Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
54(15), P. 4508 - 4511
Published: Feb. 20, 2015
The
first
highly
efficient
and
scalable
cobalt-catalyzed
directed
C-H
functionalization
with
carbene
precursors
is
presented.
This
methodology
provides
a
modular
route
towards
new
class
of
conjugated
polycyclic
hydrocarbons
tunable
emission
wavelengths
both
in
solution
the
solid
state.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
52(12), P. 3309 - 3324
Published: Nov. 27, 2019
Oxidative
cross-coupling
has
proved
to
be
one
of
the
most
straightforward
strategies
for
forming
carbon-carbon
and
carbon-heteroatom
bonds
from
easily
available
precursors.
Over
past
two
decades,
tremendous
efforts
have
been
devoted
in
this
field
significant
advances
achieved.
However,
order
remove
surplus
electrons
substrates
chemical
formation,
stoichiometric
oxidants
are
usually
needed.
Along
with
development
modern
sustainable
chemistry,
considerable
perform
oxidative
reactions
under
external-oxidant-free
conditions.
Electrochemical
synthesis
is
a
powerful
environmentally
benign
approach,
which
can
not
only
achieve
cross-couplings
conditions,
but
also
release
valuable
hydrogen
gas
during
bond
formation.
Recently,
electrochemical
evolution
significantly
explored.
This
Account
presents
our
recent
toward
reactions.
(1)
We
explored
thiols/thiophenols
arenes,
heteroarenes,
alkenes
C-S
(2)
Using
strategy
C-H/N-H
evolution,
we
successfully
realized
C-H
amination
phenols,
anilines,
imidazopyridines,
even
ethers.
(3)
Employing
halide
salts
as
green
halogenating
reagents,
developed
clean
halogenation
protocol
oxidation
To
address
limitation
that
reaction
had
carry
out
aqueous
solvent,
an
alternative
method
uses
CBr4,
CHBr3,
CH2Br2,
CCl3Br,
CCl4
reagents
mixture
acetonitrile
methanol
cosolvent.
(4)
approach
constructing
C-O
well-developed
manner.
(5)
Under
mild
C(sp2)-H
C(sp3)-H
phosphonylation
modest
high
yields.
(6)
achieved
S-H/S-H
By
anodic
instead
oxidants,
overoxidation
thiols
thiophenols
was
well
avoided.
(7)
The
methods
structurally
diverse
heterocyclic
compounds
were
via
annulations.
(8)
applied
difunctionalization
multiple
step,
such
C-S/C-O
bonds,
C-S/C-N
C-Se/C-O
C-Se/C-N
bonds.
hope
studies
will
stimulate
research
interest
chemists
pave
way
discovery
more
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
6(6), P. 3743 - 3752
Published: April 27, 2016
Manganese
is
found
in
the
active
center
of
numerous
enzymes
that
operate
by
an
outer-sphere
homolytic
C–H
cleavage.
Thus,
a
plethora
bioinspired
radical-based
functionalizations
manganese
catalysis
have
been
devised
during
past
decades.
In
contrast,
organometallic
activation
means
has
emerged
only
recently
as
increasingly
viable
tool
organic
synthesis.
These
manganese(I)-catalyzed
processes
enabled
variety
with
ample
scope,
which
very
set
stage
for
substitutive
functionalizations.
The
versatile
largely
operates
isohypsic,
thus
redox-neutral,
mode
action
through
chelation
assistance,
and
provided
step-economical
access
to
structurally
divers
compounds
relevance
inter
alia
bioorganic,
agrochemical,
medicinal
chemistry
well
material
sciences.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
48(6), P. 1756 - 1766
Published: May 28, 2015
Selective
oxidation
reactions
have
extraordinary
value
in
organic
chemistry,
ranging
from
the
conversion
of
petrochemical
feedstocks
into
industrial
chemicals
and
polymer
precursors
to
introduction
heteroatom
functional
groups
pharmaceutical
agrochemical
intermediates.
Molecular
oxygen
(O2)
would
be
ideal
oxidant
for
these
transformations.
Whereas
many
commodity-scale
oxidations
simple
hydrocarbon
employ
O2
as
an
oxidant,
methods
selective
more
complex
molecules
bearing
diverse
are
often
incompatible
with
existing
aerobic
methods.
The
latter
limitation
provides
basis
our
interest
development
new
catalytic
transformations
elucidation
mechanistic
principles
that
underlie
reactions.
One
challenge
inherent
such
is
incommensurate
redox
stoichiometry
associated
use
O2,
a
four-electron
achieve
two-electron
molecules.
This
issue
further
complicated
by
first-row
transition-metal
catalysts,
which
tend
undergo
facile
one-electron
steps.
In
recent
years,
we
been
investigating
Cu-catalyzed
wherein
complexities
just
noted
clearly
evident.
Account
surveys
work
this
area,
has
emphasized
three
general
classes
reactions:
(1)
single-electron-transfer
oxidative
functionalization
electron-rich
substrates,
arenes
heterocycles;
(2)
carbon-heteroatom
bond-forming
reactions,
including
C-H
oxidations,
proceed
via
organocopper(III)
intermediates;
(3)
alcohols
amines
Cu(II)
combination
redox-active
cocatalyst
dehydrogenate
bond.
These
reaction
demonstrate
different
pathways
cooperative
involvement
two
oxidants,
either
species
or
nitroxyl
cocatalyst.
They
show
ability
Cu
participate
traditional
organometallic
steps
commonly
precious-metal
activation
reductive
elimination,
but
also
accessibility
not
typically
single-electron
transfer.
Many
offer
advantages
over
analogous
mediated
palladium
other
noble
metals.
For
example,
coupling
first
above
capable
using
terminal
while
Pd
require
less
desirable
hypervalent
iodine
electrophilic
halogen
sources.
addition,
alcohol
amine
third
class
significantly
efficient
much
broader
scope
group
tolerance
than
related
Pd-catalyzed
differences
described
herein.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
57(12), P. 3022 - 3047
Published: Oct. 12, 2017
The
various
applications
of
hydrogen
isotopes
(deuterium,
D,
and
tritium,
T)
in
the
physical
life
sciences
demand
a
range
methods
for
their
installation
an
array
molecular
architectures.
In
this
Review,
we
describe
recent
advances
synthetic
C-H
functionalisation
isotope
exchange.
Chemistry Letters,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
44(4), P. 410 - 421
Published: Jan. 26, 2015
Abstract
This
review
focuses
on
chelation-assisted
regioselective
C–H
activation
with
C–C
or/and
C–N
bond
formation
using
nickel(0)
or
-(II)
as
the
catalysts,
where
bidentate
directing
groups
play
a
key
role
in
successful
transformation.
A
2-pyridinylmethylamine
an
8-aminoquinoline
moiety
are
more
powerful
auxiliaries
among
examined.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
137(29), P. 9273 - 9280
Published: July 9, 2015
An
external
oxidant-free
oxidative
coupling
for
aromatic
C-H
thiolation
by
visible-light
photoredox
cobalt-catalysis
has
been
developed.
Various
substrates
could
afford
benzothiazoles
in
good
to
excellent
yields,
and
only
H2
is
generated
as
a
side
product.
When
catalytic
TBAOH
was
used
the
base,
not
2-aryl
but
also
2-alkylbenzothiazoles
be
obtained
through
this
novel
dehydrogenative
reaction.
This
method
scaled
up
applied
synthesis
of
biologically
active
molecules
bearing
benzothiazole
structural
scaffolds
(potent
antitumor
agents).
Furthermore,
unexpected
oxidation
byproduct
amides,
which
are
often
cyclization
thiobenzanilides,
can
completely
avoided.
Mechanistic
studies
showed
that
originates
from
substrates.
The
kinetic
indicate
interaction
between
cobalt
catalyst
proton
might
involved
rate-limiting
process.