Installing the “magic methyl”–C–H methylation in synthesis

D Aynetdinova, MC Callens, HB Hicks… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective and efficient C–H methylation of sp2 and sp3 carbon centres has become a
powerful transformation in the synthetic toolbox. Due to the potential for profound changes to …

Metal-catalysed C–Het (F, O, S, N) and C–C bond arylation

B Zhao, T Rogge, L Ackermann, Z Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of C–aryl bonds has been the focus of intensive research over the last
decades for the construction of complex molecules from simple, readily available feedstocks …

Mechanochemical Solvent‐Free Catalytic C− H Methylation

S Ni, M Hribersek, SK Baddigam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanochemical, solvent‐free, highly regioselective, rhodium‐catalyzed C− H
methylation of (hetero) arenes is reported. The reaction shows excellent functional‐group …

Modular and stereoselective synthesis of C-aryl glycosides via Catellani reaction

W Lv, Y Chen, S Wen, D Ba… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we describe a Catellani-type C–H glycosylation to provide rapid access to
various highly decorated α-C-(hetero) aryl glycosides in a modular and stereoselective …

Broadening of horizons in the synthesis of CD 3-labeled molecules

Q Sun, JF Soulé - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the light of the recent potentials of deuterated molecules as pharmaceuticals or even in
mechanistic understanding, efficient methods for their synthesis are continually desired …

Structurally modified norbornenes: a key factor to modulate reaction selectivity in the palladium/norbornene cooperative catalysis

R Li, G Dong - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Palladium/norbornene (Pd/NBE) cooperative catalysis has received enormous attention and
found numerous synthetic applications in the past two decades. Considering the critical …

Recent Expedition in Pd‐Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling and Related Processes

PY Choy, KB Gan, FY Kwong - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Sonogashira cross‐coupling protocol, typically showing the
reaction between aryl/vinyl halide and terminal alkyne, has been a widely used protocol for …

Recent progress on Catellani reaction

Z Chen, F Zhang - Tetrahedron, 2023 - Elsevier
The Catellani reaction is a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbon-activated multicomponent
tandem reaction involving an aryl halide, an electrophilic coupling reagent and a terminating …

The Deuterated “Magic Methyl” Group: A Guide to Site‐Selective Trideuteromethyl Incorporation and Labeling by Using CD3 Reagents

J Steverlynck, R Sitdikov… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the field of medicinal chemistry, the precise installation of a trideuteromethyl group is
gaining ever‐increasing attention. Site‐selective incorporation of the deuterated “magic …

Regio-and stereoselective alkylboration of endocyclic olefins enabled by nickel catalysis

C Ding, Y Ren, C Sun, J Long, G Yin - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Whereas there is a significant interest in the rapid construction of diversely substituted
saturated heterocycles, direct and modular access is currently limited to the mono-, 2, 3-, or …