Recent progress on donor and donor–donor carbenes

D Zhu, L Chen, H Fan, Q Yao, S Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Donor and donor–donor carbenes are two important kinds of carbenes, which have
experienced tremendous growth in the past two decades. This review provides a …

Dirhodium tetracarboxylates as catalysts for selective intermolecular C–H functionalization

HML Davies, K Liao - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
C–H functionalization has become widely recognized as an exciting new strategy for the
synthesis of complex molecular targets. Instead of relying on functional groups as the …

Further developments and applications of oxazoline-containing ligands in asymmetric catalysis

R Connon, B Roche, BV Rokade, PJ Guiry - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The chiral oxazoline motif is present in many ligands that have been extensively applied in a
series of important metal-catalyzed enantioselective reactions. This Review aims to provide …

Transition metal catalyzed insertion reactions with donor/donor carbenes

BD Bergstrom, LA Nickerson, JT Shaw… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Donor/donor carbenes are relatively new in the field of carbene chemistry; although
applications in C− H and X− H insertion reactions are few in number, they demonstrate …

Diastereoselective Transfer of Tri (di) fluoroacetylsilanes‐Derived Carbenes to Alkenes

Y Zhang, G Zhou, X Gong, Z Guo, X Qi… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stereoselective cyclopropanation reaction of alkenes is usually achieved by metal
complexes via singlet‐metal‐carbene intermediates. However, previous transition‐metal …

Asymmetric Three-Component Reaction of Enynal with Alcohol and Imine as An Expeditious Track to Afford Chiral α-Furyl-β-amino Carboxylate Derivatives

K Hong, J Shu, S Dong, Z Zhang, Y He, M Liu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report an achiral dirhodium complex and chiral phosphoric acid cooperatively
catalyzed asymmetric three-component reaction of enynal with alcohol and imine, affording …

Enantioselective Rh (II)-catalyzed desymmetric cycloisomerization of diynes: constructing furan-fused dihydropiperidines with an alkyne-substituted aza-quaternary …

R Wu, J Lu, T Cao, J Ma, K Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Described herein is an enantioselective dirhodium (II)-catalyzed cycloisomerization of
diynes achieved by the strategy of desymmetrization, which not only represents a new …

Site-selective C–H benzylation of alkanes with N-triftosylhydrazones leading to alkyl aromatics

Z Liu, S Cao, W Yu, J Wu, F Yi, EA Anderson, X Bi - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Alkanes are an abundant and valuable resource for transformation into value-added fine
chemicals. However, selective functionalization of specific C (sp 3)–H bonds in alkanes for …

Dirhodium: carbene transformations and beyond

R Wu, D Zhu, S Zhu - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Dirhodiums, which feature lantern-or paddlewheel-like structures, have emerged as a class
of useful catalysts in organic synthesis. Among the transformations catalyzed by dirhodiums …

Catalytic Asymmetric Deoxygenative Cyclopropanation Reactions by a Chiral Salen-Mo Catalyst

LY Cao, JL Wang, K Wang, JB Wu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation reaction of alkenes with diazo compounds is a
direct and powerful method to construct chiral cyclopropanes that are essential to drug …