Molecules,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
30(9), P. 1987 - 1987
Published: April 29, 2025
CO2,
an
abundant
and
renewable
C1
source,
presents
significant
potential
for
applications
in
organic
synthesis.
Hydrazones,
recognized
their
distinctive
properties,
exhibit
high
versatility
synthetic
chemistry,
facilitating
numerous
chemical
transformations.
Given
crucial
roles
synthesis,
the
combination
of
CO2
with
hydrazones
has
garnered
increasing
research
interest.
This
review
provides
a
comprehensive
summary
recent
progress
reactions
involving
or
derivatives.
These
include
coupling
amines
N-tosylhydrazones
umpolung-mediated
carboxylation
hydrazones/N-tosylhydrazones
cyclization
lactamization
incorporating
CO2.
transformations
utilize
diverse
reactivity
derivatives
to
capture
convert
generating
valuable
compounds
both
academic
practical
relevance.
Additionally,
examines
mechanisms
underlying
these
reactions,
offering
critical
insights
advancing
this
area.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
This
review
highlights
organo-mediators
that
enable
electrochemical
reactions
via
outer-sphere
electron
transfer
(ET),
offering
advantages
such
as
availability,
tunability,
and
simplified
post-processing
compared
to
direct
electrolysis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 7, 2024
Direct
carboxylation
of
C–H
bonds
with
CO2
represents
an
attractive
strategy
to
synthesize
valuable
carboxylic
acids
high
atom,
step,
and
redox
economy.
Although
great
progress
has
been
achieved
in
this
field,
catalytic
tertiary
C(sp3)–H
still
remains
challenging
due
their
inherent
inertness
significant
steric
hindrance.
Herein,
we
report
a
direct
benzylic
via
visible-light
photoredox
catalysis.
Various
all-carbon
quaternary
acids,
which
are
importance
medicinal
chemistry,
successfully
obtained
yields.
This
is
characterized
by
good
functional
group
tolerance,
broad
substrate
scope,
mild
operational
conditions.
Furthermore,
our
methodology
enables
the
efficient
rapid
synthesis
key
drug
or
bioactive
molecules,
such
as
carbetapentane,
caramiphen,
PRE-084
(σ1
receptor
agonist),
facilitates
various
functionalizations
C(sp2)–H
using
directing
ability
target
thus
highlighting
its
practical
applications.
Mechanistic
studies
indicate
that
carbanion,
serves
intermediate
react
CO2,
catalytically
generated
single
electron
reduction
radical
through
consecutive
photoinduced
transfer
process.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 13, 2024
ConspectusElectrochemistry
has
been
used
as
a
tool
to
drive
chemical
reactions
for
more
than
two
centuries.
With
the
help
of
an
electrode
and
power
source,
chemists
are
provided
with
system
whose
potential
can
be
precisely
dialed
in.
The
theoretically
infinite
redox
range
renders
electrochemistry
capable
oxidizing
or
reducing
some
most
tenacious
compounds.
Indeed,
electroreduction
offers
alternative
generating
highly
active
intermediates
from
electrophiles
(e.g.,
halides,
alkenes,
etc.)
in
organic
synthesis,
which
untouchable
traditional
reduction
methods.
Meanwhile,
reductive
coupling
extensively
utilized
both
industrial
academic
settings
due
their
ability
swiftly,
accurately,
effectively
construct
C–C
C–X
bonds,
present
innovative
approaches
synthesizing
complex
molecules.
Nonetheless,
its
application
is
constrained
by
several
inherent
limitations:
(a)
requirement
stoichiometric
quantities
agents,
(b)
scarce
activation
strategies
inert
substrates
high
potentials,
(c)
incomplete
mechanistic
elucidation,
(d)
challenges
isolation
intermediates.
merging
represents
attractive
approach
address
above
limitations
synthesis
seen
increasing
use
synthetic
community
over
past
few
years.Since
2020,
our
group
dedicated
developing
electroreductive
cross-coupling
using
readily
available
small
molecules,
such
arenes,
CO2,
D2O,
value-added
products.
Electroreductive
chemistry
versatile
powerful
capacity
precise
selectivity
control,
allowed
us
develop
three
electrochemical
modes
lab:
(1)
An
economically
advantageous
direct
(EDR)
strategy
that
emphasizes
efficiency,
achieves
atom
utilization,
minimizes
unnecessary
atomic
waste.
(2)
A
class
organo-mediated
(EOMR)
methods
controlling
reaction
pathways.
This
allows
modulation
processes
enhance
efficiency
selectivity.
(3)
metal-catalyzed
(EMCR)
method
enables
selective
functionalization
specific
bonds
functional
groups
under
mild
conditions,
thereby
occurrence
side
reactions.
We
commenced
studies
establishing
organic-mediator-promoted
carboxylation
aryl
alkyl
halides.
was
then
employed
arylcarboxylation
simple
styrenes
halides
manner.
electrolysis
arenes
epoxides
CO2
carboxyl
source
achieved.
Moreover,
through
adjustment
we
successfully
accomplished
deuteration
olefins,
unactivated
enabling
efficient
formation
D-labeled
Finally,
building
on
previous
understanding
developed
series
alkylation
enable
C(sp3)–C(sp3)
ChemistryOpen,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
Abstract
The
direct
electrochemical
carboxylation
of
aryl,
benzyl
and
alkyl
halides
by
CO
2
is
described
using
a
magnesium
anode
nickel
foam
cathode
in
an
undivided
cell.
process
employs
sacrificial
does
not
require
the
additional
use
transition
metal
catalyst
or
demanding
conditions,
as
reactions
are
carried
out
under
galvanostatic
mode,
at
−10
°C
with
commercial
DMF.
Under
these
operationally
simple
important
range
carboxylic
acids
affordable.
Mechanistic
investigation
account
for
situ
generation
carbanionic
species
that
organomagnesium
halide.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
Carboxylation
with
CO2
offers
an
attractive
and
sustainable
access
to
valuable
carboxylic
acids.
Among
these
methods,
direct
C−H
carboxylation
of
terminal
alkynes
has
attracted
much
attention
for
one-carbon
homologation
alkynes,
enabling
rapid
synthesis
propiolic
In
contrast,
the
multi-carbons
construct
important
non-conjugated
alkynyl-containing
acids
not
been
reported.
Herein,
we
present
alkynylcarboxylation
alkenes
via
photoredox
copper
dual
catalysis.
This
protocol
provides
a
practical
method
form
alkynyl
from
readily
available
CO2.
Additionally,
this
approach
also
features
mild
(room
temperature,
1
atm
CO2)
redox-neutral
conditions,
high
atom
step
economy,
good
functional
group
tolerance,
selectivities.
Moreover,
diverse
transformations
β-alkynyl
acid
products
bioactive
molecule
(GPR40/FFA1
agonist)
further
illustrate
synthetic
utility
methodology.
The
report
multi-carbon
is
rare.
authors
catalysis,
affording