P-Stereogenic phosphorus ligands in asymmetric catalysis

T Imamoto - Chemical reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chiral phosphorus ligands play a crucial role in asymmetric catalysis for the efficient
synthesis of useful optically active compounds. They are largely categorized into two …

Asymmetric hydrogenation of nonaromatic cyclic substrates

Z Zhang, NA Butt, W Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chiral cyclic structures are found in numerous natural products, pharmaceutical compounds,
and important synthetic intermediates. Asymmetric hydrogenation, allowing for the …

Biocatalytic approaches to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure chiral amines

D Ghislieri, NJ Turner - Topics in Catalysis, 2014 - Springer
Enantiomerically pure chiral amines are valuable building blocks for the synthesis of
pharmaceutical drugs and agrochemicals. Indeed it is estimated that currently 40% of …

Transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of enamines and imines

JH Xie, SF Zhu, QL Zhou - Chemical Reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Chiral amines are an important class of organic compounds that can be used as resolving
reagents, chiral auxiliaries, and intermediates for the synthesis of a variety of biologically …

Chiral amine synthesis–recent developments and trends for enamide reduction, reductive amination, and imine reduction

TC Nugent, M El‐Shazly - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The review examines the chiral amine literature from 2000–2009 (May) concerning
enantioselective and diastereoselective methods for N‐acylenamide and enamine …

Preparation of indoles via iron catalyzed direct oxidative coupling

ZH Guan, ZY Yan, ZH Ren, XY Liu… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Preparation of indoles via iron catalyzed direct oxidative coupling - Chemical
Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B923971E Royal Society of Chemistry …

Transition-metal-free, visible-light-induced oxidative cross-coupling for constructing β-acetylamino acrylosulfones from sodium sulfinates and enamides

D Sun, R Zhang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A visible-light-induced, Rose Bengal catalyzed photoredox process for synthesizing β-
acetylamino acrylosulfones has been discovered. This transformation represents an efficient …

Tri‐Functional Elemental Sulfur Enabling Bis‐Heteroannulation of Methyl Ketoximes with Methyl N‐Heteroarenes

H Huang, Q Wang, Z Xu, GJ Deng - Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
A concise transition metal-free approach to the fused thieno [3, 2-d] thiazoles from methyl
ketoximes, methyl N-heteroarenes, and elemental sulfur under basic reaction conditions is …

Preparation of multisubstituted enamides via rhodium-catalyzed carbozincation and hydrozincation of ynamides

B Gourdet, ME Rudkin, CA Watts… - The Journal of Organic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Rhodium-catalyzed carbozincation of ynamides using diorganozinc reagents or
functionalized organozinc halides is described. Using a tri (2-furyl) phosphine-modified …

Asymmetric amination of tetralone and chromanone derivatives employing ω-transaminases

D Pressnitz, CS Fuchs, JH Sattler, T Knaus… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Various (S)-selective and (R)-selective ω-transaminases were investigated for the amination
of 1-and 2-tetralone and derivatives as well as of 3-and 4-chromanone. All ketones tested …