Alcohol dehydrogenases as catalysts in organic synthesis

AS de Miranda, CDF Milagre, F Hollmann - Frontiers in Catalysis, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) have become important catalysts for stereoselective
oxidation and reduction reactions of alcohols, aldehydes and ketones. The aim of this …

Recent advances in synthesis of difluoromethylene phosphonates for biological applications

M Shevchuk, Q Wang, R Pajkert, J Xu… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For almost 40 years, difluoromethylene phosphonates have proven to be versatile molecular
tools in biochemical studies owing to their close resemblance to naturally occurring …

Fluoroalkyl Iodides in Fluoroalkylative Difunctionalization of C− C Multiple Bonds

F Lucio‐Martínez, W Chaładaj - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorinated alkyl iodides serve as a convenient and inexpensive source of fluoroalkyl
radicals that can readily undergo addition to the C− C unsaturated bonds of alkynes and …

Iodine (V)-Based Oxidants in Oxidation Reactions

SE Shetgaonkar, S Jothish, T Dohi, FV Singh - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The chemistry of hypervalent iodine reagents has now become quite valuable due to the
reactivity of these compounds under mild reaction conditions and their resemblance in …

Exploiting enzymatic dynamic reductive kinetic resolution (DYRKR) in stereocontrolled synthesis

GA Applegate, DB Berkowitz - Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, the domains of both frontline synthetic organic chemistry and
process chemistry have seen an increase in crosstalk between asymmetric organic …

Design of (β-diazo-α, α-difluoroethyl) phosphonates and their application as masked carbenes in visible light-promoted coupling reactions with sulfonic acids

H Mei, J Liu, R Pajkert, L Wang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We elaborate a method for the generation of (2-diazo-1, 1-difluoroethyl) phosphonates from
(β-amino-α, α-difluoroethyl) phosphonates as precursors and their application as masked …

Biomacromolecule-Assisted Screening for Reaction Discovery and Catalyst Optimization

SM Ramos De Dios, VK Tiwari, CD McCune… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reaction discovery and catalyst screening lie at the heart of synthetic organic chemistry.
While there are efforts at de novo catalyst design using computation/artificial intelligence, at …

“Zipped Synthesis” by Cross-Metathesis Provides a Cystathionine β-Synthase Inhibitor that Attenuates Cellular H2S Levels and Reduces Neuronal Infarction in a Rat …

CD McCune, SJ Chan, ML Beio, W Shen… - ACS Central …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The gaseous neuromodulator H2S is associated with neuronal cell death pursuant to
cerebral ischemia. As cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) is the primary mediator of H2S …

Esterification of Carboxylic Acids with (β-Diazo-α, α-difluoroethyl) phosphonates under Photochemical Conditions

L Jiang, X Jingcheng, P Romana, M Haibo… - Acta Chimica …, 2021 - sioc-journal.cn
Fluoroalkyl-substituted diazo compounds belong to one of the most powerful tools in organic
synthetic chemistry and their transformations have attracted numerous attention. Since the …

Palladium-catalyzed phosphonyldifluoromethylation of alkenes with bromodifluoromethylphosphonate

Z Feng, YL Xiao, X Zhang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient palladium-catalyzed phosphonyldifluoromethylation of alkenes with
bromodifluoromethylphosophonate is described. The method provides a facile access to a …