Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(44), P. 5735 - 5738
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Electroreductive
ring-opening
carboxylation
of
styrene
carbonates
with
carbon
dioxide
to
achieve
dicarboxylic
acids
and/or
β
-hydroxy
has
been
developed
via
the
selective
cleavage
C(sp
3
)–O
bond
in
cyclic
carbonates.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(19), P. 11269 - 11335
Published: Sept. 26, 2023
Late-stage
functionalization
(LSF)
constitutes
a
powerful
strategy
for
the
assembly
or
diversification
of
novel
molecular
entities
with
improved
physicochemical
biological
activities.
LSF
can
thus
greatly
accelerate
development
medicinally
relevant
compounds,
crop
protecting
agents,
and
functional
materials.
Electrochemical
synthesis
has
emerged
as
an
environmentally
friendly
platform
transformation
organic
compounds.
Over
past
decade,
electrochemical
late-stage
(eLSF)
gained
major
momentum,
which
is
summarized
herein
up
to
February
2023.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(9), P. 6078 - 6144
Published: April 17, 2024
Alcohols
are
abundant
and
attractive
feedstock
molecules
for
organic
synthesis.
Many
methods
their
functionalization
require
them
to
first
be
converted
into
a
more
activated
derivative,
while
recent
years
have
seen
vast
increase
in
the
number
of
complexity-building
transformations
that
directly
harness
unprotected
alcohols.
This
Review
discusses
how
transition
metal
catalysis
can
used
toward
this
goal.
These
broadly
classified
three
categories.
Deoxygenative
functionalizations,
representing
derivatization
C–O
bond,
enable
alcohol
act
as
leaving
group
formation
new
C–C
bonds.
Etherifications,
characterized
by
O–H
represent
classical
reactivity
has
been
modernized
include
mild
reaction
conditions,
diverse
partners,
high
selectivities.
Lastly,
chain
reactions
described,
wherein
acts
mediator
formal
C–H
alkyl
backbone.
Each
these
classes
transformation
will
discussed
context
intermolecular
arylation,
alkylation,
related
reactions,
illustrating
alcohols
harnessed
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
62(4)
Published: Oct. 24, 2022
Alcohols
and
their
derivatives
are
ubiquitous
versatile
motifs
in
organic
synthesis.
Deoxygenative
transformations
of
these
compounds
often
challenging
due
to
the
thermodynamic
penalty
associated
with
cleavage
C-O
bond.
However,
electrochemically
driven
redox
events
have
been
shown
facilitate
bond
alcohols
either
through
direct
electron
transfer
or
use
mediators
electroactive
catalysts.
Herein,
a
comprehensive
overview
preparative
mediated
protocols
for
activation
functionalization
is
detailed,
including
indirect
electrosynthetic
methods,
as
well
photoelectrochemical
strategies.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
53(1), P. 263 - 316
Published: Dec. 7, 2023
The
employment
of
light
and/or
electricity
-
alternatively
to
conventional
thermal
energy
unlocks
new
reactivity
paradigms
as
tools
for
chemical
substrate
activations.
This
leads
the
development
synthetic
reactions
and
a
vast
expansion
spaces.
review
summarizes
recent
developments
in
photo-
electrochemical
activation
strategies
functionalization
strong
bonds
particularly
carbon-heteroatom
(C-X)
Russian Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
92(12), P. RCR5104 - RCR5104
Published: Dec. 1, 2023
After
the
appearance
of
green
chemistry
concept,
which
was
introduced
in
vocabulary
early
1990s,
its
main
statements
have
been
continuously
developed
and
modified.
Currently,
there
are
10–12
cornerstones
that
should
form
basis
for
an
ideal
chemical
process.
This
review
analyzes
accumulated
experience
achievements
towards
design
products
processes
reduce
or
eliminate
use
generation
hazardous
substances.
The
presents
views
leading
Russian
scientists
specializing
various
fields
this
subject,
including
homogeneous
heterogeneous
catalysis,
fine
basic
organic
synthesis,
electrochemistry,
polymer
chemistry,
based
on
bio-renewable
feedstocks
energetic
compounds
materials.
A
new
approach
to
quantitative
evaluation
environmental
friendliness
by
authors
is
described.
<br>
bibliography
includes
1761.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(31), P. 16966 - 16972
Published: July 27, 2023
We
present
a
new,
unified
approach
for
the
transformation
of
benzylic
and
allylic
alcohols,
aldehydes,
ketones
into
boronic
esters
under
electroreductive
conditions.
Key
to
our
strategy
is
use
readily
available
pinacolborane,
which
serves
both
as
an
activator
electrophile
by
first
generating
redox-active
trialkylborate
species
then
delivering
desired
deoxygenatively
borylated
product.
This
applicable
variety
substrates
can
be
employed
late-stage
functionalization
complex
molecules.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(19), P. 7316 - 7323
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
practical
protocol
for
the
stereoselective
synthesis
of
unnatural
α-amino
acids
is
disclosed,
using
ubiquitous
aliphatic
alcohols
as
radical
precursors
to
form
acid
backbone
under
redox-neutral
photoredox-mediated
conditions.
ChemElectroChem,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(13)
Published: May 2, 2024
Abstract
Despite
many
recent
efforts,
the
field
of
organic
electrosyn‐thesis
faces
important
challenges
due
to
intricate
nature
heterogeneous
redox
processes,
wide
parameter
space
be
explored
and
lack
standardized
methods.
To
overcome
these
limitations,
we
developed
a
cost‐effective
high‐throughput
electrochemical
(HTE)
reactor
capable
running
24
individually
controlled
parallel
reactions.
This
system
allows
rapid
testing
parameters
on
given
reaction,
assessing
not
only
yield
but
also
reproducibility.
Using
hypervalent
iodine‐mediated
dearomatization
phloretic
acid
as
demonstration
HTE
capabilities,
ran
more
than
200
electrosyntheses
in
different
experimental
conditions
demonstrate
effect
such
total
charge
transferred,
current,
electrode
materials,
electrolyte
formulation
concentration,
mediator
concentration
technique
oxidation.
Notably,
this
report
demonstrates
that
while
catalytic
amounts
iodine
can
used
successfully,
reproducibility
may
affected,
which
calls
for
cautious
approach
when
developing
similar
transformations.
cyclic
voltammetry,
density
functional
theory,
chronopotentiometry,
Raman
spectroscopy,
shed
light
causes
issue.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 21, 2024
Abstract
The
catalytic
deoxyamination
of
readily
available
2‐arylethanols
offers
an
appealing,
simple,
and
straightforward
means
accessing
β‐(hetero)arylethylamines
biological
interest.
Yet,
it
currently
represents
a
great
challenge
to
synthetic
chemistry.
In
most
cases,
the
alcohol
has
be
either
pre‐activated
in
situ
or
converted
into
reactive
carbonyl
intermediate,
limiting
substrate
scope
for
some
methods.
Examples
direct
dehydrative
amination
are
thus
still
scarce.
Here,
we
describe
protocol
based
on
synergy
triflic
acid
hexafluoroisopropanol,
which
enables
stereospecific
broad
array
2‐arylethanols,
does
not
require
any
pre‐activation
alcohol.
This
approach
yields
high
value‐added
products
incorporating
sulfonamide,
amide,
urea,
aniline
functionalities.
addition,
this
was
applied
sulfidation
2‐arylethanols.
Mechanistic
experiments
DFT
computations
indicate
formation
phenonium
ions
as
key
intermediates
reaction.
Synthesis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
55(18), P. 2993 - 2998
Published: Jan. 16, 2023
Abstract
A
direct
electrochemical
reductive
approach
for
deoxygenation
of
alcohols
has
been
developed
in
the
presence
substoichiometric
amount
AlCl3.
The
released
Al
ions
from
sacrificial
anode
could
combine
with
chloride
anion
to
regenerate
Lewis
acid.