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 …

Alcohols as Alkyl Synthons Enabled by Photoredox-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Activation

T Mandal, S Mallick, M Islam, S De Sarkar - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcohols are abundant with versatile structural variety and have ample use as pivotal
functional groups in numerous organic processes. Because of their frequent occurrence in …

Chromium‐and Metal‐Reductant‐Free Asymmetric Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi (NHK) Reaction Enabled by Metallaphotoredox Catalysis

P Gu, L Ding, X Fang, J Zhu, S Kang, B Wu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral allylic alcohols are highly prized in synthetic chemistry due to their versatile reactivity
stemming from both alkenyl and hydroxyl functionalities. While the Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi …

Advances in photochemical/electrochemical synthesis of heterocyclic compounds from carbon dioxide

YY Xie, YM Pan - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The primary greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2), which also serves as an excellent C1
building block for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds. The preparation and …

Development of an Easy-To-Handle Redox Active Group for Alcohols: Catalytic Transformation of Tertiary Alcohols to Nitriles

S Lee, G Kang, S Han - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The generation of radical intermediates via SET-mediated deoxygenation of activated
alcohol derivatives is desirable, as alcohols can be utilized in various radical-mediated …

Unified Photocatalytic Strategy for the Cross-Coupling of Alcohols with Aryl Halides Enabled by Synergistic Nickel and Iron LMCT Catalysis

M Jaber, Y Ozbay, E Chefdeville, G Tran… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The use of alcohol feedstock as a coupling partner in cross-coupling reactions offers an
extraordinary potential for the efficient synthesis of Csp3-rich complex molecular scaffolds …

Reductive alkyl-alkyl coupling from isolable nickel-alkyl complexes

SA Zubaydi, S Waske, V Akyildiz, HF Starbuck… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The selective cross-coupling of two alkyl electrophiles to construct complex molecules
remains a challenge in organic synthesis. 1, 2 Known reactions are optimized for specific …

Catalytic undirected methylation of unactivated C(sp3)−H bonds suitable for complex molecules

JF Tan, YC Kang, JF Hartwig - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
In pharmaceutical discovery, the “magic methyl” effect describes a substantial improvement
in the pharmacological properties of a drug candidate with the incorporation of methyl …

Triple Radical Sorting: Aryl-Alkylation of Alkenes

JZ Wang, E Mao, JA Nguyen, WL Lyon… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The cross-coupling of aryl bromides with alkenes can provide access to diverse
combinatorial chemical space. Two-component couplings between these partners are well …

Multicomponent Construction of Tertiary Alkylamines by Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed Aminoalkylation of Organohalides

T Yang, W Xiong, G Sun, W Yang, M Lu… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tertiary alkylamines are privileged structural motifs widely present in natural products,
pharmaceutical agents, and bioactive molecules, and their efficient synthesis has been a …