Photoinduced Temperature-Regulated Selective Carbene C–H Insertion for the Synthesis of Functionalized Spiro-β-lactones and-lactams

AR Samim Mondal, B Ghorai, DP Hari - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A temperature-regulated catalyst-free photoinduced selective carbene C–H insertion
strategy was realized to efficiently synthesize spiro-β-lactones and-lactams, which hold …

Photochemical Intermolecular Cyclopropanation Reactions of Allylic Alcohols for the Synthesis of [3.1. 0]-Bicyclohexanes

C Pei, C Empel, RM Koenigs - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cyclopropane-fused lactones are highly desirable in drug and natural products synthesis.
Herein, we report on a photochemical, chemoselective reaction of aryldiazoacetates with …

Visible-light-mediated sequential Wolff rearrangement and Staudinger cycloaddition enabling the assembly of spiro-pyrazolone-β-lactams

J Tang, ZH Yan, G Zhan, QQ Yang, YY Cheng… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Visible-light-mediated sequential Wolff rearrangement and Staudinger cycloaddition for the
assembly of valuable spiro-pyrazolone-β-lactams for the first time is disclosed by utilizing in …

Photoinduced arylative formal 4-endo-dig cyclization of propargyl alcohols/amines to access strained heterocycles

PV Reddy, A Nagireddy, JB Nanubolu, MS Reddy - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of green and sustainable approaches for the synthesis of small molecules
is always in demand. Oxetanes and azetidines are strained heterocycles that possess …

Rapid access to bicyclic δ-lactones via carbene-catalyzed activation and cascade reaction of unsaturated carboxylic esters

Z Fu, X Wu, YR Chi - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Carboxylic esters are an excellent choice of substrates in organic synthesis. Here we
demonstrate that carbene-catalyzed activation of α, β-unsaturated ester can be developed to …

Advances in heterocycle synthesis through photochemical carbene transfer reactions

ZY Xie, J Xuan - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterocyclic skeletons are commonly found in various bioactive molecules and
pharmaceutical compounds, making them crucial in areas such as medicinal chemistry …

Visible-Light-Promoted Carbene Insertion and Decarbonylation for the Synthesis of α-Substituted γ-Ketoesters

W Li, Y Yang, Z Tang, X Yu, J Lin… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a blue visible-light-promoted approach for preparing a variety of α-
substituted γ-ketoester derivatives through carbene insertion and the decarbonylation of …

Photoredox-induced intramolecular 1, 5-H transfer reaction of aryl iodides for the synthesis of spirocyclic γ-lactams

JQ Chen, R Chang, JB Lin, YC Luo, PF Xu - Organic letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work develops a photocatalysis method for the synthesis of γ-spirolactams through a
tandem intramolecular 1, 5-HAT reaction–cyclization process. A variety of novel γ …

Visible-light-mediated multi-component carbene transfer reactions of α-diazoesters to construct multisubstituted pyrazoles and 1, 3-dicarbonyl derivatives

H Ding, Z Wang, C Qu, Y Lv, X Zhao… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A visible-light-mediated strategy is reported for the efficient synthesis of multisubstituted
pyrazoles through a three-component carbene transfer reaction of α-diazoesters with cyclic …

Visible-light-induced N-heterocyclic carbene mediated cascade transformation of N-alkenoxypyridinium salts

H Sheng, Q Liu, F Chen, Z Wang, X Chen - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
While N-alkenoxypyridinium salts are widely used for the synthesis of α-functionalized
ketones via umpolung strategy, such approaches are usually limited to special nucleophiles …