Installing the “magic methyl”–C–H methylation in synthesis

D Aynetdinova, MC Callens, HB Hicks… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective and efficient C–H methylation of sp2 and sp3 carbon centres has become a
powerful transformation in the synthetic toolbox. Due to the potential for profound changes to …

Benzo-fused-ring toolbox based on palladium/norbornene cooperative catalysis: methodology development and applications in natural product synthesis

HG Cheng, S Jia, Q Zhou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Benzo-fused skeletons are ubiquitous in agrochemicals, medicines, natural
products, catalysts, and other organic function materials. The assembly of these skeletons in …

Transition-metal-catalyzed functionalization of alkynes with organoboron reagents: new trends, mechanistic insights, and applications

J Corpas, P Mauleon, RG Arrayás, JC Carretero - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalytic functionalization of alkynes with organoboron reagents provides a straightforward
access to stereochemically defined multisubstituted alkenes, which are structural motifs …

Paired Oxidative and Reductive Catalysis: Breaking the Potential Barrier of Electrochemical C(sp3)−H Alkenylation**

L Zou, X Wang, S Xiang, W Zheng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the intrinsic inertness of alkanes, strong oxidative conditions are typically required to
enable their C (sp3)− H functionalization. Herein, a paired electrocatalysis strategy was …

Ni-Catalyzed stereoselective difunctionalization of alkynes

W Liu, W Kong - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins are widely present in biologically active molecules and
functional materials. However, the methods for the stereoselective construction of such …

Palladium/Norbornene‐Catalyzed Direct Vicinal Di‐Carbo‐Functionalization of Indoles: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study

X Liu, Y Zhou, X Qi, R Li, P Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Methods that can simultaneously install multiple different functional groups to heteroarenes
via C− H functionalizations are valuable for complex molecule synthesis, which, however …

Modular and stereoselective synthesis of C-aryl glycosides via Catellani reaction

W Lv, Y Chen, S Wen, D Ba… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we describe a Catellani-type C–H glycosylation to provide rapid access to
various highly decorated α-C-(hetero) aryl glycosides in a modular and stereoselective …

Structurally modified norbornenes: a key factor to modulate reaction selectivity in the palladium/norbornene cooperative catalysis

R Li, G Dong - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Palladium/norbornene (Pd/NBE) cooperative catalysis has received enormous attention and
found numerous synthetic applications in the past two decades. Considering the critical …

Recent progress on Catellani reaction

Z Chen, F Zhang - Tetrahedron, 2023 - Elsevier
The Catellani reaction is a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbon-activated multicomponent
tandem reaction involving an aryl halide, an electrophilic coupling reagent and a terminating …

meta‐C−H Arylation of Aniline Derivatives via Palladium/ S,O‐Ligand/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis

V Sukowski, M van Borselen, S Mathew… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aromatic amines are ubiquitous moieties in organic molecules and their direct
functionalization is of great interest in many research areas due to their prevalence in …