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 …

Recent progress in cyclic aryliodonium chemistry: syntheses and applications

X Peng, A Rahim, W Peng, F Jiang, Z Gu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hypervalent aryliodoumiums are intensively investigated as arylating agents. They are
excellent surrogates to aryl halides, and moreover they exhibit better reactivity, which allows …

Atropisomers beyond the C–C axial chirality: Advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis

GJ Mei, WL Koay, CY Guan, Y Lu - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
Atropisomers beyond the C–C axis (denoted as X–Y herein) are important addition to the
repertoire of axially chiral compounds, which have received much attention in recent years …

Transition metal-catalyzed biaryl atropisomer synthesis via a torsional strain promoted ring-opening reaction

X Zhang, K Zhao, Z Gu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Arising from the restricted rotation of a single bond caused by steric or
electronic effects, atropisomerism is one of the few fundamental categories for molecules to …

[HTML][HTML] Stereoselective construction of atropisomers featuring a C–N chiral axis

YJ Wu, G Liao, BF Shi - Green Synthesis and Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Atropisomeric C–N compounds belong to an important class of axially chiral compounds.
However, whereas the asymmetric synthesis of biaryl atropisomers have been well …

Catalytic enantioselective functionalizations of C–H bonds by chiral iridium complexes

Ł Woźniak, JF Tan, QH Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of catalytic enantioselective transformations, enabling the construction of
complex molecular scaffolds from simple precursors, has been a long-standing challenge in …

Single‐step synthesis of atropisomers with vicinal C− C and C− N diaxes by cobalt‐catalyzed atroposelective C− H annulation

BJ Wang, GX Xu, ZW Huang, X Wu, X Hong… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The atroposelective synthesis of atropisomers with vicinal diaxes remains rare and
challenging, due to the steric influence between the two axes and their unique topology …

Rational design and atroposelective synthesis of N–N axially chiral compounds

GJ Mei, JJ Wong, W Zheng, AA Nangia, KN Houk, Y Lu - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
The first catalytic asymmetric synthesis of N–N axially chiral compounds has been
accomplished via a quinidine catalyzed N-allylic alkylation reaction. These N–N axially …

Atroposelective synthesis of conjugated diene-based axially chiral styrenes via Pd (II)-catalyzed thioether-directed alkenyl C–H olefination

L Jin, P Zhang, Y Li, X Yu, BF Shi - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The efficient stereoselective synthesis of conjugated dienes, especially those with axial
chirality, remains a great challenge. Herein, we report the highly atroposelective synthesis of …

Construction of CB axial chirality via dynamic kinetic asymmetric cross-coupling mediated by tetracoordinate boron

K Yang, Y Mao, Z Zhang, J Xu, H Wang, Y He… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catalytic dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DyKAT) provides a powerful tool to
access chiral stereoisomers from racemic substrates. Such transformation has been widely …