derivatives Masayoshi Tsubuki,* Sohichiro Matsuo, and Toshio Honda* Wittig Rearrangement 543 2-Thiophenemethyl Ether 2-Thiophenemethanol 2-Thiopheneethanol Direct C-C Coupling of meso-Octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole with 6-Nitroazolopyrimidines Oleg N. Chupakhin,* Nadezhda A. Itsikson, Sergey Sh. Bashirov, Dmitry G. Beresnev, and Gennady L. Rusinov 6-Nitroazolopyrimidine 549 meso-Octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole Nucleophilic Addition 'H-Adduct SNH--Process Synthesis of (-)-5-Epiindolizidine 167B and Formal Synthesis of 5E,9Z-Indolizidine 223AB Naoki Toyooka* and Hideo Nemoto (-)-5-Epiindolizidine 167B 5E,9Z-Indolizidine 223AB Amphibian Skin Enol Triflate 5-epi-1 167B HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 557 Heterocycles from Ylides. Part IX. A Convenient Synthesis of 1-Sulfonyl-2,3-disubstituted 2,3-Dihydroindoles Giuseppe Cremonesi, Piero Dalla Croce,* and Concetta La Rosa 2,3-Dihydroindole 563 Benzenesulfonamide Sulfur Ylide Cyclocondensation Intermolecular Photoreaction of Benzenecarbothioamide with $,&-Unsaturated Ketones: Application to Synthesis of Cycloalkane [c]-Fused Pyridines Kazuaki Oda,* Michiko Haneda, Naozumi Nishizono,* and Minoru Machida Paterno-Büchi Reaction 567 Thioamide Highly Substituted Pyridine Ring-fused Pyridine Dirhodium(II) Tetrakis[N-benzene-fused Phthaloyl(S)-piperidinonate] as a Chiral Lewis Acid: Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Reactions of Acetate-derived Silylketene Acetals and Aldehydes Takuya Washio, Seiichi Nakamura, Masahiro Anada, and Shunichi Hashimoto* Aldol Reaction 579 Asymmetric Catalysis Enantioselection Dirhodium(II) Complex Sily Ketne Acetal Synthesis of 3-O-Alkylascorbic Acids from L-Ascorbic Acid in a Single Step Yasuo Kikugawa,* Takeshi Sakamoto, Shinya Sato, and Kayoko Asami Ascorbic Acid 583 3-O-Alkylascorbic Acid Alkylation Alkyl Mesylate Solvent Effect on the Reaction of 1-Methoxy-3-(2nitrovinyl)indole with Nucleophiles Koji Yamada, Tomoyuki Izumi, Fumio Yamada, and Masanori Somei* Solvent Effect 1-Methoxy-3-(2-nitrovinyl)indole Michael Addition Nucleophilic Substitution Indole HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 595 Reactions of 1,1-Bis(silylmethyl)-1-alkene with N-Halosuccinimide and Ozone Jun'ichi Uenishi,* Yusuke Tanaka, Masashi Ohmi, Hotsumi Shimomura, and Nobuyuki Kawai Allylsilane 603 Protodesilylation Halodesilylation Oxidative Desilylation Ozone Asymmetric Mannich-Type Addition of Lithium Glycolates to Imines Producing 3-Hydroxy-4-phenylazetidin-2-ones Hiroki Fujieda, Seiji Hata, Ken-ichi Yamada, and Kiyoshi Tomioka* Mannich Reaction 611 Lithium Enolate Asymmetric Reaction Chiral Ligand !-Lactam One-Step Synthesis of Ethyl Quinaldates by Lewis Acid Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling Reaction of Aromatic Amines, Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ethyl Glyoxylate Takashi Inada, Takayuki Nakajima, and Isao Shimizu* Ytterbium Triflate 621 Quinaldic Acid Three-Component Coupling Reaction Palladium-catalyzed Cyclocotrimerization of Propargyl Alcohols with Aryl Halides Shuichi Oi,* Hideki Orihara, Hiroshi Kawai, and Yoshio Inoue* Cyclization 627 Trimerization Propargyl Alcohol Aryl Halide Palladium Radical Reactions and !-Silylations of Optically Active 4-Trichloromethyl-"-lactone T. Andrew Mitchell and Daniel Romo* !-Lactone Radical Alkylation Dechlorination "-Silylation Amide Quinoline Synthesis HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 639 Spiro Crown Ethers Bearing (S)-1,1’-Spirobiindanes as Chiral Backbones Kohji Yonezawa, Mahesh L. Patil, Hiroaki Sasai, and Shinobu Takizawa* Spiro Skeleton 645 Crown Ether Chiral Phase Transfer Catalyst Enantioselective Alkylation Asymmetric Synthesis Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction Catalyzedby Self-organized Polymeric Rare Earth Complexes under Solvent-free Conditions Shuichi Ishida, Tetsuji Hayano, Hiroshi Furuno, and Junji Inanaga* Coordinated Polymer Complex 651 Self-oraganized Catalyst Reusable Lweis Acid Catalyst Scandium Sulfonate Dihydropyranone Two New Indole Alkaloids from Aspidosperma subincanum and Geissospermum vellosii Haruaki Ishiyama, Miyako Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Sekiguchi, Hideyuki Shigemori, Ayumi Ohsaki, and Jun'ichi Kobayashi* Aspidosperma subincanum 659 Quaternary Indole Alkaloid Subincanadine G Geissospermum vellosii Synthesis of N-Methylphenanthridinone Derivatives Fused with a Silacyclohexane Ring by Radical Reaction Using Tributyltin Hydride Yuya Hoshino and Osamu Hoshino* Phenanthridinone Derivative 667 2-Silatetralin Radical Reaction Cyclization Tributyltin Hydride The Structural Information of the Quaternary Ammonium Salts Derived from Nicotine and Sparteine in the Solid State Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, Yasuko In, Toshimasa Ishida, and Takayuki Shioiri* Nicotine Sparteine Quaternary Ammonium Salt X-Ray Crystallography Benzylation Pausperadine A HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 675 Are Multicomponent Strecker Reactions of Diketones with Diamines under High Pressure Amenable to Heterocyclic Synthesis? Koji Kumamoto, Hirokazu Iida, Hiroshi Hamana, Hiyoshizo Kotsuki, and Kiyoshi Matsumoto* High Pressure Reaction 683 Strecker Reaction Multicomponent Reaction Tetrahydrophenazine Preparation of N-Sulfonyl-2-quinolinone Using Ring-closing Metathesis (RCM) Mitsuhiro Arisawa,* Chumpol Theeraladanon, and Atsushi Nishida* Ruthenium Diels-Alder Reaction 2-Quinolinone Metathesis ■ REVIEWS 689 Anion Receptors Oleg N. Chupakhin,* Nadezhda A. Itsikson, Yuri Yu. Morzherin, and Valery N. Charushin Anion Receptor 711 Supramolecular Chemistry Macrocycle Calixpyrrole Urea Enantiotopic Synthesis of Natural Products: Merrilactone and Guanacastepene Heedong Yun, Zhaoyang Meng, and Samuel J. Danishefsky* Total Synthesis Enantioselective Merrilactone A Guanacastepene A Natural Product Tetrahydrodibenzo[b,f][1,4]diazocine HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 66, 2005 727 Synthetic Strategies of Fostriecin Masakatsu Shibasaki* and Motomu Kanai Fostriecin 743 Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor Asymmetric Catalyst Structure-Activity Relationship Expanding Structural Diversity of Terpene Trilactones from Ginkgo biloba Extract: Studies towards Coremodified Ginkgolides Sergei V. Dzyuba,* Sergei Bolshakov, Jean Li, and Koji Nakanishi* Ginkgolide Ring-opening ■ INDEXES 753 769 Author Index Subject Index Skeleton Rearrangement Lactone Reduction Metathesis