Toolbox for distal C–H bond functionalizations in organic molecules

SK Sinha, S Guin, S Maiti, JP Biswas, S Porey… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation has developed a contemporary approach to the
omnipresent area of retrosynthetic disconnection. Scientific researchers have been tempted …

Contemporary synthetic strategies in organofluorine chemistry

R Britton, V Gouverneur, JH Lin, M Meanwell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Fluorinated molecules have a wide range of applications and are used as medicines,
agrochemicals and refrigerants and in smartphone liquid crystal displays, photovoltaic solar …

3d transition metals for C–H activation

P Gandeepan, T Müller, D Zell, G Cera… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
C–H activation has surfaced as an increasingly powerful tool for molecular sciences, with
notable applications to material sciences, crop protection, drug discovery, and …

The fluorination of C− H bonds: developments and perspectives

R Szpera, DFJ Moseley, LB Smith… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This Review summarizes advances in fluorination by C (sp2)− H and C (sp3)− H activation.
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed approaches championed by palladium have allowed the …

Remote C–H functionalization via selective hydrogen atom transfer

LM Stateman, KM Nakafuku, DA Nagib - Synthesis, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
The selective functionalization of remote C–H bonds via intramolecular hydrogen atom
transfer (HAT) is transformative for organic synthesis. This radical-mediated strategy …

Directed evolution of nonheme iron enzymes to access abiological radical-relay C(sp3)−H azidation

J Rui, Q Zhao, AJ Huls, J Soler, JC Paris, Z Chen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
We report the reprogramming of nonheme iron enzymes to catalyze an abiological C (sp3)‒
H azidation reaction through iron-catalyzed radical relay. This biocatalytic transformation …

Photoinduced remote functionalisations by iminyl radical promoted C− C and C− H bond cleavage cascades

EM Dauncey, SP Morcillo, JJ Douglas… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A photoinduced cascade strategy leading to a variety of differentially functionalised nitriles
and ketones has been developed. These reactions rely on the oxidative generation of iminyl …

En route to intermolecular cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions

CY Huang, H Kang, J Li, CJ Li - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cross-coupling reaction between two C–H bonds has become a fundamental strategy in
synthetic organic chemistry. With its increasing importance in green chemistry, atom …

Merging Photochemistry with Electrochemistry: Functional‐Group Tolerant Electrochemical Amination of C(sp3)−H Bonds

F Wang, SS Stahl - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Direct amination of C (sp3)− H bonds is of broad interest in the realm of C− H
functionalization because of the prevalence of nitrogen heterocycles and amines in …

Photoinduced remote functionalization of amides and amines using electrophilic nitrogen radicals

SP Morcillo, EM Dauncey, JH Kim… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The selective functionalization of C (sp3)− H bonds at distal positions to functional groups is
a challenging task in synthetic chemistry. Reported here is a photoinduced radical cascade …