Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
139(13), P. 4647 - 4650
Published: March 20, 2017
A
copper(I)-catalyzed
enantioselective
addition
of
enynes
to
ketones
was
developed.
The
method
allows
facile
construction
enantiomerically
enriched
tertiary
alcohols
using
skipped
as
stable
hydrocarbon
pronucleophiles.
combination
a
soft
copper(I)-conjugated
Brønsted
base
catalyst
with
chiral
diphosphine
ligand,
(S,S)-Ph-BPE,
enabled
chemoselective
deprotonation
the
in
presence
bearing
intrinsically
more
acidic
α-protons.
catalytically
generated
allylcopper
species
enantio-,
diastereo-,
regio-,
and
chemoselectively
reacted
ketones,
thereby
demonstrating
excellent
substrate
generality
functional
group
tolerance.
enyne
moieties
pronucleophiles
were
exclusively
converted
cis-conjugated
enynes,
which
will
eventually
allow
for
further
versatile
transformations.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
138(42), P. 13862 - 13865
Published: Oct. 9, 2016
Alkyl
oxalates,
prepared
from
their
corresponding
alcohols,
are
engaged
for
the
first
time
as
carbon
radical
fragments
in
metallaphotoredox
catalysis.
In
this
report,
we
demonstrate
that
native
organic
functional
groups,
can
be
readily
activated
with
simple
oxalyl
chloride
to
become
precursors
a
net
redox-neutral
Csp3–Csp2
cross-coupling
broad
range
of
aryl
halides.
This
alcohol-activation
coupling
is
successfully
applied
functionalization
naturally
occurring
steroid
and
expedient
synthesis
medicinally
relevant
drug
lead.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
140(43), P. 14490 - 14497
Published: Oct. 8, 2018
This
work
illustrates
the
reductive
coupling
of
electron-rich
aryl
halides
with
tertiary
alkyl
under
Ni-catalyzed
cross-electrophile
conditions,
which
offers
an
efficient
protocol
for
construction
all
carbon
quaternary
stereogenic
centers.
The
mild
and
easy-to-operate
reaction
tolerates
a
wide
range
functional
groups.
utility
this
method
is
manifested
by
preparation
cyclotryptamine
derivatives,
wherein
successful
incorporation
7-indolyl
moieties
particular
interest
as
numerous
naturally
occurring
products
are
composed
these
key
scaffolds.
DFT
calculations
have
been
carried
out
to
investigate
proposed
radical
chain
double
oxidative
addition
pathways,
provide
useful
mechanistic
insights
into
part
that
takes
place
in
solution.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
56(3), P. 851 - 855
Published: Dec. 21, 2016
Abstract
A
method
for
the
catalytic
enantioselective
arylboration
of
alkenylarenes
is
disclosed.
The
reaction
leads
to
formation
1,1‐diarylalkanes
that
also
incorporate
an
additional
pinacol
boronic
ester
which
can
be
easily
transformed
a
variety
groups.
products
are
formed
with
excellent
diastereoselectivities
and
enantioselectivities.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
142(15), P. 7225 - 7234
Published: March 20, 2020
The
merger
of
photoredox
and
nickel
catalysis
has
enabled
the
construction
quaternary
centers.
However,
mechanism,
role
ligand,
effect
spin
state
for
this
transformation
related
Ni-catalyzed
cross-couplings
involving
tertiary
alkyl
radicals
in
combination
with
bipyridine
diketonate
ligands
remain
unknown.
Several
mechanisms
have
been
proposed,
all
invoking
a
key
Ni(III)
species
prior
to
undergoing
irreversible
inner-sphere
reductive
elimination.
In
work,
we
used
open-shell
dispersion-corrected
DFT
calculations,
quasi-classical
dynamics
experiments
study
detail
mechanism
carbon–carbon
bond
formation
Ni
bipyridine-
diketonate-based
catalytic
systems.
These
calculations
revealed
that
access
high
states
(e.g.,
triplet
tetrahedral
Ni(II)
species)
is
critical
effective
radical
cross-coupling
radicals.
Further,
these
disparate
C–C
formation.
Specifically,
contrary
neutral
Ni-bipyridyl
system,
lead
directly
corresponding
products
via
an
outer-sphere
elimination
step
from
intermediates.
Implications
design
new
transformations
are
discussed.
Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
374(6565), P. 301 - 308
Published: Oct. 15, 2021
Which
phosphines
squeeze
together?
Phosphine
ligands
coordinated
to
palladium
and
nickel
are
essential
tools
for
assembling
the
backbones
of
pharmaceutical
compounds.
For
decades,
descriptors
that
characterize
spatial
bulk
have
helped
guide
phosphine
optimization.
However,
these
tend
apply
ideal
geometries
a
single
ligand.
Newman-Stonebraker
et
al
.
introduce
descriptor
considers
how
ligand
conformation
might
change
in
crowded
environment.
Specifically,
they
found
minimum
percentage
buried
volume
accurately
predicts
when
one
or
two
particular
will
coordinate
metal
center,
frequently
key
determinant
successful
catalysis.
—JSY
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(6), P. 4162 - 4184
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
This
review
provides
a
comprehensive
summary
of
recent
advances
in
nickel-catalyzed
reactions
employing
tertiary
alkyl
electrophiles
for
the
construction
quaternary
carbon
centers.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
139(23), P. 7709 - 7712
Published: May 31, 2017
A
novel
copper-catalyzed
arylation
of
benzylic
C–H
bonds
with
nucleophilic
arylboronic
acids
has
been
developed
that
provides
an
efficient
way
to
synthesize
various
1,1-diarylalkanes
a
broad
substrate
scope
and
excellent
functional
group
compatibility.
The
reactions
occur
at
room
temperature
using
alkylarenes
as
the
limiting
reagents,
which
allows
access
more
valuable
complex
bioactive
compounds.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
140(1), P. 78 - 81
Published: Dec. 7, 2017
We
describe
the
development
of
a
nickel-catalyzed
Suzuki–Miyaura
cross-coupling
tertiary
benzylic
and
allylic
sulfones
with
arylboroxines.
A
variety
sulfones,
which
can
easily
be
prepared
via
deprotonation–alkylation
route,
were
reacted
to
afford
symmetric
unsymmetric
quaternary
products
in
good
yields.
highlight
use
either
BrettPhos
or
Doyle's
phosphines
as
effective
ligands
for
these
challenging
desulfonative
coupling
reactions.
The
utility
this
methodology
was
demonstrated
concise
synthesis
vitamin
D
receptor
modulator
analogue.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
7(4), P. 2425 - 2429
Published: Feb. 17, 2017
An
enantioselective
Cu/Pd-catalyzed
borylative
coupling
of
styrenes
with
aryl/alkenyl
iodides
was
realized
using
a
chiral
sulfoxide-phosphine
(SOP)
ligand.
Enantioenriched
1,1-diarylethyl
and
β-aryl-homoallylic
boronates
are
readily
prepared.
A
streamlined
procedure
merging
arylboration
subsequent
Pd-catalyzed
Suzuki–Miyaura
cross-coupling
enables
the
modular
assembly
enantioenriched
1,1,2-triarylethanes,
including
two
medicinally
important
small-molecule
targets.