Recent advances in the electrochemical generation of 1, 3-dicarbonyl radicals from C–H bonds

Q Wan, Z Zhang, ZW Hou, L Wang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemistry, which employs electrons as reagents and avoids the use of traditional
redox reagents, becomes a powerful tool in oxidative dehydrogenation cross-coupling …

Radicals: reactive intermediates with translational potential

M Yan, JC Lo, JT Edwards… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Perspective illustrates the defining characteristics of free radical chemistry, beginning
with its rich and storied history. Studies from our laboratory are discussed along with recent …

Intermolecular formal cycloaddition of indoles with bicyclo [1.1. 0] butanes by lewis acid catalysis

D Ni, S Hu, X Tan, Y Yu, Z Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we develop a new approach to directly access architecturally complex polycyclic
indolines from readily available indoles and bicyclo [1.1. 0] butanes (BCBs) through formal …

Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reaction-enabled total synthesis of indole-based natural products

C Zheng, SL You - Natural Product Reports, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 up to 2019. Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions have
witnessed considerable development in recent years. As the most extensively studied sub …

Indole alkaloid synthesis facilitated by photoredox catalytic radical cascade reactions

XY Liu, Y Qin - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The monoterpene indole alkaloids, containing over 3000 known members and
more than 40 structural types, represent one of the largest natural product families that have …

Cascade asymmetric dearomative cyclization reactions via transition-metal-catalysis

YZ Liu, H Song, C Zheng, SL You - Nature Synthesis, 2022 - nature.com
Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions offer an efficient strategy for directly
converting aromatic compounds into chiral cyclic molecules. Cascade dearomative …

Ni-catalyzed reductive coupling of electron-rich aryl iodides with tertiary alkyl halides

X Wang, G Ma, Y Peng, CE Pitsch, BJ Moll… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work illustrates the reductive coupling of electron-rich aryl halides with tertiary alkyl
halides under Ni-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling conditions, which offers an efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalytic cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes for atroposelective construction of indole-based biaryls

H Yang, HR Sun, RQ He, L Yu, W Hu, J Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The axially chiral indole-aryl motifs are present in natural products and biologically active
compounds as well as in chiral ligands. Atroposelective indole formation is an efficient …

Visible-light-induced dearomatization of indoles/pyrroles with vinylcyclopropanes: expedient synthesis of structurally diverse polycyclic indolines/pyrrolines

M Zhu, XL Huang, S Sun, C Zheng… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-induced cycloaddition reactions initiated via energy-transfer processes have
recently evolved as powerful methods for the construction of strained cyclic molecules that …

Recent advances in the synthesis of indoles from alkynes and nitrogen sources

JSS Neto, G Zeni - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal-catalyzed cyclization reactions of unsaturated substrates have become one
of the most important and useful methodologies for the preparation of heterocycles. To this …