Energy transfer photocatalysis: exciting modes of reactivity

S Dutta, JE Erchinger, F Strieth-Kalthoff… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Excited (triplet) states offer a myriad of attractive synthetic pathways, including
cycloadditions, selective homolytic bond cleavages and strain-release chemistry …

Linkage chemistry of S (VI) fluorides

D Zeng, WP Deng, X Jiang - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur (VI)‐fluoride exchange linkage as a next generation of click chemistry was introduced
by Sharpless and coworkers in 2014. Distinguished from CuAAC, the SuFEx reaction …

Metal-Free Photoinduced Acylboration of [1.1. 1] Propellane via Energy Transfer Catalysis

S Kim, H Oh, W Dong, J Majhi, M Sharique… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Highly strained 1, 3-disubstituted bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes (BCPs) have been established as
bioisosteres of para-disubstituted benzene because they impart valuable pharmacokinetic …

Modular assembly of arenes, ethylene and heteroarenes for the synthesis of 1, 2-arylheteroaryl ethanes

T Liu, T Li, ZY Tea, C Wang, T Shen, Z Lei, X Chen… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 1, 2-arylheteroaryl ethane motif stands as a privileged scaffold with promising
implications in drug discovery. Conventional de novo syntheses of these molecules have …

Visible-Light-Mediated Energy Transfer Enables Cyclopropanes Bearing Contiguous All-Carbon Quaternary Centers

D Xia, R Wu, J Wang, X Han, Y Li, Q Li, X Luan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cyclopropanes bearing contiguous all-carbon quaternary centers continue to attract
attention due to their bioactivities. However, methods to obtain cyclopropanes with …

Three-Component Photochemical 1, 2, 5-Trifunctionalizations of Alkenes toward Densely Functionalized Lynchpins

F Paulus, C Stein, C Heusel, TJ Stoffels… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Radical remote 1, n-difunctionalization reactions (n> 2) of alkenes are powerful tools to
efficiently introduce functional groups with selected distances into target molecules. Among …

Direct electrochemical synthesis of arenesulfonyl fluorides from nitroarenes: a dramatic ionic liquid effect

X Kong, Q Liu, Y Chen, W Wang, HF Chen, W Wang… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A practical electrochemical strategy for the direct synthesis of arenesulfonyl fluorides from
industrial feedstock nitroarenes is described. The key to success lies in using a cheap ionic …

Turning sulfonyl and sulfonimidoyl fluoride electrophiles into sulfur (VI) radicals for alkene ligation

X Wu, W Zhang, G Sun, X Zou, X Sang, Y He… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sulfonyl and sulfonimidoyl fluorides are versatile substrates in organic synthesis and
medicinal chemistry. However, they have been exclusively used as S (VI)+ electrophiles for …

Electroreductive hydroxy fluorosulfonylation of alkenes

Q Feng, T He, S Qian, P Xu, S Liao, S Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
An electroreductive strategy for radical hydroxyl fluorosulfonylation of alkenes with sulfuryl
chlorofluoride and molecular oxygen from air is described. This mild protocol displays …

Photochemical Alkene Trifluoromethylimination Enabled by Trifluoromethylsulfonylamide as a Bifunctional Reagent

Y Zheng, Z Liao, Z Xie, H Chen, K Chen, H Xiang… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we disclose a facile and versatile trifluoromethylimination of alkene with a rationally
designed N-(diphenylmethylene)-1, 1, 1-trifluoromethanesulfonamide as a bench-stable and …