Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(41), P. 22347 - 22353
Published: Oct. 9, 2023
Unactivated
olefins
are
converted
to
alkyl
azides
with
bench-stable
NaN3
in
the
presence
of
FeCl3·6H2O
under
blue-light
irradiation.
The
products
obtained
anti-Markovnikov
selectivity,
and
reaction
can
be
performed
mild
ambient
conditions
air
moisture.
transformation
displays
broad
functional
group
tolerance,
which
renders
it
suitable
for
functionalization
complex
molecules.
Mechanistic
investigations
conducted
provide
insight
into
hydroazidation
reveal
role
water
from
iron
hydrate
as
H
atom
source.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(39), P. 21189 - 21196
Published: Sept. 20, 2023
The
coupling
of
carboxylic
acids
and
amines
to
form
amide
linkages
is
the
most
commonly
performed
reaction
in
pharmaceutical
industry.
Herein,
we
report
a
new
strategy
that
merges
these
traditional
partners
generate
sulfonamides,
important
bioisosteres.
This
method
leverages
copper
ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer
(LMCT)
convert
aromatic
sulfonyl
chlorides,
followed
by
one-pot
amination
corresponding
sulfonamide.
process
requires
no
prefunctionalization
native
acid
or
amine
extends
diverse
set
aryl,
heteroaryl,
s-rich
aliphatic
substrates.
Further,
extend
this
synthesis
(hetero)aryl
fluorides,
which
have
found
utility
as
"click"
handles
chemical
probes
programmable
bifunctional
reagents.
Finally,
demonstrate
protocols
analogue
synthesis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(28), P. 15207 - 15217
Published: July 6, 2023
Borylations
of
inert
carbon-hydrogen
bonds
are
highly
useful
for
transforming
feedstock
chemicals
into
versatile
organoboron
reagents.
Catalysis
these
reactions
has
historically
relied
on
precious-metal
complexes,
which
promote
dehydrogenative
borylations
with
diboron
reagents
under
oxidant-free
conditions.
Recently,
photoinduced
radical-mediated
involving
hydrogen
atom
transfer
pathways
have
emerged
as
attractive
alternatives
because
they
provide
complimentary
regioselectivities
and
proceed
metal-free
However,
net
oxidative
processes
require
stoichiometric
oxidants
therefore
cannot
compete
the
high
economy
their
precious-metal-catalyzed
counterparts.
Herein,
we
report
that
CuCl2
catalyzes
radical-mediated,
C(sp3)-H
alkanes
bis(catecholato)diboron
This
is
a
result
an
unexpected
dual
role
copper
catalyst,
promotes
oxidation
reagent
to
generate
electrophilic
bis-boryloxide
acts
effective
borylating
agent
in
subsequent
redox-neutral
photocatalytic
C-H
borylations.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(17), P. 9434 - 9440
Published: April 21, 2023
Copper-catalyzed
radical-relay
reactions
provide
a
versatile
strategy
for
selective
C-H
functionalization;
however,
with
peroxide-based
oxidants
often
require
excess
substrate.
Here,
we
report
photochemical
to
overcome
this
limitation
by
using
Cu/2,2'-biquinoline
catalyst
that
supports
benzylic
esterification
limiting
Mechanistic
studies
indicate
blue-light
irradiation
promotes
carboxylate-to-copper
charge
transfer,
reducing
resting-state
CuII
CuI,
which
activates
the
peroxide
generate
an
alkoxyl
radical
hydrogen-atom-transfer
species.
This
"photochemical
redox
buffering"
introduces
unique
sustain
activity
of
Cu
catalysts
in
reactions.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(17), P. 4449 - 4462
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
A
new
kid
on
the
block:
Cu(
ii
)
offers
unique
possibilities
in
photocatalysis
for
generating
and
stabilizing
radicals
to
promote
challenging
synthetic
transformations.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(41), P. 22347 - 22353
Published: Oct. 9, 2023
Unactivated
olefins
are
converted
to
alkyl
azides
with
bench-stable
NaN3
in
the
presence
of
FeCl3·6H2O
under
blue-light
irradiation.
The
products
obtained
anti-Markovnikov
selectivity,
and
reaction
can
be
performed
mild
ambient
conditions
air
moisture.
transformation
displays
broad
functional
group
tolerance,
which
renders
it
suitable
for
functionalization
complex
molecules.
Mechanistic
investigations
conducted
provide
insight
into
hydroazidation
reveal
role
water
from
iron
hydrate
as
H
atom
source.