Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Thermal C–C bond cleavage reactions allow the construction of structurally diverse
molecular skeletons via predictable and efficient bond reorganizations. Visible light …

We report the use of photocatalysis for the homolytic ring-opening of carbonyl
cyclopropanes. In contrast to previous studies, our approach does not require a metal …

Late-stage functionalization (LSF) introduces functional group or structural modification at
the final stage of the synthesis of natural products, drugs, and complex compounds. It is …

Stereochemical enrichment of a racemic mixture by deracemization must overcome
unfavorable entropic effects as well as the principle of microscopic reversibility; recently …

This review describes the development of enantioselective methods for the ring opening of
cyclopropanes. Both approaches based on the reaction of nonchiral cyclopropanes and …

This article reviews synthetic transformations involving cleavage of a carbon–carbon bond of
a four-membered ring, with a particular focus on the examples reported during the period …

Diacids are important monomers in the polymer industry to construct valuable materials.
Dicarboxylation of unsaturated bonds, such as alkenes and alkynes, with CO2 has been …

In this review, transition metal-catalyzed methodologies and applications that exploit C–C
bond cleavage of vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs) are summarized with a focus on cycloaddition …

Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have been well-established as
indispensable tools in modern organic synthesis. One of the major research goals in cross …