Visible light-promoted reactions with diazo compounds: a mild and practical strategy towards free carbene intermediates

Z Yang, ML Stivanin, ID Jurberg… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbenes are important intermediates in organic chemistry and have been widely applied in
various types of organic reactions, ranging from cycloaddition reactions and sigmatropic …

Unlocking novel reaction pathways of diazoalkanes with visible light

C Empel, C Pei, RM Koenigs - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photochemistry has recently attracted the interest of synthetic chemists to conduct photolysis
reactions of diazoalkanes. In this feature article, we provide a concise overview on this field …

Lightening diazo compounds?

J Durka, J Turkowska, D Gryko - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of new sustainable reactions and protocols is essential to fulfill the
growing demands of every branch of organic chemistry for greener synthetic methodologies …

Visible light-mediated photolysis of organic molecules: the case study of diazo compounds

RDC Gallo, G Cariello, TAC Goulart… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the recent rapid advancement of synthetic technologies promoted by visible
light in the last 15 years, the use of photocatalysts has been rightfully justified based on the …

Visible-light-driven multicomponent reactions to access S-alkyl phosphorothioates using elemental sulfur as the sulfur source

C Qu, R Liu, Z Wang, Y Lv, H Yue, W Wei - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A metal-free and unprecedented strategy has been established for the construction of S-
alkyl phosphorothioates through visible-light-driven four-component reactions of α …

Oxime ether synthesis through O–H functionalization of oximes with diazo esters under blue LED irradiation

Q Li, BG Cai, L Li, J Xuan - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
A green and sustainable oxime ether formation method via the visible-light-promoted O–H
functionalization of oximes with diazo esters is described. The reaction occurs under very …

Visible-light-mediated formal carbene insertion reaction: enantioselective synthesis of 1, 4-dicarbonyl compounds containing all-carbon quaternary stereocenter

H Zhang, Z Wang, Z Wang, Y Chu, S Wang… - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
We developed an efficient visible-light-mediated formal carbene insertion reaction of 1, 3-
diketones with diazoesters for the construction of enantioenriched 1, 4-dicarbonyl …

Recent perspectives on rearrangement reactions of ylides via carbene transfer reactions

S Jana, Y Guo, RM Koenigs - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Among the available methods to increase the molecular complexity, sigmatropic
rearrangements occupy a distinct position in organic synthesis. Despite being known for …

Photochemical ring expansion reactions: synthesis of tetrahydrofuran derivatives and mechanism studies

S Jana, Z Yang, C Pei, X Xu, RM Koenigs - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The reaction mechanism of oxygen and sulfur ylide mediated rearrangements is even today
a matter of debate. In this report, we describe ring expansion reactions of oxetane and …

Visible light-promoted synthesis of organic carbamates from carbon dioxide under catalyst-and additive-free conditions

R Cheng, C Qi, L Wang, W Xiong, H Liu, H Jiang - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient and environmentally friendly method for the synthesis of organic carbamates
from carbon dioxide has been developed via photolysis of α-aryldiazoesters under mild …