Visible-light induced dearomatization reactions

YZ Cheng, Z Feng, X Zhang, SL You - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomatization reactions provide rapid access to structurally complex three-dimensional
molecules from simple aromatic compounds. Plenty of reports have demonstrated their …

Recent advances in chemical dearomatization of nonactivated arenes

WC Wertjes, EH Southgate, D Sarlah - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomatization reactions provide a synthetic connection between readily available, simple
aromatic starting materials and more saturated intermediates of greater molecular …

Energy transfer-enabled unsymmetrical diamination using bifunctional nitrogen-radical precursors

G Tan, M Das, R Kleinmans, F Katzenburg… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Vicinal diamines, especially unsymmetrical ones, are among the most common structural
motifs in biologically active molecules, natural products and pharmaceuticals. While the …

Photoredox-enabled dearomative [2π+ 2σ] cycloaddition of phenols

S Dutta, D Lee, K Ozols, CG Daniliuc… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dearomative photocycloaddition of monocyclic arenes is an appealing strategy for
comprehending the concept of “escape from flatland”. This brings the replacement of readily …

Facile access to fused 2D/3D rings via intermolecular cascade dearomative [2+ 2] cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions of quinolines with alkenes

J Ma, S Chen, P Bellotti, T Wagener, C Daniliuc… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Hybrid fused two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) rings are important
pharmacophores in drugs owing to their unique structural and physicochemical properties …

Metal-free electrochemical dihydroxylation of unactivated alkenes

M Liu, T Feng, Y Wang, G Kou, Q Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Herein, a metal-free electrochemical dihydroxylation of unactivated alkenes is described.
The transformation proceeds smoothly under mild conditions with a broad range of …

Selective arene hydrogenation for direct access to saturated carbo‐and heterocycles

MP Wiesenfeldt, Z Nairoukh, T Dalton… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Arene hydrogenation provides direct access to saturated carbo‐and heterocycles and thus
its strategic application may be used to shorten synthetic routes. This powerful …

Shaping molecular landscapes: recent advances, opportunities, and challenges in dearomatization

CJ Huck, D Sarlah - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Dearomatization is a fundamental chemical transformation, and it underlies some of the
most efficient tactics for generating three-dimensional complexity from basic two …

Enantioselective chemo‐and biocatalysis: partners in retrosynthesis

M Hönig, P Sondermann, NJ Turner… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments of stereoselective biocatalytic and chemocatalytic methods are
discussed. The review provides a guide to the use of biocatalytic methods in the area of …

Rejuvenation of dearomative cycloaddition reactions via visible light energy transfer catalysis

A Palai, P Rai, B Maji - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Dearomative cycloaddition is a powerful technique to access sp3-rich three-dimensional
structural motifs from simple flat, aromatic feedstock. The building-up of unprecedentedly …