Recognition in the domain of molecular chirality: from noncovalent interactions to separation of enantiomers

P Peluso, B Chankvetadze - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is not a coincidence that both chirality and noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous in
nature and synthetic molecular systems. Noncovalent interactivity between chiral molecules …

Bond-forming and-breaking reactions at sulfur (IV): sulfoxides, sulfonium salts, sulfur ylides, and sulfinate salts

D Kaiser, I Klose, R Oost, J Neuhaus… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organosulfur compounds have long played a vital role in organic chemistry and in the
development of novel chemical structures and architectures. Prominent among these …

Catalysis of organic reactions through halogen bonding

RL Sutar, SM Huber - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Halogen bonding, the noncovalent interaction based on electrophilic halogen substituents,
features very interesting properties, as illustrated by numerous applications continuously …

N-heterocyclic carbene adducts of main group elements and their use as ligands in transition metal chemistry

A Doddi, M Peters, M Tamm - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

Asymmetric intermolecular allylic C–H amination of alkenes with aliphatic amines

K Pak Shing Cheung, J Fang, K Mukherjee… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Aliphatic allylic amines are found in a great variety of complex and biorelevant molecules.
The direct allylic C–H amination of alkenes serves as the most straightforward method …

Halogen bonding in organic synthesis and organocatalysis

D Bulfield, SM Huber - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Halogen bonding is a noncovalent interaction similar to hydrogen bonding, which is based
on electrophilic halogen substituents. Hydrogen‐bonding‐based organocatalysis is a well …

Modern stereoselective synthesis of chiral sulfinyl compounds

E Wojaczyńska, J Wojaczyński - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chiral sulfinyl compounds, sulfoxides, sulfoximines, sulfinamides, and other derivatives, play
an important role in asymmetric synthesis as versatile auxiliaries, ligands, and catalysts …

Chiral sulfoxides: advances in asymmetric synthesis and problems with the accurate determination of the stereochemical outcome

J Han, VA Soloshonok, KD Klika, J Drabowicz… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiral sulfoxides are in extremely high demand in nearly every sector of the chemical
industry concerned with the design and development of new synthetic reagents, drugs, and …

Redox-neutral synthesis of sulfilimines through the S-alkylation of sulfenamides

G Huang, X Lu, K Yang, X Xu - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we developed a metal-free and redox-neutral strategy for the selective S-
alkylation of sulfenamides under basic conditions to yield sulfilimines. The key step involves …

σ‐Hole Interactions in Catalysis

M Breugst, JJ Koenig - European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Noncovalent interactions like halogen, chalcogen, and pnictogen bonding are known for a
very long time. During the last decade, these interactions have found different applications in …