Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 22, 2025
Fluorine
and
nitrogen
form
a
successful
partnership
in
organic
synthesis,
medicinal
chemistry,
material
sciences.
Although
fluorine-nitrogen
chemistry
has
long
rich
history,
this
field
received
increasing
interest
made
remarkable
progress
over
the
past
two
decades,
driven
by
recent
advancements
transition
metal
organocatalysis
photochemistry.
This
review,
emphasizing
contributions
from
2015
to
2023,
aims
update
state
of
art
synthesis
applications
nitrogen-based
organofluorine
functional
molecules
chemistry.
In
dedicated
sections,
we
first
focus
on
fluorine-containing
reagents
organized
according
type
groups
attached
nitrogen,
including
N-F,
N-RF,
N-SRF,
N-ORF.
review
also
covers
nitrogen-linked
building
blocks,
catalysts,
pharmaceuticals,
agrochemicals,
underlining
these
components'
broad
applicability
growing
importance
modern
European Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
26(21)
Published: April 7, 2023
Abstract
The
exceptional
versatility
of
carboxylic
acids
has
been
extensively
exploited
in
organic
synthesis
across
several
decades.
There
a
recent
upsurge
radical
decarboxylative
transformations.
process
can
be
initiated
under
mild
conditions,
and
the
resultant
radicals
have
orthogonal
reactivities
to
closed‐shell
species,
thus
providing
immense
opportunities
for
streamlining
novel
reactions.
use
free
is
most
desirable
owing
its
high
atom
step
economy.
Aiming
demonstrate
attractiveness
strategy
inspire
chemists
tackle
existing
challenges,
this
review
outlines
advances
on
functionalization
acids.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(32), P. 5972 - 5976
Published: Aug. 11, 2022
An
efficient
and
inexpensive
protocol
for
the
direct
decarboxylative
fluorination
of
aliphatic
carboxylic
acids
catalyzed
with
iron
salts
under
visible
light
is
presented.
This
new
method
allows
facile
a
diverse
array
even
on
gram
scale
using
Schlenk
flask
without
loss
efficiency.
Mechanistic
studies
suggest
that
photoinduced
ligand-to-metal
charge
transfer
process
enables
generation
key
step
to
generate
carboxyl
radical
intermediates.
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.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(19), P. 4764 - 4773
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
A
photo-induced
iron-catalyzed
strategy
that
facilitates
the
transformation
of
carboxylic
acids
and
hydrocarbons
into
thioethers
sulfoxides
is
herein
reported.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(15), P. 11308 - 11317
Published: July 15, 2024
The
ionic
structure
of
poly(heptazine
imides)
has
a
strong
implication
in
photocatalytic
hydrogen
generation.
From
numerous
reports,
it
is
evident
that
these
materials
are
also
superior
to
covalent
carbon
nitrides
various
organic
transformations.
However,
the
reason
been
remaining
vague.
Herein,
we
report
design
molten-salt
nitride
(MCN)
featuring
represented
by
negatively
charged
polymeric
scaffold
and
K+
counterions
application
this
material
as
photocatalyst
synthesis
pharmaceutically
relevant
fluorinated
heterocycles
under
visible
light
redox
neutral
conditions.
ions
serve
sites
for
sorption
ethyl
bromodifluoroacetate,
while
electronically
excited
state
MCN
acts
single
electron
transfer
agent,
enabling
generation
difluoroalkyl
radicals
from
substrate.
Combination
two
features
endows
outperforms
homogeneous
photocatalysts
nitrides.
Our
protocol
expands
compounds
with
complex
provides
fresh
perspectives
on
factors
contributing
enhanced
efficiency
imides).
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
61(7)
Published: Oct. 20, 2021
Abstract
Alkyl
fluorides
modulate
the
conformation,
lipophilicity,
metabolic
stability,
and
pKa
of
compounds
containing
aliphatic
motifs
and,
therefore,
have
been
valuable
for
medicinal
chemistry.
Despite
significant
research
in
organofluorine
chemistry,
synthesis
alkyl
fluorides,
especially
chiral
remains
a
challenge.
Most
commonly,
are
prepared
by
formation
C−F
bonds
(fluorination),
numerous
strategies
nucleophilic,
electrophilic,
radical
fluorination
reported
recent
years.
Although
to
access
C−C
bond
(monofluoroalkylation)
inherently
convergent
complexity‐generating,
they
studied
less
than
methods
based
on
fluorination.
This
Review
provides
an
overview
developments
(enantioenriched
or
racemic)
secondary
tertiary
monofluoroalkylation
catalyzed
transition‐metal
complexes.
We
expect
this
contribution
will
illuminate
potential
monofluoroalkylations
simplify
complex
suggest
further
directions
growing
field.
The Chemical Record,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
22(5)
Published: March 7, 2022
Abstract
Over
the
last
twenty
years,
fluorination
on
nucleoside
has
established
itself
as
most
promising
tool
to
use
get
biologically
active
compounds
that
could
sustain
clinical
trial
by
affecting
pharmacodynamics
and
pharmacokinetic
properties.
Due
fluorine's
inherent
unique
properties
its
judicious
introduction
into
molecule,
makes
corresponding
metabolically
very
stable,
lipophilic,
opens
a
new
site
of
intermolecular
binding.
Fluorination
various
nucleosides
been
extensively
studied
result,
series
fluorinated
come
up
for
different
therapeutic
uses
which
are
either
approved
FDA
or
under
advanced
stage
trial.
Here
in
this
review,
we
summarizing
latest
development
chemistry
led
varieties
analogs
like
carbocyclic,
acyclic,
conformationally
biased
their
biological
properties,
influence
fluorine
conformation,
oligonucleotide
stability,
therapeutics.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(12)
Published: Jan. 24, 2023
A
simple
process
for
the
oxy-monofluoromethylation
of
alkenes
is
described.
In
combination
with
visible-light
copper(I)
photoredox
catalysis,
an
easily
accessible
iodine(III)
reagent
containing
monofluoroacetoxy
ligands
serves
as
a
powerful
source
monofluoromethyl
(CH2
F)
radical,
enabling
step
economical
synthesis
γ-fluoro-acetates
from
broad
range
olefinic
substrates
under
mild
conditions.
Applications
to
late-stage
diversification
derived
complex
molecules,
amino
acids
and
fluoromethylated
heterocycles
are
also
demonstrated.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(16), P. 3380 - 3385
Published: April 12, 2024
Herein,
we
report
a
silver-catalyzed
protocol
for
decarboxylative
cross-coupling
between
carboxylic
acids
and
isocyanides,
leading
to
linear
amide
products
through
free-radical
mechanism.
The
disclosed
approach
provides
general
entry
variety
of
decorated
amides,
accommodating
diverse
array
radical
precursors,
including
aryl,
heteroaryl,
alkynyl,
alkenyl,
alkyl
acids.
Notably,
the
proved
be
efficient
late-stage
functionalization
several
elaborate
pharmaceuticals,
demonstrating
its
potential
applications.