Formal Cycloadditions Driven by the Homolytic Opening of Strained, Saturated Ring Systems

AS Harmata, BJ Roldan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of strain‐driven, radical formal cycloadditions is experiencing a surge in activity
motivated by a renaissance in free radical chemistry and growing demand for sp3‐rich ring …

Activation of aminocyclopropanes via radical intermediates

MM Wang, TVT Nguyen, J Waser - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Aminocyclopropanes are versatile building blocks for accessing high value-added nitrogen-
containing products. To control ring-opening promoted by ring strain, the Lewis acid …

Electrocatalytic Activation of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutanes: An Alternative C(sp3)−C(sp3) Cleavage Mode

S Kolb, M Petzold, F Brandt, PG Jones… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the first electrochemical activation of D–A cyclopropanes and D–A
cyclobutanes leading after C (sp3)− C (sp3) cleavage to the formation of highly reactive …

Friedel–Crafts-type reactions with electrochemically generated electrophiles from donor–acceptor cyclopropanes and-butanes

S Kolb, NL Ahlburg, DB Werz - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
We describe a general electrochemical method to functionalize donor–acceptor (D–A)
cyclopropanes and-butanes with arenes utilizing Friedel–Crafts-type reactivity. The catalyst …

Recent advances in ring-opening reactions of 2-substituted donor-acceptor cyclopropanes under metal catalysis

F Doraghi, S Karimian, OH Qareaghaj… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Donor-acceptor cyclopropanes are known as a versatile carbon-based building block in
organic synthesis. Due to their unique characteristics, 2-substituted dA cyclopropanes easily …

Recent advances in visible-light-mediated functionalization of olefins and alkynes using copper catalysts

A Ramani, B Desai, BZ Dholakiya… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, visible-light photoredox catalysis has blossomed as a powerful
strategy and offers a discrete activation mode complementary to thermal controlled …

Catalyst-free, scalable heterocyclic flow photocyclopropanation

V Klöpfer, R Eckl, J Floß, PMC Roth, O Reiser… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Industrial process development is driven by several factors, including safety, cost,
robustness and environmental aspects. However, attempts to establish aryl diazo esters …

B (C 6 F 5) 3-catalyzed cyclopropanation of 3-alkenyl-oxindoles with diazomethanes

L Xiao, L Jin, Y Zhao, J Guo, DW Stephan - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Spirocyclopropane-oxindoles are key motifs in biologically active compounds and are
versatile synthetic intermediates. Herein, we report a metal-free, B (C6F5) 3 catalyzed …

Visible‐Light‐Mediated Ring‐Opening Reactions of Cyclopropanes

ST Sivanandan, R Bharath Krishna… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the high reactivity of cyclopropanes, different methods have been developed for their
stereo‐and regio‐controlled ring‐opening reactions to achieve a variety of synthetically …

Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Cyclohexenes via Strong-Acid-Mediated Endocyclic C–C Bond Cleavage of Monocyclopropanated …

S Fischer, TTH Nguyen, A Ratzenboeck… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A stereoselective, solvent-and metal-free endocyclic C–C bond cleavage of
monocyclopropanated cyclopentadienes mediated by strong acids was developed, leading …