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 …

Enantioselective radical reactions using chiral catalysts

S Mondal, F Dumur, D Gigmes, MP Sibi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the impressive increase in fundamental knowledge, the last 20 years have
shown a continuous burst of new ideas and consequently a plethora of new catalytic …

Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Strategies and Mechanisms of First-Row Transition Metal-Regulated Radical C–H Functionalization

X Wang, J He, YN Wang, Z Zhao, K Jiang… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Radical C–H functionalization represents a useful means of streamlining synthetic routes by
avoiding substrate preactivation and allowing access to target molecules in fewer steps. The …

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 …

Exploiting attractive non-covalent interactions for the enantioselective catalysis of reactions involving radical intermediates

RSJ Proctor, AC Colgan, RJ Phipps - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has seen unprecedented growth in the development of new chemical
methods that proceed by mechanisms involving radical intermediates. This new attention …

Recent developments in enantioselective transition metal catalysis featuring attractive noncovalent interactions between ligand and substrate

A Fanourakis, PJ Docherty, P Chuentragool… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Enantioselective transition metal catalysis is an area very much at the forefront of
contemporary synthetic research. The development of processes that enable the efficient …

Copper (I)-catalyzed asymmetric reactions involving radicals

QS Gu, ZL Li, XY Liu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Asymmetric functionalization of alkyl radicals represents a robust yet
underdeveloped method for efficient construction and decoration of carbon skeletons in …

Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Denitrogenative Annulation to Access High‐Valued N‐Heterocycles

SK Das, S Roy, B Chattopadhyay - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few years, the development of efficient methods to construct high‐valued N‐
heterocyclic molecules have received massive attention owing to their extensive application …

Stereocontrolled 1, 3-nitrogen migration to access chiral α-amino acids

CX Ye, X Shen, S Chen, E Meggers - Nature chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract α-Amino acids are essential for life as building blocks of proteins and components
of diverse natural molecules. In both industry and academia, the incorporation of unnatural …