Building a bridge from solid wastes to solar fuels and chemicals via artificial photosynthesis

M Du, M Xing, S Kang, Y Ma, B Qiu, Y Chai - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoreforming (PR) is a process that splits water into hydrogen coupled with oxidation of
solid waste into value‐added products, which provides a way to mitigate resource depletion …

Recent progress on Catellani reaction

Z Chen, F Zhang - Tetrahedron, 2023 - Elsevier
The Catellani reaction is a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbon-activated multicomponent
tandem reaction involving an aryl halide, an electrophilic coupling reagent and a terminating …

An axial-to-axial chirality transfer strategy for atroposelective construction of C–N axial chirality

ZS Liu, PP Xie, Y Hua, C Wu, Y Ma, J Chen, HG Cheng… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
C–N axially chiral skeletons are ubiquitous in bioactive natural products, pharmaceuticals,
and chiral ligands. However, their atroposelective synthesis remains a formidable challenge …

Construction of Axially Chiral Biaryls via Atroposelective ortho-C–H Arylation of Aryl Iodides

ZS Liu, S Deng, Q Gao, Y Hua, HG Cheng, X Qi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the dichotomy between reactivity and stereoselectivity, the synthesis of axially chiral
biaryls via enantioselective C–H arylation remains a daunting challenge. This full account …

Kinetic resolution of planar chiral metallocenes using Rh-catalysed enantioselective C–H arylation

CX Liu, F Zhao, Z Feng, Q Wang, Q Gu, SL You - Nature Synthesis, 2023 - nature.com
Planar chiral metallocenes have found application in the fields of asymmetric catalysis,
medicinal chemistry and materials science. Asymmetric C–H functionalisation provides an …

Functionalized Cycloolefin Ligand as a Solution to Ortho-Constraint in the Catellani-Type Reaction

FY Wang, YX Li, L Jiao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Catellani reaction, ie, the Pd/norbornene (NBE) catalysis, has been evolved into a
versatile approach to multisubstituted arenes via the ortho-functionalization/ipso-termination …

Enantioselective assembly of ferrocenes with axial and planar chiralities via palladium/chiral norbornene cooperative catalysis

J Ye, L Li, Y You, C Jiao, Z Cui, Y Zhang, S Jia, H Cong… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The preparation of ferrocenes with both axial and planar chiralities poses a considerable
challenge. Herein, we report a strategy for the construction of both axial and planar …

Asymmetric Two‐Component Alkenyl Catellani Reaction for the Construction of C—N Axial Chirality

C Wu, ZS Liu, Y Shang, C Liu, S Deng… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Herein, we report an asymmetric two‐component alkenyl
Catellani reaction for the construction of C—N axial chirality through a palladium/chiral …

Synthesis of W‐Phos Ligand and Its Application in the Copper‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Linear Grignard Reagents to Ketones

W Luo, LM Zhang, ZM Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The asymmetric catalytic addition of linear Grignard reagents to ketones has been a long‐
standing challenge in organic synthesis. Herein, a novel family of PNP ligands (W‐Phos) …

Atroposelective Kinetic Resolution of 8H-Indeno[1,2-c]thiophen-8-ols via Pd-Catalyzed C–C Bond Cleavage Reaction

J Xi, H Yang, L Li, X Zhang, C Li, Z Gu - Organic Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The present work demonstrates a palladium-catalyzed kinetic resolution/ring-opening
reaction of 8 H-indeno [1, 2-c] thiophen-8-ols. The reaction proceeds in a highly …