Alkali‐Metal Mediation: Diversity of Applications in Main‐Group Organometallic Chemistry

TX Gentner, RE Mulvey - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organolithium compounds have been at the forefront of synthetic chemistry for over a
century, as they mediate the synthesis of myriads of compounds that are utilised worldwide …

Copper-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides

LJ Cheng, NP Mankad - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions represent a direct and atom-
economical approach to introduce oxygen functionality into organic compounds, with CO …

Radical Polarity

JJA Garwood, AD Chen, DA Nagib - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The polarity of a radical intermediate profoundly impacts its reactivity and selectivity. To
quantify this influence and predict its effects, the electrophilicity/nucleophilicity of> 500 …

An electroreductive approach to radical silylation via the activation of strong Si–Cl bond

L Lu, JC Siu, Y Lai, S Lin - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The construction of C (sp3)–Si bonds is important in synthetic, medicinal, and materials
chemistry. In this context, reactions mediated by silyl radicals have become increasingly …

Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of non-activated alkyl electrophiles via nickel hydride catalysis

S Bera, R Mao, X Hu - Nature chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Cross-coupling of two alkyl fragments is an efficient method to produce organic molecules
rich in sp 3-hybridized carbon centres, which are attractive candidate compounds in drug …

Organoelement chemistry: Promising growth areas and challenges

GA Abakumov, AV Piskunov… - Russian Chemical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The chemistry of organoelement compounds is now one of the most rapidly developing
fields of research, regarding both fundamental science and solution of applied problems …

Collective approach to advancing C–H functionalization

HML Davies, D Morton - ACS Central Science, 2017 - ACS Publications
C–H functionalization is a very active research field that has attracted the interest of
scientists from many disciplines. This Outlook describes the collaborative efforts within the …

Electrochemical dearomative 2, 3-difunctionalization of indoles

J Wu, Y Dou, R Guillot, C Kouklovsky… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report the use of electrochemistry to perform a direct oxidative dearomatization of
indoles leading to 2, 3-dialkoxy or 2, 3-diazido indolines under undivided conditions at a …

Photoelectrochemical Si–H and Ge–H activation by iron catalysis

W Wei, SL Homölle, T von Münchow, Y Li… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
The development of efficient and sustainable methods for hydrosilane and hydrogermane
functionalization is of importance due to their abundant use as functional modifiers and high …

Emerging strategies for C–H silylation

SC Richter, M Oestreich - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Silicon-containing molecules are of great academic and industrial interest with widespread
applications in several research areas such as materials science, medicinal chemistry, and …