The molecules of today—the medicines that cure diseases, the agrochemicals that protect
our crops, the materials that make life convenient—are becoming increasingly sophisticated …

The last decade has witnessed a high demand of various synthetic approaches towards
bioactive achiral diarylmethanols, diaryl and triarylmethanes and the molecules derived …

Chemists often use statistical analysis of reaction data with molecular descriptors to identify
structure-reactivity relationships, which can enable prediction and mechanistic …

We have developed a nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of benzylic ammonium triflates with
aryl boronic acids to afford diarylmethanes and diarylethanes. This reaction proceeds under …

We have developed a stereospecific nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of benzylic pivalates
with arylboroxines. The success of this reaction relies on the use of Ni (cod) 2 as the catalyst …

Optically active α-arylation carbonyl units are widely present in a wide variety of drugs,
bioactive natural products, and valuable pharmacologically active molecules. Catalytic …

We disclose herein a highly enantioselective protocol for the Brønsted acid-catalyzed
addition of indoles and phenols to in situ-generated ortho-quinone methides which deliver …

Stereospecific coupling of benzylic carbamates and pivalates with aryl-and
heteroarylboronic esters has been developed. The reaction proceeds with selective …

Solvents represent one of the major contributions to the environmental impact of fine‐
chemical synthesis. As a result, the use of environmentally friendly solvents in widely …

A Cu-catalyzed method has been identified for selective oxidative arylation of benzylic C–H
bonds with arylboronic esters. The resulting 1, 1-diarylalkanes are accessed directly from …