Electrocatalytic access to azetidines via intramolecular allylic hydroamination: scrutinizing key oxidation steps through electrochemical kinetic analysis

SH Park, G Bae, A Choi, S Shin, K Shin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Azetidines are prominent structural scaffolds in bioactive molecules, medicinal chemistry,
and ligand design for transition metals. However, state-of-the-art methods cannot be applied …

Radical hydrocarboxylation of unactivated alkenes via photocatalytic formate activation

SN Alektiar, J Han, Y Dang, CZ Rubel… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein we disclose a strategy to promote the hydrocarboxylation of unactivated alkenes
using photochemical activation of formate salts. We illustrate that an alternative initiation …

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogen atom transfer: enantioselective hydroamination of alkenes

BG Hejna, JM Ganley, H Shao, H Tian… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a highly enantioselective radical-based hydroamination of enol esters with
sulfonamides jointly catalyzed by an Ir photocatalyst, Brønsted base, and tetrapeptide thiol …

Lone Pair− π Interactions in Organic Reactions

Y Chen, Q Zhen, FJ Meng, P Yu, C Xu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions between a lone pair of electrons and π systems can be
categorized into two types based on the nature of π systems. Lone pair− π (C═ O) …

Phenanthroline-initiated anti-selective hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkynes with sulfonyl chlorides

CS Dong, WY Tong, P Ye, N Cheng, S Qu… - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
A simple and general method for anti-selective hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkynes
with sulfonyl chlorides in the presence of a catalytic amount of phenanthroline-based Lewis …

Molecular Understanding and Practical In Silico Catalyst Design in Computational Organocatalysis and Phase Transfer Catalysis—Challenges and Opportunities

CW Kee - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Through the lens of organocatalysis and phase transfer catalysis, we will examine the key
components to calculate or predict catalysis-performance metrics, such as turnover …

Integrating Olefin Carboamination and Hofmann‐Löffler‐Freytag Reaction by Radical Deconstruction of Hydrazonyl N− N Bond

SP Hu, CH Gao, TM Liu, BY Miao, HC Wang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a type of elementary organic compounds containing N− N single bond, hydrazone
involved chemical conversions are extremely extensive, but they are mainly limited to N2 …

Cobalt (III) hydride HAT mediated enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination access to chiral pyrrolidines

Q Meng, T Qin, H Miao, G Zhang, Q Zhang - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Enantioenriched pyrrolidines and derivatives are ubiquitous substructures in compounds of
importance to medicinal and biological chemistry. Herein, we report an efficient cobalt …

Interrogation of Enantioselectivity in the Photomediated Ring Contractions of Saturated Heterocycles

SF Kim, JP Liles, MC Lux, H Park… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
We recently reported a chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalyzed enantioselective
photomediated ring contraction of piperidines and other saturated heterocycles. By …

Data-Driven Discovery of a New Fluorescent BASHY Dye for Bioimaging

JMJM Ravasco, J Felicidade, MV Pinto, FMF Santos… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent molecules play a crucial role in biomedicine by facilitating the visualization and
tracking of biological processes with sensitivity and specificity. However, tailoring their …