Catalysis of radical reactions: a radical chemistry perspective

A Studer, DP Curran - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The area of catalysis of radical reactions has recently flourished. Various reaction conditions
have been discovered and explained in terms of catalytic cycles. These cycles rarely stand …

Recent advances in cascade radical cyclization of radical acceptors for the synthesis of carbo-and heterocycles

J Liao, X Yang, L Ouyang, Y Lai, J Huang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cascade radical cyclization is an attractive synthetic method due to its high atom-and step-
economy to construct carbo-and heterocycles, which have wide applications in chemical …

Constructing Quaternary Carbons from N-(Acyloxy)phthalimide Precursors of Tertiary Radicals Using Visible-Light Photocatalysis

G Pratsch, GL Lackner, LE Overman - The Journal of organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Tertiary carbon radicals have notable utility for uniting complex carbon fragments with
concomitant formation of new quaternary carbons. This article explores the scope …

Using the Thiyl Radical for Aliphatic Hydrogen‐Atom Transfer: Thiolation of Unactivated C− H Bonds

LI Panferova, MO Zubkov, VA Kokorekin… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A metal‐and catalyst‐free thiyl‐radical‐mediated activation of alkanes is described.
Tetrafluoropyridinyl disulfide is used to perform thiolation of the C− H bonds under …

Polarity reversal catalysis in radical reductions of halides by N-heterocyclic carbene boranes

X Pan, E Lacote, J Lalevee… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Otherwise sluggish or completely ineffective radical reductions of alkyl and aryl halides by N-
heterocyclic carbene boranes (NHC-boranes) are catalyzed by thiols. Reductions and …

Fragment Coupling and the Construction of Quaternary Carbons Using Tertiary Radicals Generated From tert-Alkyl N-Phthalimidoyl Oxalates By Visible-Light …

GL Lackner, KW Quasdorf, G Pratsch… - The Journal of organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The coupling of tertiary carbon radicals with alkene acceptors is an underdeveloped strategy
for uniting complex carbon fragments and forming new quaternary carbons. The scope and …

(Me3Si)3SiH: Twenty Years After Its Discovery as a Radical‐Based Reducing Agent

C Chatgilialoglu - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This Concept shows the flexibility and applicability of (Me3Si) 3SiH in several synthetic
transformations, such as radical reductions, consecutive radical reactions and …

Unconventional titania photocatalysis: Direct deployment of carboxylic acids in alkylations and annulations

DW Manley, RT McBurney, P Miller… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Under dry, anaerobic conditions, TiO2 photocatalysis of carboxylic acid precursors resulted
in carbon–carbon bond-forming processes. High yields of dimers were obtained from TiO2 …

Organocatalytic reductive coupling of aldehydes with 1, 1-diarylethylenes using an in situ generated pyridine-boryl radical

J Cao, G Wang, L Gao, X Cheng, S Li - Chemical Science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A pyridine-boryl radical promoted reductive coupling reaction of aldehydes with 1, 1-
diarylethylenes has been established via a combination of computational and experimental …

Radical Synthesis of Guanidines from N‐Acyl Cyanamides

MH Larraufie, C Ollivier, L Fensterbank… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - infona.pl
Center stage: Additions of nitrogen‐centered radicals to cyanamide compounds provided
the first radical synthesis of aromatic polycyclic guanidine derivatives (see scheme). Modular …