Benzo-fused-ring toolbox based on palladium/norbornene cooperative catalysis: methodology development and applications in natural product synthesis

HG Cheng, S Jia, Q Zhou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Benzo-fused skeletons are ubiquitous in agrochemicals, medicines, natural
products, catalysts, and other organic function materials. The assembly of these skeletons in …

Palladium (II)‐Initiated Catellani‐Type Reactions

HG Cheng, S Chen, R Chen, Q Zhou - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Catellani reaction is known as a powerful strategy for the expeditious synthesis of highly
substituted arenes and benzo‐fused rings, which are usually difficult to access through …

Palladium/Norbornene‐Catalyzed Direct Vicinal Di‐Carbo‐Functionalization of Indoles: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study

X Liu, Y Zhou, X Qi, R Li, P Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Methods that can simultaneously install multiple different functional groups to heteroarenes
via C− H functionalizations are valuable for complex molecule synthesis, which, however …

Modular and stereoselective synthesis of C-aryl glycosides via Catellani reaction

W Lv, Y Chen, S Wen, D Ba… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we describe a Catellani-type C–H glycosylation to provide rapid access to
various highly decorated α-C-(hetero) aryl glycosides in a modular and stereoselective …

Structurally modified norbornenes: a key factor to modulate reaction selectivity in the palladium/norbornene cooperative catalysis

R Li, G Dong - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Palladium/norbornene (Pd/NBE) cooperative catalysis has received enormous attention and
found numerous synthetic applications in the past two decades. Considering the critical …

[HTML][HTML] An axial-to-axial chirality transfer strategy for atroposelective construction of C–N axial chirality

ZS Liu, PP Xie, Y Hua, C Wu, Y Ma, J Chen, HG Cheng… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
C–N axially chiral skeletons are ubiquitous in bioactive natural products, pharmaceuticals,
and chiral ligands. However, their atroposelective synthesis remains a formidable challenge …

Modular and regioselective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted olefins enabled by an alkenyl Catellani reaction

J Wang, Z Dong, C Yang, G Dong - Nature chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
All-carbon tetrasubstituted olefins have been found in numerous biologically important
compounds and organic materials. However, regio-and stereocontrolled construction of this …

Construction of Axially Chiral Biaryls via Atroposelective ortho-C–H Arylation of Aryl Iodides

ZS Liu, S Deng, Q Gao, Y Hua, HG Cheng, X Qi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the dichotomy between reactivity and stereoselectivity, the synthesis of axially chiral
biaryls via enantioselective C–H arylation remains a daunting challenge. This full account …

Recent progress on Catellani reaction

Z Chen, F Zhang - Tetrahedron, 2023 - Elsevier
The Catellani reaction is a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbon-activated multicomponent
tandem reaction involving an aryl halide, an electrophilic coupling reagent and a terminating …

Modular dual-tasked C–H methylation via the Catellani strategy

Q Gao, Y Shang, F Song, J Ye, ZS Liu, L Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report a dual-tasked methylation that is based on cooperative palladium/norbornene
catalysis. Readily available (hetero) aryl halides (39 iodides and 4 bromides) and …