Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

An effective approach for chitosan conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by bio-based organic acid with ionic liquids additive

Y Chai, XY Tian, XP Zheng, YP Du, YC Zhang… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The primary challenges associated with converting chitin biomass into 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) primarily revolve around achieving high 5-HMF yields while …

Manipulating Activity and Chemoselectivity of a Benzaldehyde Lyase for Efficient Synthesis of α-Hydroxymethyl Ketones and One-Pot Enantio-Complementary …

Y Zhang, Y Li, Y Chen, W Liu, Q Zhao, J Feng… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The α-hydroxymethyl ketone motif has been widely found in many pharmaceutically
important molecules and used as a key intermediate in the synthesis of various fine …

MOF confinement enables selective synthesis of novel oxazoles from indole and formaldehyde

DY Zheng, J Gao, D Yue, M Li, XC Huang - Chemical Communications, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report the successful guidance of indole and formaldehyde reactivity by precisely
tuning the pore size and active sites of MOF, altering their intrinsic reaction pathways. This …

Practical Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant Pyrroles from α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes and Phenacyl Azides

L Borkotoky, RA Maurya - European Journal of Organic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Structurally diverse pyrroles were synthesized by direct coupling of α, β‐unsaturated
aldehydes and phenacyl azides. The scope of the synthetic method was successfully …