Selenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes: insight into the mechanisms and developing trend

H Cao, R Qian, L Yu - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidation of alkenes is a significant reaction in both academia and industry. In line with calls
for environmental protection and the concern of metal residues in products in the …

Light‐Driven Single‐Electron Transfer Processes as an Enabling Principle in Sulfur and Selenium Multicatalysis

A Breder, C Depken - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cooperativity has become a mainstay in the context of multicatalytic reaction design. The
combination of two or more catalysts that possess mechanistically distinct activation …

Selenium-catalyzed selective reactions of carbonyl derivatives: state-of-the-art and future challenges

X Xiao, C Guan, J Xu, W Fu, L Yu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Selective reactions of carbonyl derivatives are challenging subjects with good academic
meaning because of the multiple reaction sites in substrates and versatile reaction types …

Electrochemical Chalcogenation of β,γ‐Unsaturated Amides and Oximes to Corresponding Oxazolines and Isoxazolines

S Mallick, M Baidya, K Mahanty, D Maiti… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The current report represents a transition‐metal‐free synthesis of oxazoline and isoxazoline
derivatives by a tandem electro‐oxidative chalcogenation‐cyclization process. Both C− Se …

Asymmetric Photoaerobic Lactonization and Aza-Wacker Cyclization of Alkenes Enabled by Ternary Selenium–Sulfur Multicatalysis

T Lei, S Graf, C Schöll, F Krätzschmar… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An adaptable, sulfur-accelerated photoaerobic selenium-π-acid ternary catalyst system for
the enantioselective allylic redox functionalization of simple, nondirecting alkenes is …

Preparation of heterocycles via visible-light-driven aerobic selenation of olefins with diselenides

QB Zhang, PF Yuan, LL Kai, K Liu, YL Ban… - Organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The aerobic dehydrogenative cyclization of alkenes with easily accessible diselenides
facilitated by visible light is reported. Notably, the features of this transition-metal-free …

Iron‐Enabled Utilization of Air as the Terminal Oxidant Leading to Aerobic Oxidative Deoximation by Organoselenium Catalysis

C Chen, X Zhang, H Cao, F Wang… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to conventional organoselenium‐catalyzed oxidation reactions that require
peroxide oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide, in this work we found that, addition of a low …

Regiocontrolled allylic functionalization of internal alkene via selenium-π-acid catalysis guided by boron substitution

L Yang, Y Liu, WX Fan, DH Tan, Q Li, H Wang - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The selenium-π-acid-catalysis has received increasing attention as a powerful tool for olefin
functionalization, but the regioselectivity is often problematic. Reported herein is a selenium …

Intermolecular Aza-Wacker Coupling of Alkenes with Azoles by Photo-Aerobic Selenium-π-Acid Multicatalysis

T Lei, T Appleson, A Breder - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, the intermolecular, photoaerobic aza-Wacker coupling of azoles with alkenes by
means of dual and ternary selenium-π-acid multicatalysis is presented. The title method …

Mechanistic Analysis Reveals Key Role of Interchalcogen Multicatalysis in Photo‐Aerobic 3‐Pyrroline Syntheses by Aza‐Wacker Cyclizations

S Graf, H Pesch, T Appleson, T Lei, A Breder… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A light‐driven dual and ternary catalytic aza‐Wacker protocol for the construction of 3‐
pyrrolines by partially disulfide‐assisted selenium‐π‐acid multicatalysis is reported. A …