Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions

DL Golden, SE Suh, SS Stahl - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
C–H functionalization reactions are playing an increasing role in the preparation and
modification of complex organic molecules, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and …

New strategies for the transition-metal catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic amines

A Trowbridge, SM Walton, MJ Gaunt - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal catalyzed reactions that are able to construct complex aliphatic amines from
simple, readily available feedstocks have become a cornerstone of modern synthetic …

The persistent radical effect in organic synthesis

D Leifert, A Studer - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radical–radical couplings are mostly nearly diffusion‐controlled processes. Therefore, the
selective cross‐coupling of two different radicals is challenging and not a synthetically …

Recent advances in radical C–H activation/radical cross-coupling

H Yi, G Zhang, H Wang, Z Huang, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Research and industrial interest in radical C–H activation/radical cross-coupling chemistry
has continuously grown over the past few decades. These reactions offer fascinating and …

Transition metal-catalyzed C–H amination: scope, mechanism, and applications

Y Park, Y Kim, S Chang - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Catalytic transformation of ubiquitous C–H bonds into valuable C–N bonds offers an efficient
synthetic approach to construct N-functionalized molecules. Over the last few decades …

Copper-catalysed amination of alkyl iodides enabled by halogen-atom transfer

B Górski, AL Barthelemy, JJ Douglas, F Juliá… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the fact that nucleophilic displacement (SN2) of alkyl halides with nitrogen
nucleophiles is one of the first reactions introduced in organic chemistry teaching, its …

Electrochemical synthesis of allylic amines from terminal alkenes and secondary amines

DJ Wang, K Targos, ZK Wickens - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Allylic amines are valuable synthetic targets en route to diverse biologically active amine
products. Current allylic C–H amination strategies remain limited with respect to the viable N …

Benzylic C–H esterification with limiting C–H substrate enabled by photochemical redox buffering of the Cu catalyst

DL Golden, C Zhang, SJ Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper-catalyzed radical-relay reactions provide a versatile strategy for selective C–H
functionalization; however, reactions with peroxide-based oxidants often require excess C …

New amination strategies based on nitrogen-centered radical chemistry

T Xiong, Q Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The interesting and diverse biological activities of nitrogen-containing compounds make the
construction of the C–N bond of great importance. Despite the tremendous advances that …

Copper-Promoted Functionalization of Organic Molecules: from Biologically Relevant Cu/O2 Model Systems to Organometallic Transformations

R Trammell, K Rajabimoghadam… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Copper is one of the most abundant and less toxic transition metals. Nature takes advantage
of the bioavailability and rich redox chemistry of Cu to carry out oxygenase and oxidase …