Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(50), P. 9020 - 9024
Published: Dec. 8, 2023
This
study
presents
a
novel
method
for
the
regioselective
coupling
of
gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes
with
gem-diborylmethane,
utilizing
Pd-catalyst
system.
innovative
approach
enables
synthesis
2-fluoroalkenyl
monoboronate
scaffolds
high
Z-selectivity.
The
resulting
products
undergo
further
transformations,
including
oxidation,
Suzuki
cross-coupling,
and
trifluoroborylation,
all
which
are
achieved
good
yields.
work
introduces
valuable
synthetic
pathway
to
access
important
fluorinated
compounds
various
applications
in
organic
chemistry.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(22), P. 12313 - 12370
Published: Nov. 9, 2023
Late-stage
functionalization
(LSF)
introduces
functional
group
or
structural
modification
at
the
final
stage
of
synthesis
natural
products,
drugs,
and
complex
compounds.
It
is
anticipated
that
late-stage
would
improve
drug
discovery's
effectiveness
efficiency
hasten
creation
various
chemical
libraries.
Consequently,
products
a
productive
technique
to
produce
product
derivatives,
which
significantly
impacts
biology
development.
Carbon-carbon
bonds
make
up
fundamental
framework
organic
molecules.
Compared
with
carbon-carbon
bond
construction,
activation
can
directly
enable
molecular
editing
(deletion,
insertion,
atoms
groups
atoms)
provide
more
efficient
accurate
synthetic
strategy.
However,
selective
unstrained
still
one
most
challenging
projects
in
synthesis.
This
review
encompasses
strategies
employed
recent
years
for
cleavage
by
explicitly
focusing
on
their
applicability
functionalization.
expands
current
discourse
reactions
providing
comprehensive
overview
types
bonds.
includes
C-C(sp),
C-C(sp2),
C-C(sp3)
single
bonds;
double
triple
bonds,
focus
catalysis
transition
metals
organocatalysts.
Additionally,
specific
topics,
such
as
ring-opening
processes
involving
three-,
four-,
five-,
six-membered
rings,
are
discussed,
exemplar
applications
these
techniques
showcased
context
bioactive
molecules
discovery.
aims
shed
light
advancements
field
propose
potential
avenues
future
research
realm
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
60(19), P. 10626 - 10631
Published: Feb. 18, 2021
Herein,
we
report
a
rhodium
catalyzed
directing-group
free
regioselective
C-H
allylation
of
simple
arenes.
Readily
available
gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes
can
be
employed
as
highly
reactive
allyl
surrogates
via
sequence
C-C
and
C-F
bond
activation,
providing
arene
derivatives
in
good
yields
with
high
regioselectivity
under
mild
conditions.
The
robust
methodology
enables
facile
late-stage
functionalization
complex
bioactive
molecules.
efficiency
this
reaction
is
also
demonstrated
by
the
turnover
number
(TON,
up
to
1700)
catalyst
on
gram-scale
experiments.
Preliminary
success
kinetic
resolution
transformation
achieved,
promising
access
enantio-enriched
cyclopropanes.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
23(9), P. 3259 - 3263
Published: April 19, 2021
Monofluoroalkenes
normally
act
as
metabolically
stable
bioisosteres
for
amide
groups
(-NH-CO-)
and
have
widespread
applications
in
drug
discovery.
Additionally,
they
are
widely
used
building
blocks
organic
synthesis.
In
this
study,
the
Cu/Pd-catalyzed
cis-borylfluoroallylation
of
alkynes
was
achieved,
providing
a
modular
general
tactic
preparation
monofluorinated
alkene
scaffolds
with
high
regioselectivity
stereoselectivity.
Moreover,
an
array
synthetic
can
be
generated
by
downstream
transformations.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(19), P. 11960 - 11965
Published: Sept. 13, 2021
A
cross-electrophile
coupling
between
gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes
and
2,2-difluorovinyl
tosylate
via
dual
Ni/Pd
cooperative
catalysis
under
mild
reaction
conditions
is
presented.
Various
structurally
unique
organofluorine
compounds
bearing
both
monofluoroalkene
gem-difluoroalkene
moieties
can
be
effectively
afforded
in
good
yields
with
a
high
(Z)-selectivity.
The
synthetic
utility
of
this
protocol
has
been
successfully
demonstrated
by
the
late-stage
modification
series
complex
bioactive
molecules.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
23(12), P. 4920 - 4924
Published: June 4, 2021
A
palladium-catalyzed
C-H
allylation
of
electron-deficient
polyfluoroarenes
with
gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes
is
reported.
It
provides
a
useful
and
facile
approach
to
2-fluoroallylic
in
moderate
excellent
yields
high
Z-selectivity.
In
addition,
this
new
has
good
functional
group
compatibility
broad
substrate
scope.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(11), P. 2093 - 2098
Published: March 11, 2022
Palladium-catalyzed
synthesis
of
3-acyl
and
-allyl
indoles
has
been
realized
by
merging
nucleophilic
cyclization
ortho-alkynylanilines
with
ring
opening
three-membered
rings
such
as
cyclopropenones
gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes.
These
functionalized
were
obtained
in
moderate
to
high
yields
stereoselectivity
both
cases.
This
protocol
provides
an
alternative
method
toward
under
mild
redox-neutral
conditions.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(11), P. 6495 - 6505
Published: May 17, 2022
Controlling
the
selectivity
of
synthetically
useful
reactions
has
been
a
longstanding
objective
organic
chemistry.
We
report
regiodivergent
synthetic
protocol
allowing
access
to
diverse
fluorinated
1,5-dienes
through
Pd/NHC-catalyzed
ring-opening
allylation
gem-difluorocyclopropanes.
Density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
on
regioselectivity-determining
transition
states
provided
critical
insight
into
design
NHC
ligand
for
switching
regioselectivity.
Consistent
with
DFT
predictions,
N-heterocyclic
carbene
(NHC)
ligands
bulky
ortho
substituents
favored
branched
allylation,
IHept
providing
>
20:1
branched/linear
less
hindered
such
as
IMes
thermodynamically
more
stable
linear
products.
were
able
carry
out
late-stage
modification
various
complex
molecules
using
this
protocol.
Our
ligand-controlled
approach
provides
efficient
regioisomeric
from
same
starting
materials
and
constitutes
valuable
addition
toolbox
diversity-oriented
synthesis.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(15), P. 8857 - 8867
Published: July 10, 2022
The
unique
properties
of
the
fluorine-containing
compounds
and
their
widespread
applications
raise
demand
for
dependable
synthetic
methods
on
precise
introduction
substituents
into
organic
molecules.
Herein,
a
site-divergent
fluoroallylation
olefins
that
can
incorporate
fluoroallyl
motif
different
alkenyl
C–H
sites
is
disclosed.
gem-Difluorinated
cyclopropanes
are
employed
as
sources
via
rhodium-catalyzed
C–C
bond
activation.
This
strategy
provide
two
regioisomeric
fluorinated
skipped
dienes
in
good
yields
with
excellent
site-selectivity.
resulting
products
serve
useful
building
blocks
to
access
various
molecules
isosteric
β,
γ-unsaturated
amides,
which
promising
be
exploited
medicinal
chemistry.
Mechanistic
studies
revealed
electronic
property
rhodium
catalysts
crucial
controllable
site-selectivity,
providing
more
insights
beyond
methodology
tuning
selectivity
metal
catalysts.
ChemCatChem,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(24)
Published: Aug. 11, 2022
Abstract
gem
‐Difluorocyclopropanes
(F
2
CPs)
have
aroused
considerable
attention
not
only
from
the
structural
perspective
but
also
due
to
their
ability
participate
in
various
valuable
transformations.
This
Review
summarizes
advances
catalytic
ring‐opening
reactions
of
‐F
CPs,
especially
emphasizing
reactivities
and
applications
those
non‐activated
ones
under
transition‐metal
catalysis.
Their
achievements,
synthetic
limitations
are
discussed
with
aim
stimulate
enthusiasm
for
further
development.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(23)
Published: April 4, 2023
Defluorinative
manipulation
of
polyfluorinated
molecules
has
shown
great
promise
due
to
its
granting
synthetic
versatility
inert
C-F
bonds.
The
development
chemo-,
stereo-
and
regioselective
strategies
realize
highly
efficient
formation
either
the
linear/branched
or
E/Z
products
from
gem-difluorocyclopropanes
(gem-F2
CPs)
is
a
challenging
task.
Herein,
we
have
realized
palladium/NHC-catalyzed
fluoroallylation/annulation
hydrazones
with
gem-F2
CPs
that
incorporate
hydrazone
N2
moiety
into
products.
thermodynamically
unstable
fluorinated
E-allylation
aryl
ketone
were
obtained
for
first
time,
while
di-alkyl
yielded
monofluorinated
branched
selectivity
under
similar
reaction
conditions.
With
aldehyde
hydrazones,
two
kinds
pyrazoles
via
defluorinative
allylation/annulation
cascade,
in
which
different
carbon
atoms
could
be
incorporated
pyrazole
rings
regiospecifically.
DFT
calculations
revealed
divergent
was
kinetically
controlled
final
C-C
bond
proceeded
through
7-membered
TS.