Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
18(2), P. 272 - 287
Published: Dec. 4, 2019
A
route
to
1,4-disubstituted
tetrahydro-β-carbolines
and
tetrahydropyrano[3,4-b]indoles
in
high
yields
stereoselectivity
via
SN2-type
ring
opening/Pictet–Spengler
reaction
of
aziridines
epoxides
with
indoles
is
described.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(5), P. 1314 - 1321
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
new
class
of
chiral
bipyridine-2NO
ligands,
which
incorporate
the
advantages
both
bipyridine
skeleton
and
pyrroloimidazolone-based
N
-oxide
moiety,
was
developed.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
11(5), P. 1418 - 1424
Published: Dec. 17, 2019
An
unprecedented
base-promoted
multi-component
one-pot
dearomatization
ofN-alkyl
activated
azaarenes
was
developed
to
construct
complex
and
diverse
bridged
cyclic
polycycles
with
multiple
stereocenters
in
a
highly
regio-
diastereoselective
manner.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(10), P. 2008 - 2013
Published: March 10, 2022
We
report
an
unexpected
dearomative
periphery
modification
strategy
for
transforming
quinolinium
salts
into
structurally
crowded
pyrrolidine–tetrahydroquinoline
polycyclic
systems
with
complete
regio-
and
diastereoselectivity.
Importantly,
the
reaction
pathway
was
regulated
by
simply
tuning
substituents,
achieving
substituent-directed
divergent
synthesis.
The
notable
features
of
this
transformation
include
readily
available
starting
materials,
green
conditions,
a
simple
workup
procedure,
high
bond-
ring-forming
efficiency,
diverse
New Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
48(4), P. 1688 - 1695
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
work
diversified
the
Py-2NO
ligand
library
recently
developed
by
our
group
and
further
expanded
application
of
chiral
ligands
in
asymmetric
catalysis.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
22(13), P. 5068 - 5073
Published: May 27, 2020
Reported
herein
is
an
unprecedented
multicomponent
one-pot
dearomative
multifunctionalization
of
commercially
available
azaarenes
through
in
situ
activation
strategy,
which
not
only
achieved
the
first
full
exploitation
reactive
sites
azaarenes,
but
also
accomplished
efficient
synthesis
bridged
hydrogenated
pyridines
and
(iso)quinolines
a
highly
regioselective
diastereoselective
manner.
In
addition,
we
could
successfully
realize
step-controlled
trifunctionalization
bifunctionalization
quinolines.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(46), P. 15389 - 15398
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
A
novel
skeletal
remodeling
strategy
to
transform
chalcone-based
pyridinium
salts
into
structurally
intriguing
polycyclic
isoindolines
was
achieved
through
a
dearomative
ring-opening/ring-closing
sequence.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
42(13), P. 1474 - 1480
Published: March 1, 2024
Comprehensive
Summary
The
privileged
C
2
‐symmetric
rigid
phenol‐type
ligand
is
more
attractive
but
challenging
in
asymmetric
catalysis.
Herein,
we
designed
and
synthesized
a
class
of
rigid‐featured
chiral
tridentate
Phenol‐2NO
ligands,
that
incorporate
the
advantages
both
phenol
skeleton
pyrroloimidazolone‐based
N
‐oxide
moiety,
from
readily
available
L
‐prolinamides
operationally
simple
two
steps
up
to
44%
overall
yield.
More
importantly,
using
an
achiral
quinoline
derivative
as
additive,
newly
developed
could
serve
anioic
upon
deprotonative
activation
coordinate
Zn(II)
form
highly
enantioselective
catalyst
for
Michael‐type
Friedel‐Crafts
alkylation
reaction
indoles
with
2,3‐dioxopyrrolidines.
Excellent
yields
(up
90%)
high
enantioselectivities
99%
ee)
are
obtained
wide
range
substrates
under
mild
conditions.
Experiments
DFT
calculations
revealed
mechanism
origins
enantioselectivity.
This
also
represented
first
ligand/metal
complex
by
organic
base
additive
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
22(3), P. 873 - 878
Published: Jan. 9, 2020
New
chalcone-based
pyridinium
salts
have
been
successfully
exploited,
which
could
smoothly
participate
in
the
highly
diastereoselective
dearomatization
with
binucleophilic
enaminones
by
taking
advantage
of
their
multiple
reactive
sites
to
construct
bibridged
benzoazepines
up
89%
yields.
The
key
success
was
skillful
and
unprecedented
C-3
functionalization
new
salts.
This
work
not
only
provides
a
kind
novel
salt
synthon
but
also
achieves
first
complex
challenging
high
synthetic
efficiency.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
57(3), P. 359 - 362
Published: Dec. 8, 2020
An
unexpected
construction
of
functionalized
π-extended
indolizine
polycycles
through
a
one-pot
two-step
process
comprising
the
base-promoted
dearomative
[3+2]
cycloaddition
and
DDQ-mediated
oxidative
decarbonylation
was
developed.