Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(2), P. 2752 - 2906
Published: Aug. 10, 2021
Photoinduced
chemical
transformations
have
received
in
recent
years
a
tremendous
amount
of
attention,
providing
plethora
opportunities
to
synthetic
organic
chemists.
However,
performing
photochemical
transformation
can
be
quite
challenge
because
various
issues
related
the
delivery
photons.
These
challenges
barred
widespread
adoption
steps
industry.
past
decade,
several
technological
innovations
led
more
reproducible,
selective,
and
scalable
photoinduced
reactions.
Herein,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
these
exciting
advances,
including
flow
chemistry,
high-throughput
experimentation,
reactor
design
scale-up,
combination
photo-
electro-chemistry.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(8), P. 4237 - 4352
Published: Jan. 24, 2023
The
emergence
of
modern
photocatalysis,
characterized
by
mildness
and
selectivity,
has
significantly
spurred
innovative
late-stage
C–H
functionalization
approaches
that
make
use
low
energy
photons
as
a
controllable
source.
Compared
to
traditional
strategies,
photocatalysis
paves
the
way
toward
complementary
and/or
previously
unattainable
regio-
chemoselectivities.
Merging
compelling
benefits
with
workflow
offers
potentially
unmatched
arsenal
tackle
drug
development
campaigns
beyond.
This
Review
highlights
photocatalytic
strategies
small-molecule
drugs,
agrochemicals,
natural
products,
classified
according
targeted
bond
newly
formed
one.
Emphasis
is
devoted
identifying,
describing,
comparing
main
mechanistic
scenarios.
draws
critical
comparison
between
established
ionic
chemistry
photocatalyzed
radical-based
manifolds.
aims
establish
current
state-of-the-art
illustrate
key
unsolved
challenges
be
addressed
in
future.
authors
aim
introduce
general
readership
functionalization,
specialist
practitioners
evaluation
methodologies,
potential
for
improvement,
future
uncharted
directions.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(19), P. 5659 - 5666
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
General
photoactivation
of
EDA
complexes
between
arylsulfonium
salts
and
1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
was
discovered.
This
practical
mode
enables
the
generation
aryl
radicals
for
C–H
functionalization
arenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(18), P. 10431 - 10440
Published: April 26, 2023
Great
success
in
synthetic
chemistry
is
motivated
by
the
development
of
novel
and
reactive
linchpins
for
carbon-carbon
carbon-heteroatom
bond
formation
reactions,
which
has
dramatically
altered
chemists'
approach
to
building
molecules.
Herein,
we
report
ready
synthesis
aryl
sulfonium
salts,
a
versatile
electrophilic
linchpin,
via
Cu-mediated
thianthrenation
phenoxathiination
commercially
available
arylborons
with
thianthrene
phenoxathiine,
providing
series
salts
high
efficiency.
More
importantly,
leveraging
sequential
Ir-catalyzed
C-H
borylation
arylborons,
formal
arenes
also
achieved.
The
undirected
normally
occurred
at
less
steric
hindrance
position,
thus
complementary
method
comparison
thianthrenation.
This
process
capable
late-stage
functionalization
pharmaceuticals,
might
find
wide
applications
both
industry
academic
sectors.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
365(10), P. 1538 - 1564
Published: March 6, 2023
Abstract
Quaternary
pyridinium
compounds
are
valuable
intermediates
in
organic
synthesis,
which
have
gained
immense
popularity
the
synthetic
community.
The
application
of
transition
metal
or
photoredox
catalysis
transforming
quaternary
into
various
C−C
and
C−X
bonds
is
well
established.
A
majority
these
methods
require
high
temperatures,
expansive
catalysts,
delicate
conditions
for
successful
execution.
On
other
hand,
use
metal‐free
photocatalysis‐free
strategies
constructing
using
derivatives
has
been
sought‐after.
In
this
context,
electron‐donor‐acceptor
(EDA)‐complex
reactions
emerged
as
a
state‐of‐the‐art
methodology,
do
not
any
photocatalyst
their
EDA‐complex
photochemistry
takes
advantage
electron‐acceptor
ability
derivatives,
can
quickly
generate
radical
precursor
via
deaminative
process.
These
newly
generated
useful
several
transformations.
We
hereby,
review,
discuss
an
area
major
progress
mediated
involving
with
mechanism,
substrate
scope,
limitations.
magnified
image
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
60(52), P. 27070 - 27077
Published: Oct. 15, 2021
Abstract
The
engagement
of
unactivated
alkyl
halides
in
copper‐catalyzed
cross‐coupling
reactions
has
been
historically
challenging,
due
to
their
low
reduction
potential
and
the
slow
oxidative
addition
copper(I)
catalysts.
In
this
work,
we
report
a
novel
strategy
that
leverages
halogen
abstraction
ability
aryl
radicals,
thereby
engaging
diverse
range
iodides
Negishi‐type
at
room
temperature.
Specifically,
radicals
generated
via
copper
catalysis
efficiently
initiate
cleavage
carbon–iodide
bonds
iodides.
thus
enter
catalytic
cycles
couple
with
difluoromethyl
zinc
reagent,
furnishing
difluoromethane
products.
This
unprecedented
difluoromethylation
approach
applied
late‐stage
modification
densely
functionalized
pharmaceutical
agents
natural
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(4), P. 1622 - 1633
Published: Jan. 21, 2022
Naturally
occurring
hydrazones
are
rare
despite
the
ubiquitous
usage
of
synthetic
in
preparation
organic
compounds
and
functional
materials.
In
this
study,
we
discovered
a
family
novel
microbial
metabolites
(tasikamides)
that
share
unique
cyclic
pentapeptide
scaffold.
Surprisingly,
tasikamides
A–C
(1–3)
contain
hydrazone
group
(C═N─N)
joins
peptide
scaffold
to
an
alkyl
5-hydroxylanthranilate
(AHA)
moiety.
We
biosynthesis
1–3
requires
two
discrete
gene
clusters,
with
one
encoding
nonribosomal
synthetase
(NRPS)
pathway
for
assembling
another
AHA-synthesizing
pathway.
The
AHA
cluster
encodes
three
ancillary
enzymes
catalyze
diazotization
yield
aryl
diazonium
species
(diazo-AHA).
electrophilic
diazo-AHA
undergoes
nonenzymatic
Japp–Klingemann
coupling
β-keto
aldehyde-containing
precursor
furnish
1–3.
studies
together
unraveled
mechanism
whereby
specialized
formed
by
biosynthetic
pathways
via
unprecedented
vivo
reaction.
findings
raise
prospect
exploiting
arylamine-diazotizing
(AAD)
synthesis
modification
biological
macromolecules.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(47)
Published: Sept. 7, 2022
Herein,
we
report
a
photocatalyzed
Meerwein-type
bromoarylation
of
alkenes
with
stable
arylthianthrenium
salts,
formed
by
site-selective
C-H
thianthrenation.
This
protocol
can
be
applied
to
late-stage
functionalization
variety
biomolecules
that
are
difficult
access
other
aryl
coupling
reagents.
Halogen
introduction
allows
for
follow-up
transformations,
affording
numerous
biologically
active
skeletons.