Phosphorus Lewis acids: emerging reactivity and applications in catalysis

JM Bayne, DW Stephan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Part of the renaissance in main group chemistry has been a result of the focus on reactivity.
This has led to the development of applications in stoichiometric reactivity and catalysis. In …

Electron-deficient boron-based catalysts for C–H bond functionalisation

Y Ma, SJ Lou, Z Hou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In contrast to transition metal-catalysed C–H functionalisation, highly efficient construction of
C–C and C–X (X= N, O, S, B, Si, etc.) bonds through metal-free catalytic C–H …

Nickel‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of α‐Arylbenzamides

S Cuesta‐Galisteo, J Schörgenhumer… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nickel‐catalyzed asymmetric reductive hydroarylation of vinyl amides to produce
enantioenriched α‐arylbenzamides is reported. The use of a chiral bisimidazoline (BIm) …

Catalysis, FLPs, and beyond

DW Stephan - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
This Perspective describes the development of the field of catalysis and the advent of metal-
free catalysis by focusing on the use of main-group species as frustrated Lewis pair …

Lewis Acid/Hexafluoroisopropanol: A Promoter System for Selective ortho-C-Alkylation of Anilines with Deactivated Styrene Derivatives and Unactivated Alkenes

S Wang, G Force, R Guillot, JF Carpentier… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aniline derivatives are frequently encountered in molecules of industrial relevance such as
dyes or antioxidants, which make the development of synthetic methods for the …

Hydroarylation of alkenes using anilines in hexafluoroisopropanol

I Colomer - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Providing new methods for the selective functionalization of small molecules is highly
desirable, because installing molecular diversity in a desired position, for example, allows …

CeO2 Frustrated Lewis Pairs Improving CO2 and CH3OH Conversion to Monomethylcarbonate

D Salusso, G Grillo, M Manzoli… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), discovered in the last few decades for homogeneous
catalysts and in the last few years also for heterogeneous catalysts, are stimulating the …

Multifunctional catalysis of nanosheet defective molybdenum sulfide basal planes for tandem reactions involving alcohols and molecular hydrogen

M Rodenes, F Dhaeyere, S Martín… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Establishing tandem catalytic synthetic strategies based on the use of readily available,
stable, and renewable feedstocks is of great significant for the sustainable advancement of …

Thiyl Radical Trapped by Cobalt Catalysis: An Approach to Markovnikov Thiol–Ene Reaction

RJ Zhang, XR Li, RB Liang, Y Xiao, QX Tong… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the presence of a thiyl radical species, the catalytic Markovnikov thiol–ene reaction is
challenging because it prefers to proceed via a radical pathway, thereby leading to anti …

A General Photoactive H‐Bonding EDA Complex Model Drives the Selective Hydrothiolation and Hydroxysulfenylation of Carbonyl Activated Alkenes

T Yan, J Yang, K Yan, Z Wang, B Li… - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Excitation of photoactive electron donor− acceptor (EDA) complexes to generate radical is a
promising approach in radical chemistry. In this study, we introduce a new model of H …