Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
63(4)
Published: Dec. 15, 2023
"My
favorite
time
of
day
is
when
I
talk
with
co-workers
about
how
their
chemistry
going…
recharge
my
batteries
by
going
on
a
trip…"
Find
out
more
Jiajia
Ma
in
his
Introducing…
Profile.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(17), P. 11866 - 11875
Published: April 15, 2024
The
available
methods
of
chemical
synthesis
have
arguably
contributed
to
the
prevalence
aromatic
rings,
such
as
benzene,
toluene,
xylene,
or
pyridine,
in
modern
pharmaceuticals.
Many
sp
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(21)
Published: March 14, 2024
Abstract
Dearomative
partial
reduction
is
an
extraordinary
approach
for
transforming
benzenoid
arenes
and
has
been
well‐known
many
decades,
as
exemplified
by
the
dehydrogenation
of
Birch
hydroarylation
Crich
addition.
Despite
its
remarkable
importance
in
synthesis,
this
field
experienced
slow
progress
over
last
half‐century.
However,
a
revival
observed
with
recent
introduction
electrochemical
photochemical
methods.
In
Minireview,
we
summarize
advancements
dearomative
arenes,
including
dihydrogenation,
hydroalkylation,
arylation,
alkenylation,
amination,
borylation
others.
Further,
intriguing
utilization
synthesis
natural
products
also
emphasized.
It
anticipated
that
Minireview
will
stimulate
further
arene
transformations.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(7), P. 5344 - 5355
Published: March 26, 2024
In
this
work,
a
Keggin-type
platinum
substituted
polyoxometalate
(POM)
is
constructed
by
the
reaction
of
monolacunary
phosphotungstate
precursor
[PW11O39]7–
with
chloroplatinic
acid.
The
as-obtained
tetrabutylammonium
salt
(TBA-PWPt)
demonstrates
that
dimeric
Pt2+
ions
are
incorporated
into
POM
frameworks
and
linked
two
anions.
Notably,
once
Pt-substituted
anion
reduced
H2,
anion-stabilizing
Pt
nanocatalysts
generated,
which
greatly
facilitates
forming
oxygen
vacancies
adjacent
to
Pt0
species.
show
superior
catalytic
activity
stability
for
selective
hydrogenation
quinoline
1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline
in
water.
Detailed
investigations
elucidate
stronger
adsorption
on
surface
H2
activated
at
POMs-Pt
interface
site.
Moreover,
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
H2O
adsorbed
interfacial
then
undergoes
homolytic
dissociation
produce
hydroxyl
group
(OH–)
hydride
(H–)
H–
species
transferred
N-containing
pyridine
ring
hydrogenation,
OH–
help
promote
heterolytic
H+
Sequentially,
produced
proton
groups
generate
H2O,
cycle
completed.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 3, 2024
The
saturation
of
aromatic
scaffolds
is
valuable
for
the
synthesis
complex
rings.
Herein,
we
demonstrate
a
process
photochemical
dearomative
reduction
quinolines.
involves
capture
quinoline
excited
state
with
γ-terpinene.
Importantly,
reaction
chemoselective
as
other
easily
reduced
functionalities
such
halogens
or
alkenes
do
not
undergo
reduction.
mechanism
has
also
been
investigated.
Finally,
generality
approach
towards
substrates
demonstrated.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Radical-mediated
dearomatization
strategies
offer
a
blueprint
for
building
value-added
and
synthetically
valuable
three-dimensional
skeletons
from
readily
available
aromatic
starting
materials.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 27, 2025
A
dearomative
strategy
to
regioselectively
modify
arenes
using
a
"diene"
synthon
within
aromatic
rings
provides
access
highly
functionalized
heterocycles
from
abundant
feedstocks
and
represents
an
alternative
synthetic
approach
besides
traditional
cross-coupling
C-H
functionalization
methodologies.
In
this
study,
we
present
efficient
method
for
selectively
introducing
boron
onto
quinolines
through
hydroboration
easily
accessible
stable
phosphine-ligated
borane
complexes.
The
vicinal
5,6-
conjugate
5,8-hydroborated
products
could
be
obtained
by
modifying
the
phosphine
ligand.
Drawing
inspiration
diverse
organoboron
transformations,
these
building
blocks
were
diversified
range
of
downstream
functionalizations,
providing
modular
pathways
skeletal
modifications
variety
challenging
heterocycles.
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(16), P. 5127 - 5136
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
cadmium-based
photoactive
MOF
was
designed
to
achieve
fluorescence
sensing
various
hazardous
analytes,
especially
UO
2
2+
,
and
exhibit
photochromic
behavior
in
response
light
exposure.
Dearomatization
of
two-dimensional
(2D)
planar
aromatic
feedstocks
enables
the
introduction
three-dimensional
(3D)
vectors
to
new
molecular
scaffolds,
vastly
expanding
chemical
space
for
drug
discovery.
Here,
we
demonstrate
that
photoinduced
single-electron
reduction
quinolines
under
polysulfide
anion
photocatalysis
triggers
dearomative
dimerization
and
an
unprecedented
skeletal
rearrangement.
In
presence
excess
formate
as
stoichiometric
reductant,
a
complex
polyheterocyclic
hybrid
2,5-methanobenzo[b]azepine
tetrahydroisoquinoline
is
formed
in
net-reductive
manner,
whereas
trialkylamine
instead
formate,
sequential
rearrangement
occurs
afford
4-(3-indolylmethyl)quinolines
redox-neutral
manner.
The
remarkable
way
which
additive
dictates
reaction
course
showcases
unique
tunability
mediated
redox
photocatalysis.
These
observations
enabled
design
4-arylquinolines
3-(arylmethyl)indoles.
Detailed
mechanistic
investigations
reveal
this
umpolung
transformation
from
electron-deficient
electron-rich
indoles
via
1,2-aryl
migration/ring-contraction
sequence,
opposed
more
commonly
invoked
neophyl-like