Emerging Trends in Cross-Coupling: Twelve-Electron-Based L1Pd(0) Catalysts, Their Mechanism of Action, and Selected Applications

SJ Firsan, V Sivakumar, TJ Colacot - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Monoligated palladium (0) species, L1Pd (0), have emerged as the most active catalytic
species in the cross-coupling cycle. Today, there are methods available to generate the …

Recent developments in organoboron chemistry: old dogs, new tricks

JWB Fyfe, AJB Watson - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
Organoboron reagents are one of the most widely studied and applied classes of reagent
throughout organic synthesis and catalysis. Not only are these reagents integral to many of …

Automated iterative Csp3–C bond formation

DJ Blair, S Chitti, M Trobe, DM Kostyra, HMS Haley… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Fully automated synthetic chemistry would substantially change the field by providing broad
on-demand access to small molecules. However, the reactions that can be run …

Base-Catalyzed Aryl-B(OH)2 Protodeboronation Revisited: From Concerted Proton Transfer to Liberation of a Transient Aryl Anion

PA Cox, M Reid, AG Leach, AD Campbell… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pioneering studies by Kuivila, published more than 50 years ago, suggested ipso
protonation of the boronate as the mechanism for base-catalyzed protodeboronation of …

Recent Advances in Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions at ppm to ppb Molar Catalyst Loadings

D Roy, Y Uozumi - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We review here new developments in decreasing the catalyst loadings in palladium‐
catalyzed C–C bond‐formation reactions to mol ppm or mol ppb levels. This decreases the …

The versatility of boron in biological target engagement

DB Diaz, AK Yudin - Nature Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Boron-containing molecules have been extensively used for the purposes of chemical
sensing, biological probe development and drug discovery. Due to boron's empty p orbital, it …

Pre-transmetalation intermediates in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction revealed: The missing link

AA Thomas, SE Denmark - Science, 2016 - science.org
Despite the widespread application of Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling to forge carbon-
carbon bonds, the structure of the reactive intermediates underlying the key transmetalation …

The 2‐Pyridyl Problem: Challenging Nucleophiles in Cross‐Coupling Arylations

XAF Cook, A de Gombert, J McKnight… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Azine‐containing biaryls are ubiquitous scaffolds in many areas of chemistry, and efficient
methods for their synthesis are continually desired. Pyridine rings are prominent amongst …

The molecular industrial revolution: automated synthesis of small molecules

M Trobe, MD Burke - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Today we are poised for a transition from the highly customized crafting of specific molecular
targets by hand to the increasingly general and automated assembly of different types of …

Enantiospecific and iterative Suzuki–Miyaura cross-couplings

JPG Rygus, CM Crudden - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction has emerged as one of the most powerful
methods for the construction of carbon–carbon bonds. Though most widely utilized for the …