Hydrogen bonding phase-transfer catalysis with alkali metal fluorides and beyond

G Pupo, V Gouverneur - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phase-transfer catalysis (PTC) is one of the most powerful catalytic manifolds for asymmetric
synthesis. Chiral cationic or anionic PTC strategies have enabled a variety of …

Regiodivergent electroreductive defluorinative carboxylation of gem-difluorocyclopropanes

B Zhao, Z Pan, J Pan, H Deng, X Bu, M Ma, F Xue - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Access to regioselective monofluorinated alkenes concurrently from fluoroalkenylating
building blocks such as gem-difluorocyclopropanes represents a powerful synthetic tool and …

Defluorinative Thiolation of gem-Difluoroalkenes by Convergent Paired Electrolysis

Z Pan, X Wang, S Zhao, H Deng, M Ma, F Xue - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we have successfully developed a convergent paired electrolysis strategy for the
defluorinative thiolation process utilizing thiols and gem-difluoroalkenes as precursors. This …

Dearomatization through halofunctionalization reactions

XW Liang, C Zheng, SL You - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in dearomatization through halofunctionalization reactions are
summarized in this Minireview. Two general categories of strategies are currently employed …

[HTML][HTML] Ligand-controlled regioselective and chemodivergent defluorinative functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes with simple ketones

L Lv, H Qian, Y Ma, S Huang, X Yan, Z Li - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Modulating the reaction selectivity is highly attractive and pivotal to the rational design of
synthetic regimes. The defluorinative functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes …

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of gem-Difluorocyclopropanes with gem-Diborylalkanes for the Synthesis of Boryl-Substituted Fluorinated Alkenes

EAMA Ahmed, H Zhang, WG Cao, TJ Gong - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study presents a novel method for the regioselective coupling of gem-difluorinated
cyclopropanes with gem-diborylmethane, utilizing a Pd-catalyst system. This innovative …

China's flourishing synthetic organofluorine chemistry: innovations in the new millennium

Q Liu, C Ni, J Hu - National Science Review, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The new millennium has witnessed the rapid development of synthetic organofluorine
chemistry all over the world, and chemists in China have made significant contributions in …

Competition between C–C and C–H Bond Fluorination: A Continuum of Electron Transfer and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mechanisms

M Wang, R Rowshanpour, L Guan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In 2015, we reported a photochemical method for directed C–C bond cleavage/radical
fluorination of relatively unstrained cyclic acetals using Selectfluor and catalytic 9 …

The synthesis and glycoside formation of polyfluorinated carbohydrates

K Huonnic, B Linclau - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated carbohydrates have found many applications in the glycosciences. Typically,
these contain fluorination at a single position. There are not many applications involving …

Electrohalogenation of organic compounds

MR Scheide, CR Nicoleti, GM Martins… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we present an overview of recent advances in the electrochemical halogenation of
organic compounds. Halogen-containing compounds are essential building blocks for post …