Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(39), P. 8244 - 8248
Published: Sept. 23, 2024
A
palladium-catalyzed
asymmetric
tandem
carbonylation-Heck
reaction
of
cyclopentenes
with
carbon
monoxide
(CO)
has
been
disclosed.
This
desymmetrization
procedure
afforded
a
series
bicyclo[3.2.1]octenes
one
chiral
quaternary
and
tertiary
center
in
good
yields
enantioselectivities.
proceeds
via
an
acyl-palladium
intermediate,
followed
by
migratory
insertion
the
alkenes.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
366(6), P. 1220 - 1268
Published: Jan. 22, 2024
Abstract
Elaborated
molecular
architectures,
specifically
those
bearing
one
or
more
carbon
stereocenters,
stand
as
an
important
class
of
carbocyclic
and
heterocyclic
frameworks
because
they
are
frequently
occurring
core
structures
in
numerous
natural
products
biologically
active
pharmaceutical
molecules.
Over
the
past
few
decades,
development
versatile
synthetic
approaches
via
cascade
cyclization
reactions
1,6‐enynes
for
construction
a
series
fused
spiro
compounds
has
been
focus
great
deal
research
initiatives.
These
synthesis
strategies
peculiarly
fascinating
context
assembly
wide
array
molecules,
products,
agrochemicals,
functional
materials.
In
this
review,
recent
developments
transformations
with
diverse
coupling
reagents
summarized
since
2018,
which
could
be
divided
into
five
categories:
1)
Introduction;
2)
Transition
metal
catalyzed
1,6‐enynes;
3)
Metal‐free
4)
Visible‐light‐induced
5)
Electrocatalytic
1,6‐enynes.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
365(15), P. 2436 - 2466
Published: June 12, 2023
Abstract
Elaborated
molecular
architectures
including
complex
carbocycles,
heterocycles,
and
polycyclic
structures
represent
an
important
class
of
organic
compounds
because
they
are
ubiquitous
structural
units
in
a
broad
variety
biologically
pharmacologically
relevant
natural
products,
medicinal
molecules,
functional
materials.
A
major
challenge
modern
synthetic
methodology
is
the
development
strategically
efficient
selective
construction
these
from
readily
available
starting
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed
transformations
involving
Heck
reaction
as
pivotal
step
have
afforded
powerful
approach
for
accessing
sophisticated
skeletons
set
easy‐to
handle
materials,
thus
highlighting
its
potential
significance
streamlining
drug
discovery
process.
Over
past
few
decades,
significant
effort
has
been
devoted
to
derivatives
versatile
routes,
number
direct
strategies
reported.
In
this
review,
latest
advances
transition‐metal‐catalyzed
critical
summarized,
which
could
be
divided
into
six
categories:
1)
Heck/Sonogashira
tandem
reaction;
2)
Heck/Suzuki
3)
Heck/Heck
4)
Heck/Hiyama
5)
Heck/Cacchi
6)
Heck/C−H
bond
functionalization
reaction.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
We
herein
disclose
a
strategy
for
the
asymmetric
desymmetrization
of
cyclohexadiene
derivatives
via
palladium-catalyzed
Heck
and
tandem
Heck/Tsuji-Trost
allylic
alkoxylation
reaction.
By
employing
DCE
as
solvent,
we
obtained
variety
chiral
hydrindanes
containing
an
all-carbon
quaternary
carbon
center
tertiary
in
good
yields
with
excellent
enantioselectivities.
With
alcohols
valuable
one
stereocenter
two
centers
were
constructed
high
level
enantioinduction.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 24, 2025
We
have
developed
a
palladium-catalyzed
ester
carbonylation
reaction
that
enables
the
synthesis
of
ester-substituted
benzofuran
derivatives
in
single
step
through
introduction
alkyl
halides
undergoing
situ
hydrolysis
and
alkynyl
aryl
iodides.
This
method
demonstrates
broad
applicability
to
both
primary
secondary
while
maintaining
excellent
functional
group
compatibility
under
low
palladium
loading
conditions.
Notably,
this
strategy
significantly
expands
scope
reactions.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(28), P. 5934 - 5939
Published: July 5, 2024
A
palladium-catalyzed
asymmetric
tandem
Heck
and
carbonylation
of
bisallyl-phosphine
oxides
has
been
developed.
This
desymmetrization
process
provided
an
efficient
route
to
the
simultaneous
synthesis
a
chiral
P-stereogenic
center
quaternary
carbon
stereocenter
in
good
yields
with
diastereo-
enantioselectivities.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Atropisomeric
biaryls
bearing
carbonyl
groups
have
attracted
increasing
attention
due
to
their
prevalence
in
diverse
bioactive
molecules
and
crucial
role
as
efficient
organo-catalysts
or
ligands
asymmetric
transformations.
However,
preparation
often
involves
tedious
multiple
steps,
the
direct
synthesis
via
carbonylation
has
scarcely
been
investigated.
Herein,
we
report
an
palladium-catalyzed
enantioconvergent
aminocarbonylation
of
racemic
heterobiaryl
triflates
with
amines
dynamic
kinetic
transformation
(DyKAT).
This
protocol
features
a
broad
substrate
scope
excellent
compatibility
for
rapid
construction
axially
chiral
amides
good
high
yields
enantioselectivities.
Detailed
mechanistic
investigations
discover
that
base
can
impede
intramolecular
hydrogen
bond-assisted
axis
rotation
products,
thus
allowing
success
achieve
enantioselectivity.
Moreover,
achieved
be
directly
utilized
N,N,N-pincer
copper-catalyzed
enantioselective
formation
C(sp3)-N
C(sp3)-P
bonds.
Axially
containing
not
only
exist
various
drug
candidates
but
also
serve
authors
transformation.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(51)
Published: Nov. 3, 2023
Bicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene
compounds
and
derivatives
exist
in
a
number
of
natural
products
bioactive
compounds.
Nevertheless,
catalytic
enantioselective
protocols
for
the
synthesis
these
skeletons
have
not
been
disclosed.
Herein
we
reported
palladium-catalyzed
asymmetric
intramolecular
alkene-alkyne
coupling
alkyne-tethered
cyclopentenes,
affording
library
enantionenriched
bicyclo[3.2.1]octadienes
excellent
yields
enantioselectivities
(mostly
>99
%
ee).
Moreover,
could
undergo
an
unusual
iodination-induced
1,2-acyl
migration,
forming
iodinated
with
three
vicinal
stereocenters.
The
enone
isolated
olefin
motifs
embedded
provide
useful
handles
downstream
elaboration.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 2, 2024
Abstract
A
Pd‐catalyzed
carbonylative
Heck
reaction
of
2‐iodophenyl
alkenyl
ether
using
Mo(CO)
6
as
a
safe
CO
source
has
been
developed.
This
research
provides
an
atom‐economic
and
straightforward
route
for
the
efficient
construction
benzofuran‐3(2
H
)‐one
scaffolds
with
C2
quaternary
center
in
moderate
to
good
yields,
which
features
operational
safety,
functional
group
compatibility
easy
scale‐up.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 24, 2024
Multicomponent
radical
tandem
reactions
have
emerged
as
a
crucial
technique
for
synthesizing
complex
molecules
in
organic
chemistry.
In
this
study,
we
report
palladium-catalyzed
four-component
difluoroalkylative
carbonylation
of
enynes
and
ethyl
difluoroiodoacetate.
This
transformation
proceeds
through
multistep
sequential
reaction
that
introduces
reactive
difluoro
carbonyl
groups
while
constructing
the
benzofuran
skeleton.
Moreover,
variety
valuable
2,3-disubstituted
derivatives
were
obtained
respectable
yields
with
excellent
functional
group
compatibility.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
366(21), P. 4294 - 4322
Published: Aug. 17, 2024
Abstract
Optically
active
molecule
architectures
stand
as
an
important
class
of
organic
compounds
and
occupy
a
key
role
in
academic
industrial
communities.
Particularly,
the
molecules
bearing
quaternary
carbon
are
vital
importance
because
its
favorable
conformation
valuable
three‐dimensional
molecules,
which
frequently
play
broad
spectrum
functional
materials,
pharmaceutical
relevant
natural
agrochemicals.
Over
past
few
decades,
large
number
synthetic
strategies
for
enantioselective
construction
with
chiral
centers
have
been
focus
research
initiatives.
In
this
review,
state‐of‐the‐art
toward
synthesis
enantioenriched
stereocenters
summarized,
could
be
segmented
into
four
categories:
1)
Construction
optically
by
addition
to
prochiral
sp
2
carbon;
2)
all‐carbon
via
substitution
at
non‐chiral
tetra‐substituted
3)
kinetic
resolution;
4)
desymmetrization
reactions.