Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(43), P. 23814 - 23823
Published: Oct. 18, 2023
Radical
remote
1,n-difunctionalization
reactions
(n
>
2)
of
alkenes
are
powerful
tools
to
efficiently
introduce
functional
groups
with
selected
distances
into
target
molecules.
Among
these
reactions,
1,5-difunctionalizations
an
important
subclass,
leading
sought-after
scaffolds,
but
typically
suffer
from
tailored
starting
materials
and
strict
limitations
for
the
formed
group
in
2-position.
Seeking
address
issues
make
radical
more
applicable,
we
report
a
novel
three-component
1,2,5-trifunctionalization
reaction
between
imine-based
bifunctional
reagents
two
distinct
alkenes,
driven
by
visible
light
energy
transfer-catalysis.
Key
achieving
this
selective
one-step
installation
three
different
via
choreographed
formation
four
bonds
was
utilization
1,2-boron
shift
rigorous
capitalization
polarities
stabilities.
Thorough
mechanistic
studies
were
carried
out,
synthetic
utility
obtained
products
demonstrated
various
downstream
modifications.
Notably,
addition
functionalization
individual
groups,
their
interplay
gave
rise
unique
array
cyclic
products.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(3), P. 1068 - 1089
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Leveraging
light
energy
to
expose
the
‘dark’
reactive
states
describes
whole
essence
of
triplet–triplet
transfer.
This
offers
an
impressive
opportunity
conduct
a
multitude
diverse
reactions
and
access
sought-after
molecular
motifs.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(4), P. 2364 - 2374
Published: Jan. 18, 2023
Sulfur(VI)
fluoride
exchange
(SuFEx)
gives
rise
to
a
plethora
of
high-valent
sulfur
linkages;
however,
the
availability
(aliphatic)
sulfonyl
manifolds
lag
behind,
owing
limited
sources
introducing
SO2F
moiety
via
classical
two-electron
approach.
Recently,
radical-based
methodologies
have
emerged
as
complementary
strategy
increase
diversity
accessible
click
partners.
In
this
work,
synthesis
bench-stable
sulfamoyl
reagent
is
presented,
which
may
undergo
sigma-bond
homolysis
upon
visible-light-induced
sensitization
form
protected
β-amino
fluorides
from
alkene
feedstocks.
Notably,
offers
an
appealing
access
various
building
blocks
for
peptido
fluorides,
relevant
in
medicinal
chemistry
context,
well
intriguing
entry
β-ammonium
sulfonates
and
β-sultams,
alkenes.
Densely
functionalized
1,3-sultones
were
obtained
by
employing
allyl
alcohols
substrates.
Surprisingly,
chloride-derived
β-imino
underwent
S-O
bond
formation
ring
closure
yield
rigid
cyclopropyl
sulfonate
ester
under
SuFEx
conditions.
Furthermore,
engaging
thiol-based
hydrogen
atom
donor
reaction,
reactivity
same
can
be
tuned
toward
direct
aliphatic
fluorides.
Mechanistic
experiments
indicate
energy
transfer
(EnT)-mediated
process.
The
transient
radical
adds
product
occurs
either
radical-radical
coupling
or
(HAT),
respectively.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(30), P. 16630 - 16641
Published: July 24, 2023
β-(Hetero)arylethylamines
are
privileged
structural
motifs
found
in
many
high-value
organic
molecules,
including
pharmaceuticals
and
natural
products.
To
construct
these
important
molecular
skeletons,
previous
methods
mainly
achieved
by
amino(hetero)arylation
reaction
with
the
aid
of
transition
metals
preactivated
substrates.
Herein,
we
report
a
metal-free
photoinduced
intermolecular
for
single-step
installation
both
(hetero)aryl
iminyl
groups
across
alkenes
an
efficient
regioselective
manner.
This
method
shows
broad
scope
(up
to
124
examples)
excellent
tolerance
various
olefins─from
simplest
ethylene
complex
multisubstituted
can
all
participate
reaction.
Furthermore,
aminosulfonylation
be
also
conducted
presence
sodium
bisulfite
as
SO2
source.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 2482 - 2488
Published: Feb. 3, 2023
The
radical
anion
of
CO2
(CO2•–)
is
a
strongly
nucleophilic
species
with
rapidly
emerging
applications
in
contemporary
organic
chemistry.
This
exhibits
high
reactivity
single-electron
reduction
reactions
due
to
the
concomitant
release
stable
CO2,
or
Giese-type
reactions,
especially
for
electron-deficient
alkenes
and
styrene
derivatives.
In
contrast
previous
reports,
we
herein
disclose
development
robust
method
introduction
CO2•–,
which
can
be
generated
from
cesium
formate
under
photoredox/hydrogen
atom
transfer
(HAT)
catalysis,
into
heteroaromatics
such
as
benzofuran,
benzothiophene,
indole
derivatives
afford
synthetically
useful
α-oxy,
α-thio,
α-amino
acid
moderate
yield.
addition,
when
using
naphthalene
derivatives,
both
addition
occur
simultaneously
produce
carboxylated
tetrahydronaphthalene
good
Moreover,
one
tetrahydronaphthalenes
that
bear
cyano
group
was
transformed
corresponding
γ-butyrolactam
via
functionality
through
hydrogenation
followed
by
cyclization.
To
best
our
knowledge,
these
dearomative
carboxylation
metal
formates
photoredox/HAT
conditions
are
unprecedented,
thus
providing
synthetic
option
C1
source
(hetero)aromatics.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(8), P. 1745 - 1750
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
Saturated
bicyclic
amines
are
increasingly
targeted
to
the
pharmaceutical
industry
as
sp3-rich
bioisosteres
of
anilines.
Numerous
strategies
have
been
established
for
preparation
bridgehead
aminobicyclics.
However,
methods
assemble
bridge-amino
hydrocarbon
skeleton,
which
serves
a
meta-substituted
arene
bioisostere,
limited.
Herein,
general
approach
access
2-aminobicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
(aminoBCHs)
by
titanium-catalyzed
formal
[2π
+
2σ]
cycloaddition
bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
and
2-azadienes
was
developed.
Simple
derivatization
aminoBCHs
leads
various
medicinally
agrochemically
important
analogues.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(15), P. 10899 - 10907
Published: April 3, 2024
In
the
long-standing
quest
to
synthesize
fundamental
building
blocks
with
key
functional
group
motifs,
photochemistry
in
recent
past
has
comprehensively
established
its
attractiveness.
Amino
alcohols
are
not
only
functionally
diverse
but
ubiquitous
biologically
active
realm
of
compounds.
We
developed
bench-stable
bifunctional
reagents
that
could
then
access
sparsely
reported
γ-amino
directly
from
feedstock
alkenes
through
energy
transfer
(EnT)
photocatalysis.
A
designed
1,3-linkage
across
is
made
possible
by
intervention
a
radical
Brook
rearrangement
takes
place
downstream
EnT-mediated
homolysis
our
reagent(s).
combination
experimental
mechanistic
investigations
and
detailed
computational
studies
(DFT)
indicates
chain
propagated
reaction
pathway.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(8), P. 5491 - 5502
Published: March 28, 2024
Amino
acid
esters
serve
as
crucial
intermediates
in
protein
synthesis
and
common
structural
elements
biologically
active
natural
compounds.
Herein,
we
present
an
efficient
radical
cascade
reaction
involving
1,2-nitrogen
migration
C(sp2)–H
intramolecular
cyclization,
enabling
access
to
a
diverse
array
of
β-amino
motifs.
Upon
cooperative
Ni/diboron
catalysis,
π-system-independent
1,2-N-shift
β-bromo
α-amino
is
achieved,
which
allows
the
formation
two
new
bonds,
including
C(sp3)–C(sp2)
bond
C(sp3)–N
bond.
The
exhibits
extensive
substrate
compatibility
high
diastereoselectivity
proceeds
without
need
for
oxidants,
toxic
initiators,
and/or
elevated
temperatures.
It
has
been
observed
that
diboron
compounds
both
activating
reagent
inert
C–N
cleavage/migration
reductant
Ni
catalytic
cycle.
This
sheds
light
on
remote
N-functionalities
π-systems.
cascades
followed
by
intermolecular
halogenation
or
selenation
are
also
demonstrated.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(18), P. 5122 - 5129
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
study
demonstrates
a
strategy
involving
photoinduced
energy
transfer
for
decarboxylative
Minisci
C–H
(amino)alkylation
of
heteroarenes
employing
diverse
oxime
esters
(from
carboxylic
acids)
as
(amino)alkylating
reagents.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
We
describe
an
efficient
acyl
esterification
method
for
alkenes
utilizing
acyloxime
esters
as
bifunctional
reagents
featuring
radical
acylation
and
congested
C–O
bond
formation.
This
approach
is
characterized
by
mild
photoredox
conditions,
high
step
atom
economy,
a
broad
substrate
scope,
excellent
regioselectivity.
A
variety
of
valuable
α-acyl
hindered
alcohol
esters,
including
those
obtained
via
gram-scale
synthesis
late-stage
functionalization
pharmaceutical
molecules,
were
presented,
demonstrating
its
synthetic
potential
practicability.