The renaissance of organo nitriles in organic synthesis

A Rakshit, HN Dhara, AK Sahoo… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the arena of functional group‐oriented organic synthesis, nitrile or cyano functionality is of
immense importance. The presence of nucleophilic N‐atom, π‐coordinating ability of the …

Recent advances in catalytic oxidative reactions of phenols and naphthalenols

MA Bashir, J Wei, H Wang, F Zhong… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidative reactions provide an effective strategy for phenol transformation via conjugated
addition, C–H functionalization, cyclization reactions, etc. It has enabled broad utilization of …

Three-component synthesis of N-naphthyl pyrazoles via Rh (iii)-catalyzed cascade pyrazole annulation and Satoh–Miura benzannulation

D Chen, L Zhou, Y Liu, JP Wan - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of N-naphthyl pyrazoles has been realized by the direct three-component
reactions of enaminones, aryl hydrazine hydrochlorides and internal alkynes via Rh (III) …

Three-Component Chemo-Selective Synthesis of N-(o-Alkenylaryl) Pyrazoles by Pyrazole Annulation and Rh-Catalyzed Chemo-Selective Aryl C–H Addition …

D Chen, L Zhou, C Wen, JP Wan - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
By using readily available enaminones, aryl hydrazine hydrochlorides, and alkynes as
starting materials, the chemo-selective three-component synthesis of atropisomeric N-(o …

Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Remote Difunctionalization of Nonactivated Alkenes for Double meta‐C(sp2)−H/C‐6(sp3)−H Functionalization

S Chen, B Yuan, Y Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Twofold distal C− H functionalization was accomplished by difunctionalization of
nonactivated alkenes to provide rapid access to multifunctionalized molecules. The …

Arylation of Terminal Alkynes: Transition-Metal-Free Sonogashira-Type Coupling for the Construction of C(sp)–C(sp2) Bonds

M Ye, M Hou, Y Wang, X Ma, K Yang, Q Song - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Alkynes are attractive synthons for organic chemistry. Despite the prevalence of transition-
metal-catalyzed Sonogashira reactions, a transition-metal-free version of the arylation of …

Directing group assisted para-selective C–H alkynylation of unbiased arenes enabled by rhodium catalysis

U Dutta, G Prakash, K Devi, K Borah, X Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Regioselective C–H alkynylation of arenes via C–H activation is challenging yet a highly
desirable transformation. In this regard, directing group assisted C (sp2)–H alkynylation of …

Discovery of Oxygen Induced Chemoselectivity in Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling vs C–H Amination

SA Babu, S Varughese, J Mathew… - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have come across a substrate namely, 5-benzoyl-pyrrolo [2, 1-a] isoquinoline in which
three different functionalizable C–H bonds were identified that could be judiciously …

Substrate‐Rhodium Cooperativity in Photoinduced ortho‐Alkynylation of Arenes

A Saha, A Ghosh, S Guin, S Panda… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the realm of metallaphotocatalytic C− H activation strategy, the direct excitation of the
transition metal which plays the dual role of light energy harnessing alongside performing …

Transformable Transient Directing Group-Assisted C(sp2)–H Activation: Synthesis and Late-Stage Functionalizations of o-Alkenylanilines

B Das, A Dahiya, AK Sahoo… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The isocyanate group in aryl isocyanates serves as a transformable transient directing group
in a Ru (II)-catalyzed ortho olefination leading to o-alkenylanilines. In alcoholic solvents, aryl …