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 …

Catalytic, asymmetric carbon–nitrogen bond formation using metal nitrenoids: from metal–ligand complexes via metalloporphyrins to enzymes

A Fanourakis, RJ Phipps - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of nitrogen atoms into small molecules is of fundamental importance and it
is vital that ever more efficient and selective methods for achieving this are developed. With …

Asymmetric intramolecular amination catalyzed with Cp* Ir-SPDO via nitrene transfer for synthesis of spiro-quaternary indolinone

SQ Wei, ZH Li, SH Wang, H Chen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An asymmetric intramolecular spiro-amination to high steric hindering α-C–H bond of 1, 3-
dicarbonyl via nitrene transfer using inactive aryl azides has been carried out by developing …

An enzymatic platform for primary amination of 1-aryl-2-alkyl alkynes

Z Liu, ZY Qin, L Zhu, SV Athavale… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Propargyl amines are versatile synthetic intermediates with numerous applications in the
pharmaceutical industry. An attractive strategy for efficient preparation of these compounds …

Enantioconvergent amination of racemic tertiary C–H bonds

K Lang, C Li, I Kim, XP Zhang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Racemization is considered to be an intrinsic stereochemical feature of free radical
chemistry as can be seen in traditional radical halogenation reactions of optically active …

Biocatalytic, intermolecular C− H bond functionalization for the synthesis of enantioenriched amides

SV Athavale, S Gao, Z Liu, SC Mallojjala… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Directed evolution of heme proteins has opened access to new‐to‐nature enzymatic activity
that can be harnessed to tackle synthetic challenges. Among these, reactions resulting from …

Regio-and Enantioselective Catalytic δ-C–H Amidation of Dioxazolones Enabled by Open-Shell Copper-Nitrenoid Transfer

S Kim, SL Song, J Zhang, D Kim, S Hong… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling regio-and enantioselectivity in C–H functionalization reactions is of paramount
importance due to their versatile synthetic utilities. Herein, we describe a new approach for …

Enantioselective access to spirolactams via nitrenoid transfer enabled by enhanced noncovalent interactions

E Lee, Y Hwang, YB Kim, D Kim… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Described herein is the Ir-catalyzed enantioselective access to chiral spirolactam products
via the nitrenoid transfer to aromatic ipso-carbons. The key strategy for precise stereocontrol …

Recent advances in transition-metal catalyzed nitrene transfer reactions with carbamates

Y Luo, X Zhang, Y Xia - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrene transfer reactions are powerful tools in synthetic organic chemistry. In recent years,
transition-metal catalyzed nitrene transfer reactions with carbamates as the nitrene …

C–N Bond Forming Radical Rebound Is the Enantioselectivity-Determining Step in P411-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Amination: A Combined …

BK Mai, NM Neris, Y Yang, P Liu - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Engineered metalloenzymes represent promising catalysts for stereoselective C–H
functionalization reactions. Recently, P450 enzymes have been evolved to allow for new-to …