Considering the recent rapid advancement of synthetic technologies promoted by visible
light in the last 15 years, the use of photocatalysts has been rightfully justified based on the …

In recent years, visible light-induced reactions of diazo compounds have attracted
increasing attention in organic synthesis, leading to improvement of existing reactions, as …

Introducing aryl moieties into heterocyclic scaffolds is a key step in the syntheses of natural
products, drugs, and functional materials. Herein, we describe an unprecedented …

Free carbene readily causes multiple side reactions due to its high energy, thus its
asymmetric transformation is very difficult. We present here our findings of high‐pKa …

Visible light induced singlet nucleophilic carbenes undergo rapid [2+ 1]-cycloaddition with
tethered olefins to afford unique bicyclo [3.1. 0] hexane and bicyclo [4.1. 0] heptane …

Iodonium ylides have attracted considerable attention due to their unique properties and
numerous applications as versatile and sustainable reagents in organic synthesis …

Cyclopropanes are one of the most important strained rings existing in various
pharmaceutical products and secondary metabolites. They are also widely used in total …

The photolysis of diazoalkanes is a timely strategy to conduct carbene‐transfer reactions
under mild and metal‐free reaction conditions, and has developed as an important …

A highly regioselective synthesis of spiro [benzofuran-2, 2′-furan]-3-ones has been
explored via Lewis acid-catalyzed [3+ 2] cyclization of iodonium ylides with azadienes. The …

Cyclopropane-fused ring scaffolds represent one of the most appealing structural motifs in
organic chemistry due to their wide presence in bioactive molecules and versatility in …