Insights into single-electron-transfer processes in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry and related donor–acceptor systems in main group chemistry

LJC van der Zee, S Pahar, E Richards… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The activation and utilization of substrates mediated by Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) was
initially believed to occur solely via a two-electron, cooperative mechanism. More recently …

Synthetic Applications of Sulfonium Salts as Aryl Radical Precursors

X Wu, P Gao, F Chen - European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The utilization of aryl radicals as open‐shelled intermediates has become an essential tool
for both conventional and state‐of‐the‐art synthetic chemistry. However, the current …

A General Electron Donor–Acceptor Photoactivation Platform of Diaryliodonium Reagents: Arylation of Heterocycles

P Meher, SP Panda, SK Mahapatra… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a photoredox system comprising sodium iodide, triphenyl phosphine, and N, N,
N′, N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) that can form a self-assembled tetrameric …

Highly regioselective dichalcogenation of alkenyl sulfonium salts to access 1, 1-dichalcogenalkenes

J Zhu, Y Ye, Y Yan, J Sun, Y Huang - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
An unprecedented geminal olefinic dichalcogenation of alkenyl sulfonium salts with
dichalcogenides ArYYAr (Y= S, Se, Te) is reported, providing various trisubstituted 1, 1 …

Pentafluorocyclopropanation of (Hetero) arenes Using Sulfonium Salts: Applications in Late‐Stage Functionalization

Z Feng, L Riemann, Z Guo, D Herrero… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evaluation of the pentafluorocyclopropyl group as a chemotype in crop protection and
medicinal chemistry has been hampered in the past by the lack of suitable methodologies …

Copper and Silver Catalysis in the (3+ 2) Cycloaddition of Neutral Three-Atom Components with Terminal Alkynes

D Campeau, A Pommainville… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The introduction of the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne coupling (CuAAC) to 1, 3-dipolar
cycloadditions was pivotal to their popularization in synthetic chemistry and to their …

Reductive Radical-Polar Crossover Enabled Carboxylative Alkylation of Aryl Thianthrenium Salts with CO2 and Styrenes

W Qi, S Gu, LG Xie - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carboxylic functionalities are among the pivotal groups in bioactive molecules and in the
synthesis of new lead compounds because of their unique character in the formation of …

Site-selective and metal-free C–H phosphonation of arenes via photoactivation of thianthrenium salts

A Gallego-Gamo, D Reyes-Mesa, A Guinart-Guillem… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aryl phosphonates are prevalent moieties in medicinal chemistry and agrochemicals. Their
chemical synthesis normally relies on the use of precious metals, harsh conditions or aryl …

Alkene thianthrenation unlocks diverse cation synthons: recent progress and new opportunities

MJ Kim, K Targos, DE Holst, DJ Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative alkene functionalization reactions are a fundamental class of complexity‐building
organic transformations. However, the majority of established approaches rely on …

Photoinduced Trifluoromethylselenolation of Aryl Halides with [Me4N][SeCF3]

F Li, X Han, Z Xu, CP Zhang - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A visible-light-induced metal-free trifluoromethylselenolation of aryl iodides and bromides
with [Me4N][SeCF3] is described. The reaction was conducted at ambient temperature by …