Contemporary synthetic strategies in organofluorine chemistry

R Britton, V Gouverneur, JH Lin, M Meanwell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Fluorinated molecules have a wide range of applications and are used as medicines,
agrochemicals and refrigerants and in smartphone liquid crystal displays, photovoltaic solar …

Strategies for Nucleophilic C(sp3)–(Radio)Fluorination

INM Leibler, SS Gandhi, MA Tekle-Smith… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This Perspective surveys the progress and current limitations of nucleophilic fluorination
methodologies. Despite the long and rich history of C (sp3)–F bond construction in chemical …

Electrochemical strategies for C–H functionalization and C–N bond formation

MD Kärkäs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional methods for carrying out carbon–hydrogen functionalization and carbon–
nitrogen bond formation are typically conducted at elevated temperatures, and rely on …

The hitchhiker's guide to flow chemistry∥

MB Plutschack, B Pieber, K Gilmore… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Flow chemistry involves the use of channels or tubing to conduct a reaction in a continuous
stream rather than in a flask. Flow equipment provides chemists with unique control over …

Modern approaches for asymmetric construction of carbon–fluorine quaternary stereogenic centers: synthetic challenges and pharmaceutical needs

Y Zhu, J Han, J Wang, N Shibata, M Sodeoka… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
New methods for preparation of tailor-made fluorine-containing compounds are in extremely
high demand in nearly every sector of chemical industry. The asymmetric construction of …

Visible-light-induced palladium-catalyzed selective defluoroarylation of trifluoromethylarenes with arylboronic acids

YC Luo, FF Tong, Y Zhang, CY He… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Selective functionalization of inactive C (sp3)–F bonds to prepare medicinally interesting
aryldifluoromethylated compounds remains challenging. One promising route is the …

Next generation of fluorine-containing pharmaceuticals, compounds currently in phase II–III clinical trials of major pharmaceutical companies: new structural trends …

Y Zhou, J Wang, Z Gu, S Wang, W Zhu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fluoroorganic chemistry has become essential in the evolution of many different but
interconnected research fields. These include the development of new materials with a …

The fluorination of C− H bonds: developments and perspectives

R Szpera, DFJ Moseley, LB Smith… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This Review summarizes advances in fluorination by C (sp2)− H and C (sp3)− H activation.
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed approaches championed by palladium have allowed the …

Applications of fluorine in medicinal chemistry

EP Gillis, KJ Eastman, MD Hill… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The role of fluorine in drug design and development is expanding rapidly as we learn more
about the unique properties associated with this unusual element and how to deploy it with …

Radical-Polar Crossover Enabled Triple Cleavage of CF2Br2: A Multicomponent Tandem Cyclization to 3-Fluoropyrazoles

W Zuo, L Zuo, X Geng, Z Li, L Wang - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The elaboration of step-economy and catalytic approaches for accessing diverse fluorinated
heterocyclics is highly desirable. Described herein is a radical-polar crossover enabled …