NiH-catalyzed functionalization of remote and proximal olefins: new reactions and innovative strategies

Y Wang, Y He, S Zhu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition metal hydride catalyzed functionalization of remote and proximal
olefins has many advantages over conventional cross-coupling reactions. It avoids the …

Streamlined alkylation via nickel-hydride-catalyzed hydrocarbonation of alkenes

Z Zhang, S Bera, C Fan, X Hu - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Compounds rich in sp3-hybridized carbons are desirable in drug discovery. Nickel-
catalyzed hydrocarbonation of alkenes is a potentially efficient method to synthesize these …

Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides

W Zhang, L Lu, W Zhang, Y Wang, SD Ware… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent research in medicinal chemistry has suggested that there is a correlation between
an increase in the fraction of sp 3 carbons—those bonded to four other atoms—in drug …

Nickel-catalyzed formation of quaternary carbon centers using tertiary alkyl electrophiles

W Xue, X Jia, X Wang, X Tao, Z Yin… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Transformation of sterically hindered tertiary alkyl electrophiles under nickel-catalyzed
conditions to forge C (sp3)–C bonds and simultaneously create challenging all-carbon …

Ligand relay catalysis enables asymmetric migratory reductive acylation of olefins or alkyl halides

X Jiang, FT Sheng, Y Zhang, G Deng… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Design of ligands in transition-metal catalyzed reactions is challenging, especially in
asymmetric transformations. With each step in the catalytic cycle promoted by its privileged …

Nickel‐Catalyzed Switchable Site‐Selective Alkene Hydroalkylation by Temperature Regulation

JW Wang, DG Liu, Z Chang, Z Li, Y Fu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regiodivergent alkene functionalization that produces either regioisomer starting from the
same raw materials is desirable. Herein, we report a nickel‐catalyzed switchable site …

Divergent Access to Chiral C2- and C3-Alkylated Pyrrolidines by Catalyst-Tuned Regio- and Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Coupling

X Wang, J Xue, ZQ Rong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Novel-substituted pyrrolidine derivatives are widely used in drugs and bioactive molecules.
The efficient synthesis of these valuable skeletons, especially enantiopure derivatives, is still …

Electrochemical NiH‐Catalyzed C(sp3)−C(sp3) Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Alkyl Alkenes

P Li, G Kou, T Feng, M Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, an electrochemically driven NiH‐catalyzed reductive coupling of alkyl halides and
alkyl alkenes for the construction of Csp3− Csp3 bonds is firstly reported. Notably, alkyl …

Mechanism of Ni-catalyzed reductive 1, 2-dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes

Q Lin, T Diao - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ni-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling reactions have emerged as appealing methods to
construct organic molecules without the use of stoichiometric organometallic reagents. The …

Chiral alkyl amine synthesis via catalytic enantioselective hydroalkylation of enecarbamates

D Qian, S Bera, X Hu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chiral alkyl amines are omnipresent as bioactive molecules and synthetic intermediates.
The catalytic and enantioselective synthesis of alkyl amines from readily accessible …