Collective approach to advancing C–H functionalization

HML Davies, D Morton - ACS Central Science, 2017 - ACS Publications
C–H functionalization is a very active research field that has attracted the interest of
scientists from many disciplines. This Outlook describes the collaborative efforts within the …

Finding opportunities from surprises and failures. Development of rhodium-stabilized donor/acceptor carbenes and their application to catalyst-controlled C–H …

HML Davies - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Catalyst-controlled C–H functionalization by means of the C–H insertion chemistry of
rhodium carbenes has become a powerful synthetic method. The key requirements for the …

Generating carbyne equivalents with photoredox catalysis

Z Wang, AG Herraiz, AM Del Hoyo, MG Suero - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Carbon has the unique ability to bind four atoms and form stable tetravalent structures that
are prevalent in nature. The lack of one or two valences leads to a set of species …

Asymmetric radical process for general synthesis of chiral heteroaryl cyclopropanes

X Wang, J Ke, Y Zhu, A Deb, Y Xu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient catalytic method has been developed for asymmetric radical
cyclopropanation of alkenes with in situ-generated α-heteroaryldiazomethanes via Co (II) …

A new ligand design based on london dispersion empowers chiral bismuth–rhodium paddlewheel catalysts

S Singha, M Buchsteiner, G Bistoni… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterobimetallic bismuth–rhodium paddlewheel complexes with phenylglycine ligands
carrying TIPS-groups at the meta-positions of the aromatic ring exhibit outstanding levels of …

Catalyst-controlled selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds in the presence of electronically activated C–H bonds

W Liu, Z Ren, AT Bosse, K Liao… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A new chiral dirhodium tetracarboxylate catalyst, Rh2 (S-2-Cl-5-BrTPCP) 4, has been
developed for C–H functionalization reactions by means of donor/acceptor carbene …

Better together: catalyzing innovation in organic synthesis via academic-industrial consortia

J Alcázar, EA Anderson, HML Davies, R Febrian… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
At what became one of the most famous speeches in his career, in 1962, US President John
F. Kennedy issued a challenge to his nation to do what would be considered near …

Application of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in organic synthesis

S Sain, S Jain, M Srivastava… - Current Organic …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have gained a continuously growing interest
of synthetic organic chemists. The present review gives a brief account of applications of the …

Asymmetric synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant 1-aryl-2-heteroaryl-and 1, 2-diheteroarylcyclopropane-1-carboxylates

JC Sharland, B Wei, DJ Hardee, TR Hodges… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This study describes general methods for the enantioselective syntheses of
pharmaceutically relevant 1-aryl-2-heteroaryl-and 1, 2-diheteroarylcyclopropane-1 …

Metal-Free Oxidation of Acceptor–Donor Acylhydrazones into Diazo Compounds Using Phenyl Iododiacetate

N Tanbouza, L Caron, M Biniaz… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aryl-ester acylhydrazones readily react with phenyl iododiacetate (PIDA) in methanol to
produce the corresponding α-diazoesters with good to excellent yields (30 examples). The …