ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(22), P. 14106 - 14112
Published: Nov. 3, 2022
In
this
work,
we
report
manganese
porphyrin
complexes
for
the
electrocatalytic
vicinal
diazidation
of
alkenes
with
sodium
azide.
This
protocol
shows
improved
practicality
over
our
previous
work
using
MnBr2
catalysis
in
following
aspects:
(1)
it
requires
substantially
lower
catalyst
loading
(as
low
as
0.3
mol
%),
which
reduces
formation
metal
azide
and
simplifies
product
purification;
(2)
introduction
a
neutral
aqueous
buffer
prevents
generation
toxic
hydrazoic
acid,
contributing
to
safer
experimental
procedure;
(3)
catalytic
system
displays
reactivity
toward
unactivated
terminal
alkenes.
Mechanistic
studies
support
roles
second-sphere
hydrogen-bond
donors
stabilizing
key
reaction
intermediates.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(45)
Published: Sept. 12, 2023
Despite
widespread
use
of
the
deuterium
isotope
effect,
selective
labeling
chemical
molecules
remains
a
major
challenge.
Herein,
facile
and
general
electrochemically
driven,
organic
mediator
enabled
deuteration
styrenes
with
oxide
(D2
O)
as
economical
source
was
reported.
Importantly,
this
transformation
could
be
suitable
for
various
electron
rich
mediated
by
triphenylphosphine
(TPP).
The
reaction
proceeded
under
mild
conditions
without
transition-metal
catalysts,
affording
desired
products
in
good
yields
excellent
D-incorporation
(D-inc,
up
to
>99
%).
Mechanistic
investigations
means
experiments
cyclic
voltammetry
tests
provided
sufficient
support
transformation.
Notably,
method
proved
powerful
tool
late-stage
biorelevant
compounds.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(13), P. 5024 - 5029
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
A
new
synthetic
method
involving
electrochemical
catalysis
were
used
to
synthesize
various
tellurium-containing
oxazolidinones
which
showed
better
antitumor
activity
compared
other
oxazolidinones.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(44)
Published: Sept. 9, 2022
A
metal-free
photosensitized
protocol
for
regioselective
diamination
of
alkene
feedstocks
over
a
single
step
was
developed
based
on
the
rationally
designed
bifunctional
reagent,
thus
affording
range
differentially
protected
1,2-diamines
in
moderate
to
high
yields.
Mechanistic
studies
reveal
that
reaction
is
initiated
with
triplet-triplet
energy
transfer
between
thioxanthone
catalyst
and
followed
by
fragmentation
simultaneously
generate
long-lived
iminyl
radical
transient
amidyl
radical.
The
excellent
regioselectivity
presumably
stems
from
large
reactivity
difference
two
different
N-centered
species.
This
characterized
regioselectivity,
broad
functional
group
tolerance,
mild
conditions,
which
would
enrich
diversity
versatility
facilitate
diversity-oriented
synthesis
1,2-diamine-containing
complex
molecule
scaffolds.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Dec. 23, 2022
Vicinal
diamines
are
privileged
synthetic
motifs
in
chemistry
due
to
their
prevalence
and
powerful
applications
bioactive
molecules,
pharmaceuticals,
ligand
design
for
transition
metals.
With
organic
diazides
being
regarded
as
modular
precursors
vicinal
diamines,
enormous
efforts
have
been
devoted
developing
efficient
strategies
access
diazide
generated
from
olefins,
themselves
common
feedstock
chemicals.
However,
state-of-the-art
methods
alkene
diazidation
rely
on
the
usage
of
corrosive
expensive
oxidants
or
complicated
electrochemical
setups,
significantly
limiting
substrate
tolerance
practicality
these
large
scale.
Toward
overcoming
limitations,
here
we
show
a
photochemical
alkenes
via
iron-mediated
ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer
(LMCT)
radical
(RLT).
Leveraging
merger
two
reaction
manifolds,
utilize
stable,
earth
abundant,
inexpensive
iron
salt
function
both
initiator
terminator.
Mild
conditions,
broad
scope
amenability
continuous-flow
rendering
transformation
photocatalytic
were
demonstrated.
Preliminary
mechanistic
studies
support
nature
cooperative
process
diazidation,
revealing
this
approach
be
means
olefin
difunctionalization.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(44), P. 8239 - 8243
Published: Nov. 2, 2022
CO2
is
an
important
C1
resource.
We
report
a
method
for
the
synthesis
of
pharmacologically
active
2-oxazolidinones
by
reacting
with
allylic
amines.
As
opposed
to
previous
addition
reactions,
unsaturated
double
bonds
are
preserved.
Thus,
product
more
plastic
and
easier
use
subsequent
structural
modification.
Furthermore,
this
can
also
be
applied
six-membered
heterocycles
(1,3-oxazinan-2-ones)
participation
low
concentration
CO2,
indicating
it
has
certain
practicability.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Dec. 23, 2022
Given
the
widespread
significance
of
vicinal
diamine
units
in
organic
synthesis,
pharmaceuticals
and
functional
materials,
as
well
privileged
molecular
catalysts,
an
efficient
practical
strategy
that
avoids
use
stoichiometric
strong
oxidants
is
highly
desirable.
We
herein
report
application
ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer
(LMCT)
excitation
to
1,2-diazidation
reactions
from
alkenes
TMSN
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Oct. 16, 2023
Organoboron
compounds
are
of
high
significance
in
organic
synthesis
due
to
the
unique
versatility
boryl
substituents
access
further
modifications.
The
demand
for
incorporation
moieties
into
molecular
structures
has
witnessed
significant
progress,
particularly
C(sp3)-H
borylation
hydrocarbons.
Taking
advantage
special
characteristics
photo/electrochemistry,
we
herein
describe
development
an
oxidative
reaction
under
metal-
and
oxidant-free
conditions,
enabled
by
photoelectrochemical
strategy.
exhibits
broad
substrate
scope
(>57
examples),
includes
use
simple
alkanes,
halides,
silanes,
ketones,
esters
nitriles
as
viable
substrates.
Notably,
unconventional
regioselectivity
is
achieved,
with
coupling
site
selectively
located
distal
methyl
group.
Our
method
operationally
easily
scalable,
offers
a
feasible
approach
one-step
high-value
organoboron
building
blocks
from
hydrocarbons,
which
would
provide
ample
opportunities
drug
discovery.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: March 17, 2023
With
the
fast
development
of
synthetic
chemistry,
introduction
functional
group
into
organic
molecules
has
attracted
increasing
attention.
In
these
reactions,
difunctionalization
unsaturated
bonds,
traditionally
with
one
nucleophile
and
electrophile,
is
a
powerful
strategy
for
chemical
synthesis.
this
work,
we
develop
different
path
electrochemical
oxidative
diazo
compounds
two
nucleophiles.
Under
metal-free
external
oxidant-free
conditions,
series
structurally
diverse
heteroatom-containing
hardly
synthesized
by
traditional
methods
(such
as
high-value
alkoxy-substituted
phenylthioacetates,
α-thio,
α-amino
acid
derivatives
well
α-amino,
β-amino
derivatives)
are
obtained
in
synthetically
useful
yields.
addition,
procedure
exhibits
mild
reaction
excellent
functional-group
tolerance
good
efficiency
on
large-scale
Importantly,
protocol
also
amenable
to
key
intermediate
bioactive
simple
practical
process.