Palladium (0) π-Lewis Base Catalysis: Concept and Development

ZC Chen, Q Ouyang, W Du… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of a new catalytic strategy plays a vital role in modern organic chemistry
since it permits bond formation in an unprecedented and more efficient manner. Although …

Enantioselective Cross-[4+ 2]-Cycloaddition/Decarboxylation of 2-Pyrones by Cooperative Catalysis of the Pd (0)/NHC Complex and Chiral Phosphoric Acid

MM Xu, PP Xie, JX He, YZ Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Here, we describe a cooperative Pd (0)/chiral phosphoric acid catalytic system that allows us
to realize the first chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective sequential cross-[4+ 2]-cycloaddition …

Chemodivergent Tandem Hydroalkylation and Hydroalkenoxylation of Conjugated Enynes

BY Xie, ZT He - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Due to the instability and weak O-nucleophilicity of enol, carbonyl compounds prefer to
function as C-nucleophiles instead of O-nucleophiles in the extensively studied transition …