Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed carbene insertion to C–H bonds

Y He, Z Huang, K Wu, J Ma, YG Zhou… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
C–H functionalization has been emerging as a powerful method to establish carbon–carbon
and carbon–heteroatom bonds. Many efforts have been devoted to transition-metal …

Radical cascade multicomponent minisci reactions with diazo compounds

YL Su, GX Liu, L De Angelis, R He, A Al-Sayyed… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Based on the strategy of polarity reversal in the generation of free radicals derived from
diazo compounds, photocatalyzed multicomponent reactions (MCRs) of nitrogen aromatic …

Regioselective ortho C–H insertion of N-nitrosoanilines with naphthoquinone carbenes

R Peng, Y Chen, X Zhang, M Yan - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A Rh (III)-catalyzed ortho C–H migratory insertion of N-nitrosoanilines with naphthoquinone
carbenes has been developed. The products were obtained in good yields under mild …

Tandem C–S Coupling and Debrominative Cyclization Enables an Easy Access to β-Thiazole-Fused Porphyrins

P Singh, M Nath - Organic Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
A catalyst-free synthetic approach to β-thiazole-fused 5, 10, 15, 20-tetraarylporphyrins via a
cascade reaction of nickel (II) or copper (II) 2-amido-3-bromo-5, 10, 15, 20 …

Diazo Quinone: An Effective Phenolic Precursor for Building C(sp2)−C(sp2) Bonds

K Wu, CM Che - Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolic biaryl and styryl moieties are important structural motifs in natural products,
pharmaceuticals, and functional materials. Traditional cross‐coupling often requires pre …

Rhodium-Catalyzed C(sp2)–O Cross Couplings of Diazo Quinones with Phenols to Construct Diaryl Ethers

Z Fu, XK Wang, X Ren, Z Guo, C Wang, CY Zhou - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The diaryl ether represents a prevalent structural motif found in numerous biologically active
molecules. Herein, we describe a dirhodium-catalyzed C (sp2)–O cross coupling reaction …

Rhodium-catalyzed reaction of diazoquinones with allylboronates to synthesize allylphenols

J Rao, J Zhao, X Zhu, Z Guo, C Wang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Allylphenol is an important and ubiquitous structural motif in biologically active natural
products and pharmaceuticals. Herein, we report a Rh2 (esp) 2-catalyzed reaction of …

Formal Insertion of a Metal Carbene Complex into a σ‐Carbon‐Carbon Bond. Gold‐Catalyzed Synthesis of 3H‐Indoles

D Allegue, D Sampedro, A Ballesteros… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We report here a formal insertion of a metal carbene complex in a single carbon‐carbon
bond. This behavior occurs with the participation of an α‐imino gold carbene complex …

Gold catalysed regio-and chemoselective azo coupling of 1, 2-and 1, 4-diazoquinones with 1 H-indoles

J Jin, AFL Rojas, Y Zhao, SH Kyne, B Xia… - Organic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A synthetic method to prepare (E)-3-arylazoindoles efficiently that relies on the gold (I)-
catalysed azo coupling of 1, 2-and 1, 4-diazoquinones with 1H-indoles under mild reaction …

Ruthenium-catalyzed reaction of diazoquinones with arylamines to synthesize diarylamines

J Rao, X Ren, X Zhu, Z Guo, C Wang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The diarylamine scaffold is common in bioactive molecules. Herein, we report a Ru (II)-
catalyzed C–N cross-coupling reaction of diazoquinones with arylamines, which provides …