High-order dipolar annulations with metal-containing reactive dipoles

MM Zhang, BL Qu, B Shi, WJ Xiao, LQ Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Medium-sized heterocycles are widespread among a spectrum of structurally intriguing and
biologically significant natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Metal-catalyzed high …

Design, synthesis, and application of chiral bicyclic imidazole catalysts

M Wang, Z Zhang, W Zhang - Accounts of chemical research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Asymmetric organocatalysis has been considered to be an efficient and reliable
strategy for the stereoselective preparation of optically active chemicals. In particular, chiral …

Stereodivergent Construction of 1, 3‐Chiral Centers via Tandem Asymmetric Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution Reaction

JH Xie, YM Hou, Z Feng, SL You - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report a synthesis of cyclohexanones bearing multi‐continuous stereocenters by
combining copper‐catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to cyclic …

Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral 1, 2‐Bis (Boronic) Esters Featuring Acyclic, Non‐Adjacent 1, 3‐Stereocenters

XM Jiang, CL Ji, JF Ge, JH Zhao, XY Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of acyclic, non‐adjacent 1, 3‐stereogenic centers, prevalent motifs in drugs
and bioactive molecules, has been a long‐standing synthetic challenge due to acyclic …

Dearomatization‐Rearomatization Reaction of Metal‐Polarized Aza‐ortho‐Quinone Methides

BC Wang, L Rao, KX Fang, BL Qu, FY Xiong… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐polarized aza‐ortho‐quinone methides (aza‐o‐QMs) are a unique and efficient
handle for azaheterocycle synthesis. Despite great achievements, the potential of these …

Diastereo‐and Enantioselective Synthesis of Bisbenzannulated Spiroketals and Spiroaminals by Ir/Ag/Acid Ternary Catalysis

WL Yang, XY Shang, T Ni, H Yan, X Luo… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We reported herein an iridium/silver/acid ternary catalytic system to access
bisbenzannulated [6, 6]‐spiroketals in high efficiency with generally high diastereo‐and …

Enantioselective synthesis of spiroketals and spiroaminals via gold and iridium sequential catalysis

WL Yang, XY Shang, X Luo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enantioselective cascade reaction between racemic 2‐(1‐hydroxyallyl) phenols and
alkynols/alkynamides was realized by using a gold and iridium sequential catalytic system …

Dancing on Ropes‐Enantioselective Functionalization of Preformed Four‐Membered Carbocycles

J Chen, Q Zhou, H Fang, P Lu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Cyclobutane derivatives have been recognized as useful
structural motifs in organic synthesis and drug design. With the revival of photochemistry, the …

Crystallization-Enabled Henry Reactions: Stereoconvergent Construction of Fully Substituted [N]-Asymmetric Centers

P De Jesús Cruz, JS Johnson - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tetrasubstituted stereogenic carbon centers bearing a nitrogen substituent represent
important motifs in medicinal chemistry and natural products; therefore, the development of …

Synthesis of Medium-Sized Rings by Z-Retentive Asymmetric Allylic Substitution-Enabled Intermolecular Cascade Cyclization under Iridium/Cinchona Catalysis

YZ Liu, C Zheng, SL You - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Medium-sized rings are important structural units in organic molecules of significant interest.
However, their efficient synthesis, especially in a highly enantioselective manner, has been …