RSC Advances,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(21), P. 16921 - 16938
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Amidine
compounds,
as
important
nitrogen
analogues
of
isoelectronic
carboxylic
acids,
are
found
throughout
biologically
active
molecules
and
serve
the
most
attractive
precursors
for
synthesis
N
-containing
compounds.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(15), P. 3091 - 3096
Published: April 3, 2024
Presented
herein
is
a
novel
synthesis
of
pharmaceutically
privileged
spiroindoline
derivatives
via
cascade
reactions
N-methyl-N-nitrosoanilines
with
diazo
homophthalimides.
A
group
mechanistic
studies
disclosed
that
the
formation
product
involves
an
unusual
reaction
mode
N-methyl-N-nitrosoaniline
featuring
initial
C(sp2)–H
bond
activation/alkylation
followed
by
C(sp3)–H
activation/spiroannulation.
To
our
knowledge,
this
first
example
in
which
acts
as
C3N1
synthon
to
accomplish
formal
[4+1]
spiroannulation
participation
N-methyl
unit
rather
than
previously
reported
C2N1
undergo
[3+2]
annulation
without
unit.
In
general,
newly
developed
synthetic
protocol
features
simple
and
readily
accessible
starting
materials,
valuable
products,
unique
mechanism,
high
efficiency
atom-economy,
excellent
compatibility
diverse
functional
groups,
ready
scalability.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Differentiating
between
two
highly
similar
C-H
bonds
in
a
given
molecule
remains
fundamental
challenge
synthetic
organic
chemistry.
Directing
group
assisted
strategies
for
the
functionalisation
of
proximal
has
been
known
last
few
decades.
However,
distal
bond
is
strenuous
and
requires
distinctly
specialised
techniques.
In
this
review,
we
summarise
advancement
Pd-catalysed
C(sp
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 13, 2025
A
new
mode
of
carbon-carbon
bond
formation
via
electrophilic
activation
a
C-H
has
been
developed
in
the
context
copper-catalyzed
anti-selective
silylative
cyclization
benzylacetylenes
with
silylboronates
for
synthesis
2-silyl-1H-indenes.
The
reaction
proceeds
high
regioselectivity
various
substituted
benzylacetylenes,
and
resulting
products
could
be
further
functionalized.
arene
that
undergoes
acts
as
an
electrophile
release
hydride
under
redox
neutral
conditions,
mechanism
was
probed
by
deuterium-labeling
experiments
density
functional
theory
calculations.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 19, 2025
Cascade
annulation
reactions
can
assemble
structurally
intricate
polycyclic
molecules
from
simple
starting
materials
with
enhanced
efficiency
and
minimized
production
of
waste.
Presented
herein
is
a
concise
effective
synthesis
benzoisochromene
derivatives
based
on
C-H
activation-initiated
cascade
formal
[4+2]/[2+4]
aryl
enaminone
vinyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one.
In
constructing
the
six-membered
carbocycle,
acted
as
C4
synthon
while
vinyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one
C2
synthon.
O-heterocycle,
other
hand,
former
latter
C3O1
To
our
knowledge,
this
first
simultaneous
construction
both
carbocycle
an
O-heterocycle
via
concurrent
C-H/C-N/C-O
bond
cleavage
C-C/C-C/C-O
formation.
general,
novel
protocol
features
use
readily
obtainable
substrates
broad
scope,
excellent
atom-
step-economy,
intriguing
reaction
pathway,
valuable
products.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(35), P. 7425 - 7430
Published: Aug. 22, 2024
Presented
herein
is
an
atom-
and
step-economical
method
enabling
the
precise
assembly
of
a
heptacyclic
scaffold
containing
both
azocine
indoline
units
through
cascade
reactions
indolin-1-yl(aryl)methanimines
with
diazo
indanediones.
The
formation
products
involves
C–H
bond
activation
double
carbene
insertion
followed
by
intramolecular
condensation,
retro-[2
+
2]
cycloaddition,
recyclization.
This
reaction
not
only
provided
concise
straightforward
strategy
for
synthesis
otherwise
difficult
to
obtain
compounds
from
readily
available
substrates
but
also
disclosed
unprecedented
mode
derivatives
compounds.
In
general,
this
novel
synthetic
protocol
has
advantages,
such
as
easily
obtainable
substrates,
structurally
sophisticated
products,
procedure,
good
compatibility
diverse
functional
groups,
ready
scalability.
Moreover,
thus
obtained
showed
decent
antiproliferative
activity
against
three
human
cancer
cell
lines.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(31), P. 6602 - 6607
Published: July 30, 2024
Presented
herein
is
a
novel
synthesis
of
indenone-fused
pyran
derivatives
via
the
cascade
reactions
aryl
enaminones
with
cyclopropenones.
The
formation
products
involves
one-pot
procedure
consisting
C–H
bond
and
enamine
functionalization
along
C–C
cleavage
cyclopropenone
1,3-rearrangement
in
situ-formed
allylic
alcohol
moiety
followed
by
intramolecular
O-nucleophilic
addition
Me2NH
elimination.
To
our
knowledge,
this
first
simultaneous
both
indenone
scaffolds
through
concurrent
unsymmetrical
relay
activation
double
C–C/C–O
formation.
Moreover,
usefulness
method
further
showcased
its
suitability
for
large-scale
synthetic
scenarios
diverse
transformations
products.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 7, 2024
Direct
carboxylation
of
C–H
bonds
with
CO2
represents
an
attractive
strategy
to
synthesize
valuable
carboxylic
acids
high
atom,
step,
and
redox
economy.
Although
great
progress
has
been
achieved
in
this
field,
catalytic
tertiary
C(sp3)–H
still
remains
challenging
due
their
inherent
inertness
significant
steric
hindrance.
Herein,
we
report
a
direct
benzylic
via
visible-light
photoredox
catalysis.
Various
all-carbon
quaternary
acids,
which
are
importance
medicinal
chemistry,
successfully
obtained
yields.
This
is
characterized
by
good
functional
group
tolerance,
broad
substrate
scope,
mild
operational
conditions.
Furthermore,
our
methodology
enables
the
efficient
rapid
synthesis
key
drug
or
bioactive
molecules,
such
as
carbetapentane,
caramiphen,
PRE-084
(σ1
receptor
agonist),
facilitates
various
functionalizations
C(sp2)–H
using
directing
ability
target
thus
highlighting
its
practical
applications.
Mechanistic
studies
indicate
that
carbanion,
serves
intermediate
react
CO2,
catalytically
generated
single
electron
reduction
radical
through
consecutive
photoinduced
transfer
process.