HFIP in organic synthesis

HF Motiwala, AM Armaly, JG Cacioppo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3-Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is a polar, strongly hydrogen bond-donating
solvent that has found numerous uses in organic synthesis due to its ability to stabilize ionic …

Recent Advances in Alkenyl sp2 C–H and C–F Bond Functionalizations: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications

MZ Lu, J Goh, M Maraswami, Z Jia, JS Tian… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alkenes and their derivatives are featured widely in a variety of natural products,
pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials. Significant efforts have been made toward the …

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds

B Liu, AM Romine, CZ Rubel, KM Engle… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed, coordination-assisted C (sp3)–H functionalization has
revolutionized synthetic planning over the past few decades as the use of these directing …

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 …

C–H activation

T Rogge, N Kaplaneris, N Chatani, J Kim… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Transition metal-catalysed C–H activation has emerged as an increasingly powerful platform
for molecular syntheses, enabling applications to natural product syntheses, late-stage …

Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric construction of atropisomers

JK Cheng, SH Xiang, S Li, L Ye, B Tan - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atropisomerism is a stereochemical behavior portrayed by three-dimensional molecules that
bear rotationally restricted σ bond. Akin to the well-represented point-chiral molecules …

C–H activation: toward sustainability and applications

T Dalton, T Faber, F Glorius - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the definition of the “12 Principles of Green Chemistry” more than 20 years ago,
chemists have become increasingly mindful of the need to conserve natural resources and …

Synthesis of atropisomers by transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric C–H functionalization reactions

CX Liu, WW Zhang, SY Yin, Q Gu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective C–H functionalization has become a powerful
strategy for the formation of C–C or C–X bonds, enabling the highly asymmetric synthesis of …

Bidentate directing groups: an efficient tool in C–H bond functionalization chemistry for the expedient construction of C–C bonds

S Rej, Y Ano, N Chatani - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the past decades, synthetic organic chemistry discovered that directing group
assisted C–H activation is a key tool for the expedient and siteselective construction of C–C …

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of atropisomers featuring an aza axis

J Feng, CJ Lu, RR Liu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atropisomers bearing a rotation-restricted axis are common structural units in
natural products, chiral ligands, and drugs; thus, the prevalence of asymmetric synthesis has …