ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(10), P. 9140 - 9147
Published: Aug. 15, 2018
Versatile
cobalt
catalysis
enabled
electrochemical
C–H
activation
with
allenes.
Thus,
allene
annulations
were
accomplished
in
terms
of
C–H/N–H
functionalizations
excellent
levels
chemoselectivity,
site
selectivity,
and
regioselectivity
under
exceedingly
mild
conditions.
Detailed
mechanistic
studies
conducted,
including
reactions
isotopically
labeled
compounds,
kinetic
investigations,
in-operando
infrared
spectroscopic
studies.
Further,
computational
supportive
a
non-rate-determining
cleavage
gave
key
insights
into
the
annulation.
The
practical
utility
user-friendly
approach
was
furthermore
highlighted
by
gram-scale
electrocatalysis.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
119(4), P. 2192 - 2452
Published: Nov. 27, 2018
C–H
activation
has
surfaced
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
for
molecular
sciences,
with
notable
applications
to
material
crop
protection,
drug
discovery,
and
pharmaceutical
industries,
among
others.
Despite
major
advances,
the
vast
majority
of
these
functionalizations
required
precious
4d
or
5d
transition
metal
catalysts.
Given
cost-effective
sustainable
nature
earth-abundant
first
row
metals,
development
less
toxic,
inexpensive
3d
catalysts
gained
considerable
recent
momentum
a
significantly
more
environmentally-benign
economically-attractive
alternative.
Herein,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
on
until
summer
2018.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
47(17), P. 6603 - 6743
Published: Jan. 1, 2018
The
present
review
is
devoted
to
summarizing
the
recent
advances
(2015-2017)
in
field
of
metal-catalysed
group-directed
C-H
functionalisation.
In
order
clearly
showcase
molecular
diversity
that
can
now
be
accessed
by
means
directed
functionalisation,
whole
organized
following
directing
groups
installed
on
a
substrate.
Its
aim
comprehensive
reference
work,
where
specific
group
easily
found,
together
with
transformations
which
have
been
carried
out
it.
Hence,
primary
format
this
schemes
accompanied
concise
explanatory
text,
are
ordered
sections
according
their
chemical
structure.
feature
typical
substrates
used,
products
obtained
as
well
required
reaction
conditions.
Importantly,
each
example
commented
respect
most
important
positive
features
and
drawbacks,
aspects
such
selectivity,
substrate
scope,
conditions,
removal,
greenness.
targeted
readership
both
experts
functionalisation
chemistry
(to
provide
overview
progress
made
last
years)
and,
even
more
so,
all
organic
chemists
who
want
introduce
way
thinking
for
design
straightforward,
efficient
step-economic
synthetic
routes
towards
molecules
interest
them.
Accordingly,
should
particular
also
scientists
from
industrial
R&D
sector.
overall
goal
promote
application
reactions
outside
research
dedicated
method
development
establishing
it
valuable
archetype
contemporary
R&D,
comparable
role
cross-coupling
play
date.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
120(3), P. 1788 - 1887
Published: Jan. 6, 2020
During
the
past
decades,
synthetic
organic
chemistry
discovered
that
directing
group
assisted
C–H
activation
is
a
key
tool
for
expedient
and
siteselective
construction
of
C–C
bonds.
Among
various
strategies,
bidentate
groups
are
now
recognized
as
one
most
efficient
devices
selective
functionalization
certain
positions
due
to
fact
its
metal
center
permits
fine,
tunable,
reversible
coordination.
The
family
permit
types
assistance
be
achieved,
such
N,N-dentate,
N,O-dentate,
N,S-dentate
auxiliaries,
which
categorized
based
on
coordination
site.
In
this
review,
we
broadly
discuss
bond
reactions
formation
bonds
with
aid
groups.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. 7086 - 7103
Published: June 18, 2018
C–H
activation
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
in
molecular
synthesis,
but
until
recently
oxidative
activations
have
largely
involved
the
use
of
stoichiometric
amounts
expensive
and
toxic
metal
oxidants,
compromising
overall
sustainable
nature
chemistry.
In
sharp
contrast,
electrochemical
been
identified
more
efficient
strategy
that
exploits
storable
electricity
place
byproduct-generating
chemical
reagents.
Thus,
transition-metal
catalysts
were
shown
to
enable
versatile
reactions
manner.
While
palladium
catalysis
set
stage
for
C(sp2)–H
C(sp3)–H
functionalizations
by
N-containing
directing
groups,
rhodium
ruthenium
allowed
weakly
coordinating
amides
acids.
contrast
these
precious
4d
transition
metals,
recent
year
witnessed
emergence
cobalt
oxygenations,
nitrogenations,
C–C-forming
[4+2]
alkyne
annulations.
Thereby,
silver(I)
oxidants
was
prevented,
improving
environmentally
benign
catalysis.
Herein,
we
summarize
major
advances
organometallic
otherwise
inert
bonds
electrocatalysis
through
May
2018.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
53(1), P. 84 - 104
Published: Dec. 19, 2019
To
improve
the
efficacy
of
molecular
syntheses,
researchers
wish
to
capitalize
upon
selective
modification
otherwise
inert
C-H
bonds.
The
past
two
decades
have
witnessed
considerable
advances
in
coordination
chemistry
that
set
stage
for
transformative
tools
functionalizations.
Particularly,
oxidative
C-H/C-H
and
C-H/Het-H
transformations
gained
major
attention
because
they
avoid
all
elements
substrate
prefunctionalization.
Despite
advances,
activations
been
dominated
by
precious
transition
metal
catalysts
based
on
palladium,
ruthenium,
iridium,
rhodium,
thus
compromising
sustainable
nature
overall
activation
approach.
same
holds
true
predominant
use
stoichiometric
chemical
oxidants
regeneration
active
catalyst,
prominently
featuring
hypervalent
iodine(III),
copper(II),
silver(I)
oxidants.
Thereby,
quantities
undesired
byproducts
are
generated,
which
preventive
applications
scale.
In
contrast,
elegant
merger
homogeneous
metal-catalyzed
with
electrosynthesis
bears
unique
power
achieve
outstanding
levels
oxidant
resource
economy.
Thus,
contrast
classical
electrosyntheses
control,
metalla-electrocatalysis
huge
largely
untapped
potential
unmet
site
selectivities
means
catalyst
control.
While
indirect
electrolysis
using
palladium
complexes
has
realized,
less
toxic
expensive
base
feature
distinct
beneficial
assets
toward
this
Account,
I
summarize
emergence
electrocatalyzed
earth-abundant
3d
metals
beyond,
a
topical
focus
contributions
from
our
laboratories
through
November
2019.
cobalt
electrocatalysis
was
identified
as
particularly
powerful
platform
wealth
transformations,
including
oxygenations
nitrogenations
well
alkynes,
alkenes,
allenes,
isocyanides,
carbon
monoxide,
among
others.
As
complementary
tools,
nickel,
copper,
very
recently
iron
devised
metalla-electrocatalyzed
activations.
Key
success
were
detailed
mechanistic
insights,
oxidation-induced
reductive
elimination
scenarios.
Likewise,
development
methods
make
weak
O-coordination
benefited
crucial
insights
into
catalyst's
modes
action
experiment,
operando
spectroscopy,
computation.
Overall,
thereby
syntheses
These
electrooxidative
frequently
characterized
improved
chemoselectivities.
Hence,
ability
dial
redox
at
minimum
level
required
desired
transformation
renders
an
ideal
functionalization
structurally
complex
molecules
sensitive
functional
groups.
This
strategy
was,
inter
alia,
successfully
applied
scale-up
continuous
flow
step-economical
assembly
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(37), P. 12803 - 12818
Published: May 11, 2019
Molecular
syntheses
largely
rely
on
time-
and
labour-intensive
prefunctionalization
strategies.
In
contrast,
C-H
activation
represents
an
increasingly
powerful
approach
that
avoids
lengthy
of
prefunctionalized
substrates,
with
great
potential
for
drug
discovery,
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
material
sciences,
crop
protection,
among
others.
The
enantioselective
functionalization
omnipresent
bonds
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
step-
atom-economical
generation
chiral
molecular
complexity.
However,
this
rapidly
growing
research
area
remains
dominated
by
noble
transition
metals,
prominently
featuring
toxic
palladium,
iridium
rhodium
catalysts.
Indeed,
despite
significant
achievements,
use
inexpensive
sustainable
3d
metals
in
asymmetric
activations
is
still
clearly
its
infancy.
Herein,
we
discuss
remarkable
recent
progress
transformations
via
organometallic
base
up
to
April
2019.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
139(51), P. 18452 - 18455
Published: Nov. 18, 2017
Electrochemical
cobalt-catalyzed
C–H
functionalizations
were
achieved
in
terms
of
oxygenation
under
mild
conditions
at
23
°C.
The
robust
electrochemical
functionalization
was
characterized
by
ample
substrate
scope,
whereas
mechanistic
studies
provided
support
for
a
facile
cleavage.
proved
viable
on
arenes
and
alkenes
with
excellent
levels
positional
diastereo-selectivity,
avoiding
the
use
stoichiometric
silver(I)
oxidants
ambient
conditions.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
57(45), P. 14700 - 14717
Published: July 3, 2018
The
late-stage
modification
of
structurally
complex
peptides
bears
great
potential
for
drug
discovery,
crop
protection,
and
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
among
others.
Whereas
traditional
approaches
largely
rely
on
prefunctionalizations,
C-H
activation
catalysis
has
in
recent
years
emerged
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
post-translational
peptide
modifications
a
step-economic
manner.
Herein,
we
summarize
progress
organometallic
until
June
2018,
including
position-
chemoselective
palladium-,
ruthenium-,
manganese-catalyzed
processes.