Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
17(38), P. 8673 - 8689
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
Asymmetric
visible-light
photocatalysis
has
recently
drawn
considerable
attention
of
the
scientific
community
owing
to
its
unique
activation
modes
and
significance
for
enantioselective
green
synthesis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(9), P. 3989 - 3997
Published: Feb. 22, 2022
Chiral
phosphine-containing
skeletons
are
important
motifs
in
bioactive
natural
products,
pharmaceuticals,
chiral
catalysts,
and
ligands.
Herein,
we
report
a
general
modular
platform
to
access
α-aryl
phosphorus
compounds
via
Ni/photoredox-catalyzed
enantioconvergent
reductive
cross-coupling
between
α-bromophosphates
aryl
iodides.
This
dual
catalytic
regime
exhibited
high
efficiency
good
functional
group
compacity.
A
wide
variety
of
substrates
bearing
diverse
set
groups
could
be
converted
into
phosphates
excellent
yields
enantioselectivities.
The
utility
the
method
was
also
demonstrated
by
development
new
phosphine
ligand
synthesis
enzyme
inhibitor
derivatives.
detailed
mechanistic
studies
supported
radical
chain
process
revealed
unique
distinction
compared
with
traditional
cross-coupling.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(4), P. 2351 - 2357
Published: Jan. 17, 2024
Cross-coupling
catalysts
typically
react
and
unite
functionally
distinct
partners
via
sequential
inner-sphere
elementary
steps:
coordination,
migratory
insertion,
reductive
elimination,
etc.
Here,
we
report
a
single
catalyst
that
cross-couples
styrenes
benzyl
bromides
iterative
outer-sphere
metal–ligand-carbon
interactions.
Each
partner
forms
stabilized
radical
intermediate,
yet
heterocoupled
products
predominate.
The
system
is
redox-neutral
and,
thus,
avoids
exogenous
oxidants,
resulting
in
simple
scalable
conditions.
Numerous
variations
of
alkene
hydrobenzylation
are
made
possible,
including
access
to
the
privileged
heterodibenzyl
(1,2-diarylethane)
motif
challenging
quaternary
carbon
variants.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(28), P. 18892 - 18898
Published: July 5, 2024
Herein,
we
designed
a
reaction
for
the
desymmetrization-addition
of
cyclopropenes
to
imines
by
leveraging
synergy
between
photoredox
and
asymmetric
cobalt
catalysis.
This
protocol
facilitated
synthesis
series
chiral
functionalized
cyclopropanes
with
high
yield,
enantioselectivity,
diastereoselectivity
(44
examples,
up
93%
yield
>99%
ee).
A
possible
mechanism
involving
cyclopropene
desymmetrization
Co-H
species
imine
addition
Co-alkyl
was
proposed.
study
provides
novel
route
important
extends
frontier
metallaphotoredox
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
22(15), P. 5984 - 5989
Published: July 24, 2020
An
efficient,
photoredox-catalyst-free
radical
alkylation
of
quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones
has
been
described.
This
reaction
utilizes
4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines
(R-DHPs)
as
alkyl
precursors
and
acetoxybenziodoxole
(BI-OAc)
an
electron
acceptor
to
undergo
single-electron
transfer
with
photoexcited
R-DHPs.
The
benign
conditions
allow
for
good
compatibility
in
the
scope
both
synthetic
value
protocol
was
also
demonstrated
by
successful
functionalization
natural
products
drug-based
complex
molecules
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
17(38), P. 8673 - 8689
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
Asymmetric
visible-light
photocatalysis
has
recently
drawn
considerable
attention
of
the
scientific
community
owing
to
its
unique
activation
modes
and
significance
for
enantioselective
green
synthesis.