Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Carbene radicals in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions

RFJ Epping, D Vesseur, M Zhou, B de Bruin - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Discovered as organometallic curiosities in the 1970s, carbene radicals have become a
staple in modern-day homogeneous catalysis. Carbene radicals exhibit nucleophilic radical …

Cobalt(II)–tetraphenylporphyrin-catalysed carbene transfer from acceptor–acceptor iodonium ylides via N-enolate–carbene radicals

RFJ Epping, MM Hoeksma, EO Bobylev, S Mathew… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Square-planar cobalt (II) systems have emerged as powerful carbene transfer catalysts for
the synthesis of numerous (hetero) cyclic compounds via cobalt (III)–carbene radical …

Metalloradical Catalysis: General Approach for Controlling Reactivity and Selectivity of Homolytic Radical Reactions

WCC Lee, XP Zhang - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since Friedrich Wöhler's groundbreaking synthesis of urea in 1828, organic synthesis over
the past two centuries has predominantly relied on the exploration and utilization of …

Biomimetic asymmetric catalysis

X Xiao, K Xu, ZH Gao, ZH Zhu, C Ye, B Zhao… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Enzymes are the core for biological transformations in nature. Their structures and functions
have drawn enormous attention from biologists as well as chemists since last century. The …

Cobalt (II)‐based Metalloradical Activation of 2‐(Diazomethyl) pyridines for Radical Transannulation and Cyclopropanation

S Roy, SK Das, B Chattopadhyay - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new catalytic method for the denitrogenative transannulation/cyclopropanation of in‐situ‐
generated 2‐(diazomethyl) pyridines is described using a cobalt‐catalyzed radical …

Co-Catalyzed Transannulation of Pyridotriazoles with Isothiocyanates and Xanthate Esters

Z Zhang, V Gevorgyan - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
An efficient radical transannulation reaction of pyridotriazoles with isothiocyanates and
xanthate esters was developed. This method features conversion of pyridotriazoles into two …

Light-Driven Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Alkene-Tethered N-Tosylhydrazones: Synthesis of Fused-Cyclopropane γ-Lactones

P Yamini, A Babbar, D Yadagiri - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fused-cyclopropane ring-containing γ-lactone compounds are versatile building blocks in
many fields, including the synthesis of biologically active compounds. Here, we report the …

Reversible Redox Chemistry and Catalytic C(sp3)–H Amination Reactivity of a Paramagnetic Pd Complex Bearing a Redox-Active o-Aminophenol-Derived NNO …

DLJ Broere, NP van Leest, B de Bruin… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, spectroelectrochemical characterization (ultraviolet–visible and nuclear
magnetic resonance), solid state structures, and computational metric parameters of three …

Cu (ii)-mediated direct intramolecular cyclopropanation of distal olefinic acetate: access to cyclopropane-fused γ-lactones

Y Wang, S Shen, C He, Y Zhou, K Zhang, B Rao… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclopropane-fused ring scaffolds represent one of the most appealing structural motifs in
organic chemistry due to their wide presence in bioactive molecules and versatility in …