Evans' Chiral Auxiliary‐Based Asymmetric Synthetic Methodology and Its Modern Extensions

LY Chen, PQ Huang - European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although the asymmetric catalysis has made a spurt of progress, the use of chiral auxiliaries
remains crucial in asymmetric synthesis due to both the reliability and versatility of the …

Recent Advances in the Development of Enantiopure BODIPYs and Some Related Enantiomeric Compounds

S Sultan, L Crovetto, R Rios - Chemical Communications, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
During the process of developing smart chiroptical luminophores, small chiral organic dyes
have emerged as candidates of utmost importance. In this regard, the chiral variants of …

Three-Component Gold (I)-Catalyzed Alkoxyvinylation

LA Hammarback, T Medina-Gil, A Sadurní… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Acetylene has been underexploited despite being a highly valuable feedstock for chemical
synthesis. We have developed the first true gold (I)-catalyzed intermolecular three …

Azobenzene-Integrated NHC Ligands: A Versatile Platform for Visible-Light-Switchable Metal Catalysis

M Rölz, B Butschke, B Breit - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A new class of photoswitchable NHC ligands, named azImBA, has been developed by
integrating azobenzene into a previously unreported imidazobenzoxazol-1-ylidene …

Microporous Polymeric Networks Containing a Long-Term Stable AuI Catalyst for Enyne Cyclization

S Rico-Martínez, A Ruiz, B López-Iglesias… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two microporous polymer networks having a confined AuI carbene catalyst were obtained
and tested for the skeletal rearrangement of enynes. These catalysts were obtained from …

Gold/HNTf2-Cocatalyzed Asymmetric Annulation of Diazo-Alkynes: Divergent Construction of Atropisomeric Biaryls and Arylquinones

YB Wang, W Liu, T Li, Y Lu, YT Yu, HT Liu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Due to the inherent challenges posed by the linear coordination of gold (I) complexes,
asymmetric gold-catalyzed processes remain challenging, particularly in the atroposelective …

Fluorinated Biphenyl Phosphine Ligands for Accelerated [Au (I)]-Catalysis

R Pedrazzani, S Kiriakidi, M Monari, I Lazzarini… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated JohnPhos-type ligands are proposed as accelerating tools in homogeneous
gold (I) catalysis, with PedroPhosAuC l (Cat1) as the most efficient one. The ligands as well …

Asymmetric electrosynthesis: emerging catalytic strategies and mechanistic insights

X Jiang, C Zou, W Zhuang, R Li, Y Yang, C Yang… - Green …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Asymmetric electrosynthesis is an innovative approach that combines electrochemistry with
asymmetric catalysis, enabling the selective synthesis of chiral molecules. Advancements in …

Electrochemical selenocyclization of N-alkyl anilines: Access to 3-selenyl quinolines

L Zhao, H Li, M Peng, S Wang, M Li, Q Zhao, W Huang… - Tetrahedron, 2024 - Elsevier
Selenyl quinolines are an important class of compounds that have found significant
applications in pharmaceuticals and synthetic chemistry. Herein, we describe an …

Electrochemical Selenocyclization of N-(2-Alkyle) Anilines: Access to 3-Selenylquinolines

F Ji, L Zhao, H Li, M Peng, S Wang, M Li… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Selenylquinolines are an important class of compounds that have found significant
applications in pharmaceuticals and synthetic chemistry. Herein, we describe an …