Toolbox for distal C–H bond functionalizations in organic molecules

SK Sinha, S Guin, S Maiti, JP Biswas, S Porey… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation has developed a contemporary approach to the
omnipresent area of retrosynthetic disconnection. Scientific researchers have been tempted …

Comproportionation and disproportionation in nickel and copper complexes

CS Day, R Martin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Disproportionation and comproportionation reactions have become increasingly important
electron transfer events in organometallic chemistry and catalysis. The renewed interest in …

Arenethiolate as a dual function catalyst for photocatalytic defluoroalkylation and hydrodefluorination of trifluoromethyls

C Liu, K Li, R Shang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thiol is known to act as a hydrogen atom transfer catalyst working in synergy with a
photocatalyst in photoredox catalysis, but we report herein that an arene thiolate with an …

Synthesis of fluorinated compounds by Nickel-catalyzed defluorinative cross-coupling reactions

K Wang, W Kong - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organofluorine compounds have attracted extensive attention in various industrial fields due
to their unique chemical and physical properties. Despite increasing demand in a wide …

Recent advances in the synthesis of difluorinated architectures from trifluoromethyl groups

F Zhao, W Zhou, Z Zuo - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine‐containing moieties are widely used in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and
material fields. Thus, these structures are of immense interest in the fields of organic …

Modular access to chiral α-(hetero) aryl amines via Ni/photoredox-catalyzed enantioselective cross-coupling

X Shu, D Zhong, Y Lin, X Qin, H Huo - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chiral α-aryl N-heterocycles are commonly found in natural products, pharmaceutical
agents, and chiral catalysts but remain challenging to access via asymmetric catalysis …

Photochemical and electrochemical strategies in C–F bond activation and functionalization

Z Wang, Y Sun, LY Shen, WC Yang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The activation and functionalization of C–F bonds under mild conditions can serve as an
important tool for organic syntheses including the modification of pharmaceuticals and …

Chromium-catalyzed allylic defluorinative ketyl olefin coupling

C Zhang, Z Lin, Y Zhu, C Wang - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we report a chromium-catalyzed allylic defluorinative ketyl olefin coupling between
aldehydes and α-trifluoromethyl alkenes, which provides novel and efficient access to …

Synthetic Advantages of Defluorinative C− F Bond Functionalization

LV Hooker, JS Bandar - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Much progress has been made in the development of methods to both create compounds
that contain C− F bonds and to functionalize C− F bonds. As such, C− F bonds are becoming …

Metal-free, visible-light driven α-C (sp 3)–H gem-difluoroallylation of glycine derivatives with trifluoromethyl alkenes and 1, 3-enynes

ZH Yuan, H Xin, L Zhang, P Gao, X Yang, XH Duan… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A metal free, visible-light driven α-C (sp3)–H gem-difluoroallylation of glycine derivatives
with trifluoromethyl alkenes and 1, 3-enynes is presented. This protocol features mild and …