Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Progression of hydroamination catalyzed by late transition-metal complexes from activated to unactivated alkenes

S Ma, JF Hartwig - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalytic intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes is an atom-and step-
economical method for the synthesis of amines, which have important applications as …

Azolation of benzylic C–H bonds via photoredox-catalyzed carbocation generation

M Das, L Zamani, C Bratcher… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A visible-light photoredox-catalyzed method is reported that enables the coupling between
benzylic C–H substrates and N–H azoles. Classically, medicinally relevant N-benzyl azoles …

Catalytic asymmetric hydroalkoxylation and formal hydration and hydroaminoxylation of conjugated dienes

SQ Yang, AJ Han, Y Liu, XY Tang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The straightforward construction of stereogenic centers bearing unprotected functional
groups, as in nature, has been a persistent pursuit in synthetic chemistry. Abundant …

Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dicarboxylation of 1,3-Dienes with CO2

YY Gui, XW Chen, XY Mo, JP Yue, R Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives are important building blocks in organic synthesis,
biochemistry, and the polymer industry. Although catalytic dicarboxylation with CO2 …

Stereodivergent Construction of Csp3−Csp3 Bonds Bearing Vicinal Stereocenters by Synergistic Palladium and Phase‐Transfer Catalysis

J Han, R Liu, Z Lin, W Zi - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synergistic catalysis has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for stereodivergent
formation of Csp3− Csp3 bonds bearing vicinal stereocenters. Despite the many successes …

Copper-catalyzed hydroamination: enantioselective addition of pyrazoles to cyclopropenes

M Wang, JC Simon, M Xu, SA Corio… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chiral N-cyclopropyl pyrazoles and structurally related heterocycles are prepared using an
earth-abundant copper catalyst under mild reaction conditions with high regio-, diastereo …

Asymmetric formal sp2-hydrocarbonations of dienes and alkynes via palladium hydride catalysis

MQ Tang, ZJ Yang, ZT He - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofunctionalizations of unsaturated bonds via π-
ƞ3 substitution have emerged as a reliable method to construct stereogenic centers, and …

Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric sequential hydroamination of 1, 3-enynes: enantioselective syntheses of chiral imidazolidinones

Q Li, X Fang, R Pan, H Yao, A Lin - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pd-catalyzed sequential hydroamination of readily available 1, 3-enynes is reported. The
redox-neutral process provides an efficient route to synthesize a broad scope of …

Enantioselective hydroalkoxylation of 1, 3-dienes via Ni-catalysis

Q Li, Z Wang, VM Dong, XH Yang - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As an advance in hydrofunctionalization, we herein report that alcohols add to 1, 3-dienes
with high regio-and enantioselectivity. Using Ni-DuPhos, we access enantioenriched allylic …