Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 21, 2024
Cope
rearrangements
have
garnered
significant
attention
owing
to
their
ability
undergo
structural
reorganization
in
stereoselective
manner.
While
substantial
advances
been
achieved
over
decades,
these
remained
applicable
exclusively
parent
1,5-hexadienes.
Herein,
we
disclose
the
gold-catalyzed
arylative
rearrangement
of
1,6-heptadienes
via
a
cyclization-induced
[3,3]-rearrangement
employing
ligand-enabled
gold
redox
catalysis.
Detailed
mechanistic
investigations
including
several
control
experiments,
cross-over
experiment,
HRMS
analysis,
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(19), P. 10836 - 10856
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
The
catalytic
dicarbofunctionalization
of
unsaturated
π
bonds
represents
a
powerful
platform
for
the
rapid
construction
complex
motifs.
Despite
remarkable
progress,
novel
and
efficient
methods
achieving
such
transformations
under
milder
conditions
with
chemo-,
regio-,
stereoselectivity
still
remain
significant
challenge;
thus,
their
development
is
highly
desirable.
Recently,
merging
nickel
catalysis
radical
chemistry
offers
new
benign
unprecedented
reactivity
selectivity.
In
this
review,
we
summarize
recent
advances
in
area
by
underpinning
domino
involving
capture
to
provide
clear
overview
reaction
designs
mechanistic
scenarios.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(5), P. 1322 - 1345
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Functionalization
of
alkenes/alkynes
is
a
highly
effective
route
to
achieve
molecular
complexity.
This
review
summarizes
recent
progresses
on
the
1,2-difunctionalization/hydrofunctionalization
unactivated
with
C−S
bond
formation.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Jan. 4, 2023
Precise
stereocontrol
of
functionalized
alkenes
represents
a
long-standing
research
topic
in
organic
synthesis.
Nevertheless,
the
development
catalytic,
easily
tunable
synthetic
approach
for
stereodivergent
synthesis
both
E-selective
and
even
more
challenging
Z-selective
highly
substituted
1,3-dienes
from
common
substrates
remains
underexploited.
Here,
we
report
photoredox
nickel
dual
catalytic
strategy
sulfonylalkenylation
terminal
alkynes
with
vinyl
triflates
sodium
sulfinates
under
mild
conditions.
With
judicious
choice
simple
catalyst
ligand,
this
method
enables
efficient
divergent
access
to
Z-
E-sulfonyl-1,3-dienes
same
set
starting
materials.
This
features
broad
substrate
scope,
good
functional
compatibility,
excellent
chemo-,
regio-,
stereoselectivity.
Experimental
DFT
mechanistic
studies
offer
insights
into
observed
stereoselectivity
controlled
by
ligands.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: June 13, 2022
Abstract
Transition
metal-catalyzed
reactions
of
silacyclobutanes
with
a
variety
π
units
have
attracted
much
attention
and
become
one
the
most
straightforward
efficient
approaches
to
rapidly
access
structurally
diverse
organosilicon
compounds.
However,
reaction
alkynes
still
suffers
from
some
limitations:
(1)
internal
remain
challenging
substrates;
(2)
expensive
Pd-
or
Rh-based
catalysts
been
employed
in
all
existing
systems;
(3)
controlling
chemodivergence
has
not
yet
realized.
Herein
we
realize
Ni-catalyzed
chemodivergent
alkynes.
In
comparison
previous
Pd
Rh
catalytic
systems,
our
Ni-catalytic
system
features:
1)
complementary
substrate
scope;
2)
ligand-controlled
chemodivergence;
3)
low
cost.
The
ligand
precisely
dictates
pathway
selectivity,
leading
divergent
formation
(benzo)silacyclohexenes
allyl
vinylsilanes.
Moreover,
demonstrate
that
employment
chiral
phosphine
is
capable
forming
silicon-stereogenic
vinylsilanes
high
yields
enantioselectivities.
addition,
DFT
calculation
performed
elucidate
origin
switchable
selectivities,
which
mainly
attributed
different
steric
effects.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(22), P. 10064 - 10074
Published: May 27, 2022
Intramolecular
alkyne
hydroamidation
represents
a
straightforward
approach
for
the
access
to
synthetically
valuable
cyclic
enamides.
Despite
some
advances
made
in
this
realm,
ability
attain
precise
regiocontrol
still
remains
challenging,
especially
endo
cyclization
that
leads
six-membered
and
larger
azacyclic
rings.
Herein,
we
report
NiH-catalyzed
intramolecular
of
alkynyl
dioxazolones
allows
an
excellent
selectivity,
thus
affording
range
six-
eight-membered
endocyclic
enamides
with
broad
scope.
Mechanistic
investigations
revealed
Ni(I)
catalysis
is
operative
current
system,
proceeding
via
regioselective
syn-hydronickelation,
alkenylnickel
E/Z
isomerization,
Ni-centered
inner-sphere
nitrenoid
transfer.
In
particular,
key
isomerization
step,
which
previously
lacked
mechanistic
understandings,
was
found
take
place
through
η2-vinyl
transition
state.
The
synthetic
value
protocol
demonstrated
by
diastereoselective
modifications
obtained
highly
functionalized
δ-lactam
scaffolds.
Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
11(5)
Published: March 9, 2022
Abstract
Alkynes
are
one
of
the
most
fundamental
and
diverse
functional
groups
utilized
in
organic
synthesis.
Over
past
few
years,
development
efficient
synthetic
methodologies
for
functionalization
alkynes
has
been
an
active
area
research.
A
plethora
alkyne
reactions
have
reported
literature
to
construct
functionalized
alkene
scaffolds,
which
important
building
blocks
many
natural
products,
pharmaceuticals,
key
intermediates
various
transformations.
In
this
review,
we
describe
recent
advances
with
emphasis
on
substrate
scope,
limitations,
regioselectivity
control
applications
these
reactions.
This
review
covers
from
2016
2021.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(46)
Published: Sept. 23, 2022
Abstract
The
introduction
of
fluorine‐containing
groups
into
organic
molecules
can
significantly
affect
their
physical
and
chemical
properties
has
long
been
used
as
an
effective
strategy
for
drug
discovery
development.
Consequently,
the
development
catalytic
asymmetric
methods
synthesis
heterocycles
is
highly
desirable
sought
after.
Herein,
we
describe
a
nickel‐catalyzed
defluorinative
cyclization
fluoroalkyl‐substituted
1,6‐enynes,
providing
expedient
access
to
synthetically
attractive
4‐fluorovinyl‐substituted
2‐pyrrolidones
in
good
yields
with
remarkable
high
levels
chemo‐,
regio‐,
enantioselectivities
(90–99
%
ee,>35
examples).
This
protocol
features
readily
available
starting
materials
excellent
functional
group
compatibility,
exhibits
complementary
regioselectivity.
utility
this
was
demonstrated
enantioselective
antiepileptic
Seletracetam.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(25)
Published: April 6, 2022
Abstract
Ligand‐directed
divergent
synthesis
can
transform
common
starting
materials
into
distinct
molecular
scaffolds
by
simple
tuning
different
ligands.
This
strategy
enables
the
rapid
construction
of
structurally
rich
collection
small
molecules
for
biological
evaluation
and
reveals
novel
modes
catalytic
transformation,
representing
one
most
sought‐after
challenges
in
synthetic
chemistry.
We
herein
report
a
Ni‐catalyzed
ligand‐controlled
tunable
cyclization/cross‐couplings
pharmacologically
important
2‐benzazepine
frameworks.
The
bidentate
ligand
facilitates
nucleophilic
addition
aryl
halides
to
amide
carbonyl,
followed
1,4‐acyl
transfer
cross‐coupling
obtain
2‐benzazepin‐5‐ones
benzo[c]pyrano[2,3‐e]azepines.
tridentate
promotes
selective
7‐
endo
cyclization/cross‐coupling
access
2‐benzazepin‐3‐ones.
protocol
operates
under
mild
reaction
conditions
with
cyclization
patterns
that
be
easily
modulated
through
backbone.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(14), P. 8164 - 8174
Published: June 23, 2022
The
use
of
alkynes
as
vinylmetal
pronucleophiles
in
intermolecular
enantioselective
metal-catalyzed
carbonyl
and
imine
reductive
couplings
to
form
allylic
alcohols
amines
is
surveyed.
Related
hydrogen
auto-transfer
processes,
wherein
or
serve
dually
reductants
proelectrophiles,
also
are
cataloged,
applications
target-oriented
synthesis.
These
processes
represent
an
emerging
alternative
the
stoichiometric
reagents
Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi
(NHK)
reactions
alkenylation.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(47), P. 8451 - 8456
Published: Nov. 16, 2023
The
three-component
reactions
of
enaminones,
disulfides,
and
alcohols
for
the
synthesis
polyfunctionalized
alkenes
have
been
realized
via
C-H
C-N
bond
transformation
on
enaminones.
proceed
in
a
novel
"alkene-to-alkene"
difunctionalization
mode
without
using
any
transition
metal.
application
alkene
products
divergent
sulfenyl
heteroaryls,
including
sulfenylated
pyrazoles,
pyrimidines,
isoxazoles,
simple
annulation
has
also
verified.