Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(26)
Published: April 21, 2023
A
homogeneous
manganese-catalyzed
cross-coupling
of
two
secondary
alcohols
for
the
divergent
synthesis
γ-disubstituted
and
β-disubstituted
ketones
is
reported.
Employing
well-defined
Mn-MACHOPh
as
catalyst,
this
novel
protocol
has
a
broad
substrate
scope
with
good
functional
group
tolerance
affords
diverse
library
valuable
disubstituted
in
moderate
to
yields.
The
strong
influence
reaction
temperature
on
selective
formation
alcohol
products
was
theorized
preliminary
DFT
studies.
Studies
have
shown
that
Gibbs
free
energy
thermodynamically
more
favourable
than
corresponding
at
lower
temperature.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
119(4), P. 2192 - 2452
Published: Nov. 27, 2018
C–H
activation
has
surfaced
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
for
molecular
sciences,
with
notable
applications
to
material
crop
protection,
drug
discovery,
and
pharmaceutical
industries,
among
others.
Despite
major
advances,
the
vast
majority
of
these
functionalizations
required
precious
4d
or
5d
transition
metal
catalysts.
Given
cost-effective
sustainable
nature
earth-abundant
first
row
metals,
development
less
toxic,
inexpensive
3d
catalysts
gained
considerable
recent
momentum
a
significantly
more
environmentally-benign
economically-attractive
alternative.
Herein,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
on
until
summer
2018.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. 7086 - 7103
Published: June 18, 2018
C–H
activation
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
in
molecular
synthesis,
but
until
recently
oxidative
activations
have
largely
involved
the
use
of
stoichiometric
amounts
expensive
and
toxic
metal
oxidants,
compromising
overall
sustainable
nature
chemistry.
In
sharp
contrast,
electrochemical
been
identified
more
efficient
strategy
that
exploits
storable
electricity
place
byproduct-generating
chemical
reagents.
Thus,
transition-metal
catalysts
were
shown
to
enable
versatile
reactions
manner.
While
palladium
catalysis
set
stage
for
C(sp2)–H
C(sp3)–H
functionalizations
by
N-containing
directing
groups,
rhodium
ruthenium
allowed
weakly
coordinating
amides
acids.
contrast
these
precious
4d
transition
metals,
recent
year
witnessed
emergence
cobalt
oxygenations,
nitrogenations,
C–C-forming
[4+2]
alkyne
annulations.
Thereby,
silver(I)
oxidants
was
prevented,
improving
environmentally
benign
catalysis.
Herein,
we
summarize
major
advances
organometallic
otherwise
inert
bonds
electrocatalysis
through
May
2018.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(37), P. 12803 - 12818
Published: May 11, 2019
Molecular
syntheses
largely
rely
on
time-
and
labour-intensive
prefunctionalization
strategies.
In
contrast,
C-H
activation
represents
an
increasingly
powerful
approach
that
avoids
lengthy
of
prefunctionalized
substrates,
with
great
potential
for
drug
discovery,
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
material
sciences,
crop
protection,
among
others.
The
enantioselective
functionalization
omnipresent
bonds
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
step-
atom-economical
generation
chiral
molecular
complexity.
However,
this
rapidly
growing
research
area
remains
dominated
by
noble
transition
metals,
prominently
featuring
toxic
palladium,
iridium
rhodium
catalysts.
Indeed,
despite
significant
achievements,
use
inexpensive
sustainable
3d
metals
in
asymmetric
activations
is
still
clearly
its
infancy.
Herein,
we
discuss
remarkable
recent
progress
transformations
via
organometallic
base
up
to
April
2019.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
57(42), P. 13735 - 13747
Published: June 6, 2018
Functionalized
cyclic
organic
carbonates
and
related
heterocycles
have
emerged
as
highly
versatile
heterocyclic
substrates
for
ring-opening
decarboxylative
catalytic
transformations
allowing
the
development
of
new
stereo-
enantioselective
C-N,
C-O,
C-C,
C-S
C-B
bond
formation
reactions.
Transition-metal-mediated
conversions
only
recently
been
rejuvenated
powerful
approaches
towards
preparation
more
complex
molecules.
This
minireview
will
highlight
potential
structurally
with
a
focus
on
their
synthetic
value
mechanistic
manifolds
that
are
involved
upon
conversion.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
57(45), P. 14700 - 14717
Published: July 3, 2018
The
late-stage
modification
of
structurally
complex
peptides
bears
great
potential
for
drug
discovery,
crop
protection,
and
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
among
others.
Whereas
traditional
approaches
largely
rely
on
prefunctionalizations,
C-H
activation
catalysis
has
in
recent
years
emerged
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
post-translational
peptide
modifications
a
step-economic
manner.
Herein,
we
summarize
progress
organometallic
until
June
2018,
including
position-
chemoselective
palladium-,
ruthenium-,
manganese-catalyzed
processes.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(3), P. 3180 - 3218
Published: Nov. 19, 2021
Synthetic
organic
electrosynthesis
has
grown
in
the
past
few
decades
by
achieving
many
valuable
transformations
for
synthetic
chemists.
Although
electrocatalysis
been
popular
improving
selectivity
and
efficiency
a
wide
variety
of
energy-related
applications,
last
two
decades,
there
much
interest
to
develop
conceptually
novel
transformations,
selective
functionalization,
sustainable
reactions.
This
review
discusses
recent
advances
combination
electrochemistry
homogeneous
transition-metal
catalysis
synthesis.
The
enabling
mechanistic
studies
are
presented
alongside
advantages
as
well
future
directions
address
challenges
metal-catalyzed
electrosynthesis.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(9), P. 4607 - 4647
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
collectively
discussed
the
utilisation
of
alcohols
in
various
organic
transformations
and
their
application
toward
intermediates
drugs,
drug
derivatives
natural
product-like
molecules.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
20(17), P. 5523 - 5527
Published: Aug. 23, 2018
A
unified
strategy
for
intermolecular
remote
C(sp3)–H
and
C–C
vinylation
of
O-acyl
oximes
with
vinyl
boronic
acids
has
been
achieved.
This
is
enabled
by
photoreductive
generation
iminyl
radicals
from
under
irradiation
visible
light.
The
translocated
carbon-centered
radicals,
which
are
generated
the
through
1,5-hydrogen
atom
transfer
or
cleavage,
can
be
vinylated
acids.
opens
up
a
new
approach
to
functionalization
via
cleavage
provides
an
efficient
versatile
solution
synthesis
γ-vinylation
ketones
nitriles.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
24(61), P. 16209 - 16217
Published: June 19, 2018
Carbon-heteroatom
bonds
represent
omnipresent
structural
motifs
of
the
vast
majority
functionalized
materials
and
bioactive
compounds.
C-H
activation
has
emerged
as
arguably
most
efficient
strategy
to
construct
C-Het
bonds.
Despite
major
advances,
these
transformations
were
largely
dominated
by
precious
transition
metal
catalysts,
in
combination
with
stoichiometric,
toxic
oxidants.
Herein,
we
discuss
recent
evolution
cobalt-catalyzed
activations
that
enable
formations
electricity
sole
sustainable
oxidant
until
May
2018.