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 …

Metal stereogenicity in asymmetric transition metal catalysis

PS Steinlandt, L Zhang, E Meggers - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chiral transition metal catalysts represent a powerful and economic tool for implementing
stereocenters in organic synthesis, with the metal center providing a strong chemical …

New strategies for the transition-metal catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic amines

A Trowbridge, SM Walton, MJ Gaunt - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal catalyzed reactions that are able to construct complex aliphatic amines from
simple, readily available feedstocks have become a cornerstone of modern synthetic …

Mechanistic snapshots of rhodium-catalyzed acylnitrene transfer reactions

H Jung, J Kweon, JM Suh, MH Lim, D Kim, S Chang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Rhodium (Rh) acylnitrene complexes are widely implicated in catalytic C–H amidation
reactions but have eluded isolation and structural characterization. To overcome this …

Nitrene transfer catalysts for enantioselective C–N bond formation

M Ju, JM Schomaker - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Transition-metal-catalysed, non-enzymatic transformations of C–H and C= C bonds
to C–N bonds through nitrene transfer (NT) are powerful synthetic tools to prepare valuable …

Mechanism-guided development of transition-metal-catalyzed C–N bond-forming reactions using dioxazolones as the versatile amidating source

SY Hong, Y Hwang, M Lee… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalytic reactions that construct carbon–nitrogen bonds are one of central
themes in both synthetic and medicinal chemistry since the obtainable nitrogen-containing …

Cobalt-catalysed C–H methylation for late-stage drug diversification

SD Friis, MJ Johansson, L Ackermann - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The magic methyl effect is well acknowledged in medicinal chemistry, but despite its
significance, accessing such analogues via derivatization at a late stage remains a pivotal …

Development of a nickel-catalyzed N–N coupling for the synthesis of hydrazides

JP Barbor, VN Nair, KR Sharp, TD Lohrey… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A nickel-catalyzed N–N cross-coupling for the synthesis of hydrazides is reported. O-
Benzoylated hydroxamates were efficiently coupled with a broad range of aryl and aliphatic …

Iridium-Catalyzed Migratory Terminal C(sp3)–H Amidation of Heteroatom-Substituted Internal Alkenes via Olefin Chain Walking

Q Wang, H Jung, D Kim, S Chang - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydroamination facilitated by metal hydride catalysis is an appealing synthetic approach to
access valuable nitrogen-containing compounds from readily available unsaturated …

Enantioselective radical C–H amination for the synthesis of β-amino alcohols

KM Nakafuku, Z Zhang, EA Wappes, LM Stateman… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Asymmetric, radical C–H functionalizations are rare but powerful tools for solving modern
synthetic challenges. Specifically, the enantio-and regioselective C–H amination of alcohols …