Visible photons as ideal reagents for the activation of coloured organic compounds

L Di Terlizzi, L Nicchio, S Protti… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, the traceless nature of visible photons has been exploited for the
development of efficient synthetic strategies for the photoconversion of colourless …

Nitrogen atom insertion into arenols to access benzazepines

Y He, J Wang, T Zhu, Z Zheng, H Wei - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in site-selective molecular editing have enabled structural modification on
complex molecules. However, thus far, their applications have been restricted to C–H …

Carbene-Assisted Arene Ring-Opening

Z Cheng, H Xu, Z Hu, M Zhu, KN Houk… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite the significant achievements in dearomatization and C–H functionalization of
arenes, the arene ring-opening remains a largely unmet challenge and is underdeveloped …

Controllable Skeletal and Peripheral Editing of Pyrroles with Vinylcarbenes

Y Yang, Q Song, P Sivaguru, Z Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The skeletal editing of azaarenes through insertion, deletion, or swapping of single atoms
has recently gained considerable momentum in chemical synthesis. Here, we describe a …

N‐(Sulfonio)Sulfilimine Reagents: Non‐Oxidizing Sources of Electrophilic Nitrogen Atom for Skeletal Editing

T Heilmann, JM Lopez‐Soria, J Ulbrich… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The one‐pot synthesis of λ4‐dibenzothiophen‐5‐imino‐N‐dibenzothiophenium triflate (1) in
multigram scale is reported. This compound reacts with Rh2 (esp) 2 (esp= α, α, α′, α …

Synthesis of Collidine from Dinitrogen via a Tungsten Nitride

L Eberle, J Ballmann - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of pyridines from dinitrogen in homogeneous solution is known to be
challenging considering that an N2 cleavage step needs to be combined with two N–C …

Accessing Pyridines via a Nitrene Internalization Process

N Kotwal, P Chauhan - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pyridines are valuable pharmacophores, and their access via direct and selective
transmutation of carbon atom with desired nitrogen could become crucial in drug discovery …

N-Oxide-to-Carbon Transmutations of Azaarene N-Oxides

NA Falcone, S He, JF Hoskin, S Mangat… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reactions that change the identity of an atom within a ring system are emerging as valuable
tools for the site-selective editing of molecular structures. Herein, we describe the expansion …

Skeletal editing of benzene motif: photopromoted transannulation for synthesis of DNA-Encoded seven-membered rings

Y Zhang, J Xue, X Su, W Xiao, J Lv, W Shi, Y Zou… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this report, we present a photopromoted, metal-free transannulation of phenyl azides for
the synthesis of DNA-encoded seven-membered rings. The transformation is efficiently …

One‐Carbon Ring Expansion of Indoles and Pyrroles: A Straightforward Access to 3‐Fluorinated Quinolines and Pyridines

H Guo, S Qiu, P Xu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorinated quinolines and pyridines are prevalent pharmacophores, yet their synthesis is
often challenging. Herein, we demonstrate that dibromofluoromethane as …