Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
25(2), P. 671 - 677
Published: Dec. 16, 2022
A
highly
operationally
convenient
and
environmentally
benign
approach
of
the
iodosulfonylation
cyclopropenes,
styrenes,
alkynes
in
water
has
been
reported.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(24), P. 13476 - 13483
Published: June 10, 2023
A
novel
asymmetric
radical
strategy
for
the
straightforward
synthesis
of
atropisomerically
chiral
vinyl
arenes
has
been
established
herein,
proceeding
through
copper-catalyzed
atroposelective
cyanation/azidation
aryl-substituted
radicals.
Critical
to
success
relay
process
is
capture
highly
reactive
radicals
with
L*Cu(II)
cyanide
or
azide
species.
Moreover,
these
axially
vinylarene
products
can
be
easily
transformed
into
enriched
amides
and
amines,
enantiomerically
benzyl
nitriles
via
an
axis-to-center
chirality
transfer
process,
pure
organocatalyst
chemo-,
diastereo-,
enantioselective
(4
+
2)
cyclization
reaction.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
58(57), P. 7850 - 7873
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Olefins
and
akynes
are
synthetically
important
building
blocks
in
modern
organic
synthesis.
This
review
highlights
the
recent
developments
direct
functionalization
of
olefins
alkynes
via
photoinduced
copper-based
catalysis.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(16), P. 11001 - 11011
Published: Aug. 4, 2023
The
radical
1,2-difunctionalization
reaction
of
alkynes
has
evolved
into
a
versatile
approach
to
multisubstituted
alkylenes.
However,
robust
catalytic
strategies
perform
carboamination
are
lacking,
despite
the
ubiquity
resulting
enamines
in
natural
molecules,
bioactive
and
pharmaceutical
compounds.
Herein,
we
show
that
bidentate
coordinating
group
judiciously
installed
on
amines
could
act
as
an
efficient
tool
for
enabling
trifluoromethylamidation
alkynes.
This
strategy
exhibits
broad
substrate
scope
with
good
functional
compatibility
is
amenable
late-stage
functionalization
compounds
biologically
relevant
motifs,
allowing
straightforward
synthesis
large
library
CF3-containing
enamides,
high-value
pharmacophores,
single
step
from
readily
accessible
amides,
Langlois'
reagent,
current
methodology
can
also
be
successfully
extended
difluoromethylamidation
Additionally,
various
mechanistic
experiments,
such
competition
H/D
isotopic
exchanging
trap
Hammett
studies,
kinetic
have
been
performed
better
understanding
mechanism.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(35), P. 9452 - 9460
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
We
report
an
azido-alkynylation
of
alkenes
allowing
a
straightforward
access
to
homopropargylic
azides
by
combining
hypervalent
iodine
reagents
and
alkynyl-trifluoroborate
salts.
The
design
photocatalytic
redox-neutral
radical
polar
crossover
process
was
key
develop
this
transformation.
A
variety
possessing
electron-rich
-poor
aryls,
heterocycles
or
ether
substituents
could
be
accessed
in
34-84%
yield.
products
are
synthetically
useful
building
blocks
that
easily
transformed
into
pyrroles
bioactive
amines.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
89(7), P. 4607 - 4618
Published: March 21, 2024
We
have
developed
a
visible-light-driven
method
for
thioester
synthesis
that
relies
on
the
unique
dual
role
of
thiobenzoic
acids
as
one-electron
reducing
agents
and
reactants
leading
to
formation
sulfur
radical
species.
This
synthetic
process
offers
wide
scope,
accommodating
various
thioacid
thiol
substrates
without
need
photocatalyst.
JACS Au,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3(10), P. 2862 - 2872
Published: Sept. 25, 2023
Regio-divergent
propargylic
substitution
to
generate
functionally
diverse
products
from
identical
starting
materials
remains
a
formidable
challenge,
probably
due
the
unpredictable
regiochemical
complexity.
In
practically,
synthesis
of
α-quaternary
propargylic-substituted
is
still
much
less
developed,
and
preprepared
nucleophiles
are
generally
applied
in
this
type
reaction
with
substrates,
which
limits
efficiency
diversity
obtained
products.
Herein,
we
disclose
unprecedented
three-component
α-diazo
esters
amines
carbonates
under
dirhodium/palladium
dual
catalysis.
The
key
success
multicomponent
avoid
two-component
side
reactions
through
tandem
process
dirhodium(II)-catalyzed
carbene
insertion
palladium-catalyzed
regiodivergent
substitution.
judicious
selection
diphosphine
(dppf)
or
monophosphine
(tBuBrettphos)
as
ligand
crucial
for
different
switchable
way,
1,3-dienyl
propargylated
products,
high
regio-
chemoselectivities.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(18), P. 2532 - 2535
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
An
efficient
photocatalytic
method
was
developed
for
selective
perfluoroalkylation
of
terminal
alkynes
via
in-situ
generated
EDA
complexes
derived
from
a
thymol
anion
and
perfluoroalkyl
iodides.