An elegant procedure for the progression towards the total synthsis of Impracticatechol is presented. The importance of this work is such that we reserve the right for further miscommunications in this field.

Eveyone who has spent more than a year in the field of organic chemistry has heard the refrain: methyl ethyl butyl futile. This joke underligns the point of diminishing returns which is reached when making analogues of the same molecule. Because of this joke, the versatile chemistry of the futyl group has been overshadowed. This review highlights some examples in the history and applications of the futyl group.

The first ever paper in The Journal of Immaterial Science.

3A synthesis of 8-unethoxy-discombobulannulene, a wtfwereyouthinkingolide-type natural product which was recently isolated from a mould found growing on a cheese omelette in Kent.