Enantioselective radical reactions using chiral catalysts

S Mondal, F Dumur, D Gigmes, MP Sibi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the impressive increase in fundamental knowledge, the last 20 years have
shown a continuous burst of new ideas and consequently a plethora of new catalytic …

Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

[HTML][HTML] Stereoselective synthesis and applications of spirocyclic oxindoles

AJ Boddy, JA Bull - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of novel synthetic strategies to form new chemical entities in a
stereoselective manner is an ongoing significant objective in organic and medicinal …

Quantum superposition of molecules beyond 25 kDa

YY Fein, P Geyer, P Zwick, F Kiałka, S Pedalino… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Matter-wave interference experiments provide a direct confirmation of the quantum
superposition principle, a hallmark of quantum theory, and thereby constrain possible …

New horizons for catalysis disclosed by supramolecular chemistry

G Olivo, G Capocasa, D Del Giudice… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The adoption of a supramolecular approach in catalysis promises to address a number of
unmet challenges, ranging from activity (unlocking of novel reaction pathways) to selectivity …

Catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization reactions to all-carbon quaternary stereocenters

XP Zeng, ZY Cao, YH Wang, F Zhou, J Zhou - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Review summarizes the advances in the construction of all-carbon quaternary
stereocenters via catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of prochiral and meso …

Exploiting attractive non-covalent interactions for the enantioselective catalysis of reactions involving radical intermediates

RSJ Proctor, AC Colgan, RJ Phipps - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has seen unprecedented growth in the development of new chemical
methods that proceed by mechanisms involving radical intermediates. This new attention …

Site-selective C–H functionalization by decatungstate anion photocatalysis: synergistic control by polar and steric effects expands the reaction scope

D Ravelli, M Fagnoni, T Fukuyama, T Nishikawa… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The synergistic control of the SH2 transition states of hydrogen abstraction by polar and
steric effects provides a promising strategy in achieving site-selective C (sp3)–H …

Development of synthetic methodologies via catalytic enantioselective synthesis of 3, 3-disubstituted oxindoles

ZY Cao, F Zhou, J Zhou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus 3, 3-Disubstituted oxindoles are widely distributed in natural products, drugs,
and pharmaceutically active compounds. The absolute configuration and the substituents on …

Recent developments in enantioselective transition metal catalysis featuring attractive noncovalent interactions between ligand and substrate

A Fanourakis, PJ Docherty, P Chuentragool… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Enantioselective transition metal catalysis is an area very much at the forefront of
contemporary synthetic research. The development of processes that enable the efficient …