CuH-catalyzed olefin functionalization: from hydroamination to carbonyl addition

RY Liu, SL Buchwald - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In organic synthesis, ligand-modified copper (I) hydride (CuH) complexes have
become well-known reagents and catalysts for selective reduction, particularly toward …

Metal-catalyzed approaches toward the oxindole core

AD Marchese, EM Larin, B Mirabi… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The oxindole scaffold is a privileged structural motif that is found in a variety of
bioactive targets and natural products. Moreover, derivatives of the oxindole structure are …

Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Reductive Carboxylation with CO2

Z Zhang, JH Ye, T Ju, LL Liao, H Huang, YY Gui… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important C1 source for the generation of important carboxylic
acids and derivatives. Stoichiometric and catalytic carboxylation of nucleophiles, including …

Copper-catalyzed functionalization of 1, 3-dienes: hydrofunctionalization, borofunctionalization, and difunctionalization

GJP Perry, T Jia, DJ Procter - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
The catalytic conversion of chemical feedstocks into products of medicinal and agricultural
value is a key theme across modern synthetic chemistry. As 1, 3-dienes are readily available …

Ketone–olefin coupling of aliphatic and aromatic carbonyls catalyzed by excited-state acridine radicals

NJ Venditto, YS Liang, RK El Mokadem… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ketone–olefin coupling reactions are common methods for the formation of carbon–carbon
bonds. This reaction class typically requires stoichiometric or super stoichiometric quantities …

Catalytic allylation of aldehydes using unactivated alkenes

S Tanabe, H Mitsunuma, M Kanai - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Simple feedstock organic molecules, especially alkenes, are attractive starting materials in
organic synthesis because of their wide availability. Direct utilization of such bulk, inert …

From hydrogenation to transfer hydrogenation to hydrogen auto-transfer in enantioselective metal-catalyzed carbonyl reductive coupling: past, present, and future

CG Santana, MJ Krische - ACS catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atom-efficient processes that occur via addition, redistribution, or removal of hydrogen
underlie many large-volume industrial processes and pervade all segments of chemical …

Nickel‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Carbo‐Carboxylation of Alkenes with CO2

XW Chen, JP Yue, K Wang, YY Gui, YN Niu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reductive carboxylation of organo (pseudo) halides with CO2 is a powerful method to
provide carboxylic acids quickly. Notably, the catalytic reductive carbo‐carboxylation of …

Carbonyl umpolung as an organometallic reagent surrogate

XJ Dai, CC Li, CJ Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Construction of new carbon–carbon bonds is the cornerstone of organic chemistry.
Organometallic reagents are amongst the most robust and versatile nucleophiles for this …

Palladium(I)-Iodide-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Heck Reaction of Vinyl Triflates: A Formate-Mediated Cross-Electrophile Reductive Coupling with cine-Substitution

YH Chang, W Shen, JZ Shezaf, E Ortiz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The first deoxygenative Heck reactions are described, as illustrated by formate-mediated
cine-substitutions of vinyl triflates with aryl iodides. The collective data corroborate a …