Metal-catalysed C–Het (F, O, S, N) and C–C bond arylation

B Zhao, T Rogge, L Ackermann, Z Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of C–aryl bonds has been the focus of intensive research over the last
decades for the construction of complex molecules from simple, readily available feedstocks …

Transition-metal mediated carbon–sulfur bond activation and transformations: an update

J Lou, Q Wang, P Wu, H Wang, YG Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon–sulfur bond cross-coupling has become more and more attractive as an alternative
protocol to establish carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds. Diverse …

Cross-coupling of heteroatomic electrophiles

KM Korch, DA Watson - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
At the advent of cross-coupling chemistry, carbon electrophiles based on halides or
pseudohalides were the only suitable electrophilic coupling partners. Almost two decades …

Direct C(sp3)–H Acylation by Mechanistically Controlled Ni/Ir Photoredox Catalysis

GS Lee, SH Hong - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Synthetic chemists have consistently aimed to develop efficient methods for
synthesizing ketones, which are essential building blocks in organic chemistry and play …

Synthesis of (−)-cotylenol, a 14-3-3 molecular glue component

SI Ting, DW Snelson, TR Huffman… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Small molecules that modulate the 14-3-3 protein–protein interaction (PPI) network
represent valuable therapeutics and tool compounds. However, access has been lost to 14 …

Divergent Acyl and Decarbonylative Liebeskind–Srogl Cross-Coupling of Thioesters by Cu-Cofactor and Pd–NHC (NHC= N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Catalysis

S Yang, X Yu, M Szostak - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of thioesters by selective acyl C (O)–S
cleavage have emerged as a powerful platform for the preparation of complex molecules …

Recent advances in the stereoselective synthesis of acyclic all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes

F Buttard, J Sharma, PA Champagne - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkenes bearing four carbon-based groups are ubiquitous motifs in chemical sciences due
to their various applications from medicinal to materials chemistry, and as chemical …

Stereoretentive cross-coupling of chiral amino acid chlorides and hydrocarbons through mechanistically controlled Ni/Ir photoredox catalysis

GS Lee, B Park, SH Hong - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The direct modification of naturally occurring chiral amino acids to their amino ketone
analogs is a significant synthetic challenge. Here, an efficient and robust cross-coupling …

Recent advances in palladium-catalyzed isocyanide insertions

JW Collet, TR Roose, B Weijers, BUW Maes, E Ruijter… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Isocyanides have long been known as versatile chemical reagents in organic synthesis.
Their ambivalent nature also allows them to function as a CO-substitute in palladium …

Fluorinated aryl boronates as building blocks in organic synthesis

YP Budiman, SA Westcott, U Radius… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organoboron compounds are well known building blocks for many organic reactions.
However, under basic conditions, polyfluorinated aryl boronic acid derivatives suffer from …