Modern strategies for C–H functionalization of heteroarenes with alternative coupling partners

B Zhao, B Prabagar, Z Shi - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Heteroarenes containing oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur are important in numerous aspects
of chemistry and everyday life. C–H functionalization of heteroarenes represents the fastest …

Wonderful fusion of organofluorine chemistry and decarboxylation strategy

P Xiao, X Pannecoucke, JP Bouillon… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Decarboxylation strategy has been emerging as a powerful tool for the synthesis of fluorine-
containing organic compounds that play important roles in various fields such as …

Iron photocatalysis via Brønsted acid-unlocked ligand-to-metal charge transfer

X Jiang, Y Lan, Y Hao, K Jiang, J He, J Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Reforming sustainable 3d-metal-based visible light catalytic platforms for inert bulk chemical
activation is highly desirable. Herein, we demonstrate the use of a Brønsted acid to unlock …

Direct decarboxylation of trifluoroacetates enabled by iron photocatalysis

S Fernández‐García, VO Chantzakou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trifluoroacetates are the most abundant and accessible sources of trifluoromethyl groups,
which are key components in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. The generation of …

Electrophotochemical synthesis facilitated trifluoromethylation of arenes using trifluoroacetic acid

J Qi, J Xu, HT Ang, B Wang, NK Gupta… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The trifluoromethyl (CF3) group is an essential moiety in medicinal chemistry due to its
unique physicochemical properties. While trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is an inexpensive and …

Radical perfluoroalkylation of aliphatic substrates

DE Yerien, S Barata-Vallejo, A Postigo - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
A selection of perfluoroalkylation reactions of aliphatic substrates that display
methodological and synthetic amplitude will be studied, giving examples of their …

An Electrochemical Design for Catalytic Dehydration: Direct, Room-Temperature Esterification without Acid or Base Additives

J Han, CA Haines, JJ Piane, LL Filien… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An electrochemical approach has been leveraged to underpin a new conceptual platform for
dehydration reactions, which has been demonstrated in the context of esterification. Esters …

Trifluoromethyl-functionalized 2D covalent organic framework for high-resolution separation of isomers

TT Ma, C Yang, HL Qian, P Ma, T Liu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Development of novel functional materials for effective isomer separation is of great
significance in environmental science, chemical industry, and life science due to the different …

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 …

Electrophotocatalytic perfluoroalkylation by LMCT excitation of Ag (II) perfluoroalkyl carboxylates

BM Campbell, JB Gordon, ER Raguram, MI Gonzalez… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Molecular Ag (II) complexes are superoxidizing photoredox catalysts capable of generating
radicals from redox-reticent substrates. In this work, we exploited the electrophilicity of Ag (II) …