Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 27, 2024
Transition
metal-catalyzed
asymmetric
cyclization
of
1,6-enynes
is
a
powerful
tool
for
the
construction
chiral
nitrogen-containing
heterocycles.
Despite
notable
achievements,
these
transformations
have
been
largely
limited
to
use
aryl
or
alkenyl
metal
reagents,
and
stereoselective
stereospecific
alkylative
remains
unexploited.
Herein,
we
report
Ni-catalyzed
enantioselective
reductive
anti-arylative
with
iodides,
providing
enantioenriched
six-membered
carbo-
heterocycles
in
good
yields
excellent
enantioselectivities.
Additionally,
realized
enantiospecific
cis-alkylative
alkyl
bromides,
furnishing
five-membered
high
regioselectivity
stereochemical
fidelity.
Mechanistic
studies
reveal
that
arylative
initiated
by
oxidative
addition
Ni(0)
halides
triggered
allylic
acetates.
The
utility
this
strategy
further
demonstrated
synthesis
antiepileptic
drug
Brivaracetam.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(4), P. 2081 - 2087
Published: Jan. 23, 2023
Substantial
advances
in
enantioconvergent
C(sp3)-C(sp3)
bond
formations
have
been
made
with
nickel-catalyzed
cross-coupling
of
racemic
alkyl
electrophiles
organometallic
reagents
or
nickel-hydride-catalyzed
hydrocarbonation
alkenes.
Herein,
we
report
an
unprecedented
enantioselective
reductive
by
the
direct
utilization
two
different
halides
dual
nickel/photoredox
catalysis
system.
This
highly
selective
coupling
α-chloroboronates
and
unactivated
iodides
furnishes
chiral
secondary
boronic
esters,
which
serve
as
useful
important
intermediates
realm
organic
synthesis
enable
a
desirable
protocol
to
fast
construction
enantioenriched
complex
molecules.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
41(13), P. 1637 - 1652
Published: Jan. 23, 2023
Comprehensive
Summary
Alcohols
are
among
the
most
accessible
functionalities.
Catalytic
deoxygenative
functionalization
of
alcohols
is
highly
synthetically
appealing.
While
significant
progress
has
been
made
on
reactions
with
nucleophiles,
electrophilic
coupling
partners
remain
a
real
challenge.
This
manuscript
highlights
advance
in
this
direction,
which
mainly
achieved
by
first‐row
transition
metals.
The
low‐valent
titanium
catalyst
shown
unique
reactivity
to
homolytically
cleave
C—OH
bonds.
formed
carbon
radicals
could
either
undergo
reduction
give
protonation
products
or
couple
fragments
form
C—C
chemistry
initially
realized
using
stoichiometric
amount
reagents
and
later
extended
catalytic
variants.
Nickel
features
variety
oxidation
states
ranging
from
Ni
0
IV
,
both
two‐electron
oxidative
addition
single‐electron
process
involved
their
activation
an
electrophile.
These
properties
enable
nickel
catalyze
reductive
R–X
electrophiles.
reaction
first
reported
allylic
alcohols,
then
benzylic
and,
very
recently
non‐activated
alcohols.
Recent
effort
resulted
many
invaluable
methodologies
that
improve
efficiency
for
construction
aliphatic
use
cobalt
copper
catalysts
not
only
expands
substrate
scope
these
but
also
shows
new
selectivity
issues.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(44), P. 23910 - 23917
Published: Oct. 26, 2023
The
merger
of
electrochemistry
and
transition
metal
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
powerful
tool
to
join
two
electrophiles
in
an
enantioselective
manner.
However,
the
development
electroreductive
cross-couplings
olefins
remains
challenge.
Inspired
by
advantages
synergistic
use
with
nickel
catalysis,
we
present
here
Ni-catalyzed
cross-coupling
acrylates
aryl
halides
alkyl
bromides,
which
affords
chiral
α-aryl
carbonyls
good
excellent
enantioselectivity.
Additionally,
this
catalytic
reaction
can
be
applied
(hetero)aryl
chlorides,
is
difficult
achieve
other
methods.
combination
cyclic
voltammetry
analysis
electrode
potential
studies
suggests
that
NiI
species
activates
oxidative
addition
bromides
single-electron
transfer.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
57(8), P. 1149 - 1162
Published: March 28, 2024
ConspectusTransition
metal-catalyzed
reductive
cross-coupling
of
two
carbon
electrophiles,
also
known
as
cross-electrophile
coupling
(XEC),
has
transformed
the
landscape
C–C
chemistry.
Nickel
catalysts,
in
particular,
have
demonstrated
exceptional
performance
facilitating
XEC
reactions,
allowing
for
diverse
elegant
transformations
by
employing
various
electrophiles
to
forge
bonds.
Nevertheless,
several
crucial
challenges
remain
be
addressed.
First,
intrinsic
chemoselectivity
between
structurally
similar
Ni-catalyzed
C(sp3)–C(sp3)
and
C(sp2)–C(sp2)
not
been
well
understood;
this
necessitates
an
excess
one
partners
achieve
synthetically
useful
outcomes.
Second,
substitution
economically
environmentally
benign
nonmetal
reductants
Zn/Mn
can
help
scale
up
reactions
avoid
trace
metals
pharmaceutical
products,
but
research
direction
progressed
slowly.
Finally,
it
is
highly
warranted
leverage
mechanistic
insights
from
develop
innovative
thermoredox
protocols,
specifically
designed
tackle
associated
with
difficult
substrates
such
C(sp3)–H
bonds
unactivated
alkenes.In
Account,
we
address
aforementioned
issues
reviewing
our
recent
work
on
C–X
C–O
strategy
alkenes,
use
diboron
esters
coupling.
We
focus
perspectives
transformations,
particularly
how
key
C–NiIII–C
intermediates
are
generated,
order
explain
chemoselective
regioselective
results.
The
Account
consists
four
sections.
discuss
Zn/Mn-mediated
bond
formations
based
selected
alkyl/aryl,
allyl/benzyl,
other
electrophiles.
describe
versatile
C(sp3)–C(sp2)
couplings,
emphasis
consideration
construction
Third,
leveraging
C(sp3)–O
effective
C(sp3)–C
formation
via
situ
halogenation
alcohols
preparation
α-vinylated
-arylated
unusual
amino
esters.
In
final
section,
illustrate
functionalization
challenging
aryl
alkyl
halides
afford
taking
advantage
compatibility
Zn
oxidant
di-tert-butylperoxide
(DTBP).
Furthermore,
a
SiH/DTBP-mediated
hydrodimerization
terminal
alkenes
selectively
head-to-head
methyl
branched
This
process,
conducted
presence
or
absence
catalytic
CuBr2,
provides
solution
long-standing
challenge:
site-selective
hydrocoupling
produce
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(50), P. 23001 - 23009
Published: Dec. 8, 2022
A
new
regio-
and
stereoselective
reductive
coupling
of
alkynes
crotononitrile
has
been
developed
via
visible
light
organophotoredox
cobalt
dual
catalysis.
variety
enantioenriched
homoallylic
nitriles
bearing
a
stereodefined
trisubstituted
alkene
have
easily
synthesized
with
good
to
excellent
(up
>20:1
rr),
stereo-
(>20:1
E/Z),
enantioselectivity
98%
ee)
control
under
mild
conditions.
The
corresponding
nitrile
products
were
smoothly
converted
into
various
chiral
building
blocks.
Remarkably,
simple
organic
base
together
water
utilized
as
hydrogen
sources
in
this
photoinduced
reaction.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(24), P. 13008 - 13014
Published: June 7, 2023
Transition-metal-catalyzed
sila-cycloaddition
has
been
a
promising
tool
for
accessing
silacarbocycle
derivatives,
but
the
approach
limited
to
selection
of
well-defined
sila-synthons.
Herein,
we
demonstrate
potential
chlorosilanes,
which
are
industrial
feedstock
chemicals,
this
type
reaction
under
reductive
nickel
catalysis.
This
work
extends
scope
coupling
from
carbocycle
synthesis
and
single
C-Si
bond
formation
reactions.
The
proceeds
mild
conditions
shows
good
substrate
functionality
tolerance,
it
offers
new
access
silacyclopent-3-enes
spiro
silacarbocycles.
optical
properties
several
dithienosiloles
as
well
structural
variations
products
demonstrated.
ChemCatChem,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(21)
Published: Aug. 14, 2023
Abstract
The
merging
of
photocatalysis
with
halogen‐atom
transfer
(XAT)
processes
has
proven
to
be
a
versatile
tool
for
the
generation
carbon‐centered
radicals
in
organic
synthesis.
XAT
are
unique
that
they
generate
without
requiring
use
strong
reductants
necessary
traditional
single
electron
(SET)
activation
halides.
Pathways
achieve
synthetic
applications
can
categorized
into
three
major
sections:
i)
heteroatom‐based
activators,
ii)
metal‐based
and
iii)
carbon‐based
activators
among
which
α‐aminoalkyl
have
taken
center
stage.
Access
these
as
reagents
gained
significant
attention
past
few
years
due
robustness
reactions,
simplicity
required,
broadness
their
applications.
Generation
is
simply
achieved
through
oxidation
tertiary
amines,
after
deprotonation
at
α‐position
generates
radicals.
Due
wide
scope
amines
available
tunable
nucleophilicity
radical
formed,
this
strategy
become
an
attractive
alternative
heteroatom/metal‐based
XAT.
In
minireview,
we
focus
our
on
recent
(2020–2023)
developments
uses
robust
technology
mediate
processes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(8), P. 4613 - 4625
Published: Feb. 20, 2023
Since
C(sp3)–O
bonds
are
a
ubiquitous
chemical
motif
in
both
natural
and
artificial
organic
molecules,
the
universal
transformation
of
will
be
key
technology
for
achieving
carbon
neutrality.
We
report
herein
that
gold
nanoparticles
supported
on
amphoteric
metal
oxides,
namely,
ZrO2,
efficiently
generated
alkyl
radicals
via
homolysis
unactivated
bonds,
which
consequently
promoted
C(sp3)–Si
bond
formation
to
give
diverse
organosilicon
compounds.
A
wide
array
esters
ethers,
either
commercially
available
or
easily
synthesized
from
alcohols
participated
heterogeneous
gold-catalyzed
silylation
by
disilanes
alkyl-,
allyl-,
benzyl-,
allenyl
silanes
high
yields.
In
addition,
this
novel
reaction
could
applied
upcycling
polyesters,
i.e.,
degradation
polyesters
synthesis
organosilanes
were
realized
concurrently
unique
catalysis
nanoparticles.
Mechanistic
studies
corroborated
notion
generation
is
involved
coupling
cooperation
an
acid–base
pair
ZrO2
responsible
stable
bonds.
The
reusability
air
tolerance
catalysts
as
well
simple,
scalable,
green
system
enabled
practical