Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(15), P. 5033 - 5037
Published: Feb. 8, 2019
Transition-metal-catalyzed
coupling
reactions
are
useful
tools
for
synthesizing
aryl
sulfur
compounds.
However,
conventional
transition-metal-catalyzed
thiolation
of
bromides
and
chlorides
typically
requires
the
use
strong
base
under
elevated
reaction
temperature.
Herein,
we
report
first
examples
nickel-catalyzed
electrochemical
in
absence
an
external
at
room
temperature
using
undivided
cells.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
119(4), P. 2192 - 2452
Published: Nov. 27, 2018
C–H
activation
has
surfaced
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
for
molecular
sciences,
with
notable
applications
to
material
crop
protection,
drug
discovery,
and
pharmaceutical
industries,
among
others.
Despite
major
advances,
the
vast
majority
of
these
functionalizations
required
precious
4d
or
5d
transition
metal
catalysts.
Given
cost-effective
sustainable
nature
earth-abundant
first
row
metals,
development
less
toxic,
inexpensive
3d
catalysts
gained
considerable
recent
momentum
a
significantly
more
environmentally-benign
economically-attractive
alternative.
Herein,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
on
until
summer
2018.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
47(15), P. 5786 - 5865
Published: Jan. 1, 2018
This
review
provides
an
overview
of
the
use
electrochemistry
as
appealing
platform
for
expediting
carbon–hydrogen
functionalization
and
carbon–nitrogen
bond
formation.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
120(3), P. 1788 - 1887
Published: Jan. 6, 2020
During
the
past
decades,
synthetic
organic
chemistry
discovered
that
directing
group
assisted
C–H
activation
is
a
key
tool
for
expedient
and
siteselective
construction
of
C–C
bonds.
Among
various
strategies,
bidentate
groups
are
now
recognized
as
one
most
efficient
devices
selective
functionalization
certain
positions
due
to
fact
its
metal
center
permits
fine,
tunable,
reversible
coordination.
The
family
permit
types
assistance
be
achieved,
such
N,N-dentate,
N,O-dentate,
N,S-dentate
auxiliaries,
which
categorized
based
on
coordination
site.
In
this
review,
we
broadly
discuss
bond
reactions
formation
bonds
with
aid
groups.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
119(12), P. 6769 - 6787
Published: May 10, 2019
Photo-/electrochemical
catalyzed
oxidative
R1-H/R2-H
cross-coupling
with
hydrogen
evolution
has
become
an
increasingly
important
issue
for
molecular
synthesis.
The
dream
of
construction
C-C/C-X
bonds
from
readily
available
C-H/X-H
release
H2
can
be
facilely
achieved
without
external
chemical
oxidants,
providing
a
greener
model
bond
formation.
Given
the
great
influence
these
reactions
in
organic
chemistry,
we
give
summary
state
art
via
photo/electrochemistry,
and
hope
this
review
will
stimulate
development
synthetic
strategy
near
future.
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:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. 7086 - 7103
Published: June 18, 2018
C–H
activation
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
in
molecular
synthesis,
but
until
recently
oxidative
activations
have
largely
involved
the
use
of
stoichiometric
amounts
expensive
and
toxic
metal
oxidants,
compromising
overall
sustainable
nature
chemistry.
In
sharp
contrast,
electrochemical
been
identified
more
efficient
strategy
that
exploits
storable
electricity
place
byproduct-generating
chemical
reagents.
Thus,
transition-metal
catalysts
were
shown
to
enable
versatile
reactions
manner.
While
palladium
catalysis
set
stage
for
C(sp2)–H
C(sp3)–H
functionalizations
by
N-containing
directing
groups,
rhodium
ruthenium
allowed
weakly
coordinating
amides
acids.
contrast
these
precious
4d
transition
metals,
recent
year
witnessed
emergence
cobalt
oxygenations,
nitrogenations,
C–C-forming
[4+2]
alkyne
annulations.
Thereby,
silver(I)
oxidants
was
prevented,
improving
environmentally
benign
catalysis.
Herein,
we
summarize
major
advances
organometallic
otherwise
inert
bonds
electrocatalysis
through
May
2018.
ACS Central Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
7(2), P. 245 - 261
Published: Feb. 2, 2021
Since
the
definition
of
"12
Principles
Green
Chemistry"
more
than
20
years
ago,
chemists
have
become
increasingly
mindful
need
to
conserve
natural
resources
and
protect
environment
through
judicious
choice
synthetic
routes
materials.
The
direct
activation
functionalization
C–H
bonds,
bypassing
intermediate
functional
group
installation
is,
in
abstracto,
step
atom
economic,
but
numerous
factors
still
hinder
sustainability
large-scale
applications.
In
this
Outlook,
we
highlight
research
areas
seeking
overcome
challenges
activation:
pursuit
abundant
metal
catalysts,
avoidance
static
directing
groups,
replacement
oxidants,
introduction
bioderived
solvents.
We
close
by
examining
progress
made
subfield
aryl
borylation
from
its
origins,
highly
efficient
precious
Ir-based
systems,
emerging
3d
catalysts.
future
growth
field
will
depend
on
industrial
uptake,
thus
urge
researchers
strive
toward
sustainable
activation.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. 7179 - 7189
Published: June 19, 2018
Electrochemical
transition
metal
catalysis
is
a
powerful
strategy
for
organic
synthesis
because
it
obviates
the
use
of
stoichiometric
chemical
oxidants
and
reductants.
C–H
bond
functionalization
offers
variety
useful
conversions
simple
ubiquitous
molecules
into
diverse
functional
groups
in
single
synthetic
operation.
This
review
summarizes
recent
progress
merging
electrochemistry
with
metal-catalyzed
functionalization,
specifically
C–C,
C–X
(halogen),
C–O,
C–P,
C–N
formation.