First-row d-block element-catalyzed carbon–boron bond formation and related processes

SK Bose, L Mao, L Kuehn, U Radius… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organoboron reagents represent a unique class of compounds because of their utility in
modern synthetic organic chemistry, often affording unprecedented reactivity. The …

Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal–iron: from rust to multitasking catalysts

S Rana, JP Biswas, S Paul, A Paik… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In industries and academic laboratories, several late transition metal-catalyzed prerequisite
reactions are widely performed during single and multistep synthesis. However, besides the …

Methodologies and strategies for selective borylation of C–Het and C–C bonds

M Wang, Z Shi - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organoborons have emerged as versatile building blocks in organic synthesis to achieve
molecular diversity and as carboxylic acid bioisosteres with broad applicability in drug …

Transformations of less-activated phenols and phenol derivatives via C–O cleavage

Z Qiu, CJ Li - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Employing phenols and phenol derivatives as electrophiles for cross-coupling reactions has
numerous advantages over commonly used aryl halides in terms of environmental …

Remote steric control for undirected meta-selective C–H activation of arenes

B Ramadoss, Y Jin, S Asako, L Ilies - Science, 2022 - science.org
Regioselective functionalization of arenes remains a challenging problem in organic
synthesis. Steric interactions are often used to block sites adjacent to a given substituent, but …

Mechanochemical Solvent‐Free Catalytic C− H Methylation

S Ni, M Hribersek, SK Baddigam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanochemical, solvent‐free, highly regioselective, rhodium‐catalyzed C− H
methylation of (hetero) arenes is reported. The reaction shows excellent functional‐group …

Selective C–O bond reduction and borylation of aryl ethers catalyzed by a rhodium–aluminum heterobimetallic complex

R Seki, N Hara, T Saito, Y Nakao - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report the catalytic reduction of a C–O bond and the borylation by a rhodium complex
bearing an X-type PAlP pincer ligand. We have revealed the reaction mechanism based on …

Advances in silylation and borylation of fluoroarenes and gem-difluoroalkenes via C–F bond cleavage

J Zhang, S Geng, Z Feng - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organoboron and organosilane compounds are widely used in organic synthesis and
pharmaceuticals. In addition, the C–F bond functionalization is a useful tool for the …

Recent advances in transition-metal-mediated Csp2-B and Csp2-P cross-coupling reactions

L Rout, T Punniyamurthy - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Arylboron and arylphosphorus compounds represent privileged structural scaffolds in
synthetic chemistry for the construction of complex molecules. Transition-metal-mediated CB …

Experimental and Computational Studies of the Iron‐Catalyzed Selective and Controllable Defluorosilylation of Unactivated Aliphatic gem‐Difluoroalkenes

H Zhang, E Wang, S Geng, Z Liu, Y He… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The first iron‐catalyzed defluorosilylation of unactivated gem‐difluoroalkenes was
developed, delivering gem‐disilylated alkenes and (E)‐silylated alkenes with excellent …