Advances on the merger of electrochemistry and transition metal catalysis for organic synthesis

CA Malapit, MB Prater, JR Cabrera-Pardo, M Li… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthetic organic electrosynthesis has grown in the past few decades by achieving many
valuable transformations for synthetic chemists. Although electrocatalysis has been popular …

Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications

MJ Luo, Q Xiao, JH Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkene-derived radical cations are versatile reactive intermediates and have been widely
applied in the construction of complex functionalized molecules and cyclic systems for …

Anti-Markovnikov intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes and alkynes: a mechanistic view

J Escorihuela, A Lledós, G Ujaque - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydroamination, the addition of an N–H bond across a C–C multiple bond, is a reaction with
a great synthetic potential. Important advances have been made in the last decades …

New strategies for the transition-metal catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic amines

A Trowbridge, SM Walton, MJ Gaunt - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal catalyzed reactions that are able to construct complex aliphatic amines from
simple, readily available feedstocks have become a cornerstone of modern synthetic …

Electrocatalytic access to azetidines via intramolecular allylic hydroamination: scrutinizing key oxidation steps through electrochemical kinetic analysis

SH Park, G Bae, A Choi, S Shin, K Shin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Azetidines are prominent structural scaffolds in bioactive molecules, medicinal chemistry,
and ligand design for transition metals. However, state-of-the-art methods cannot be applied …

Metal-catalyzed intermolecular hydrofunctionalization of allenes: easy access to allylic structures via the selective formation of C–N, C–C, and C–O bonds

R Blieck, M Taillefer, F Monnier - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Following a strong regain of interest over the past 20 years in the chemistry of allenes, this
“forgotten” family of unsaturated molecules is undergoing a renaissance. In this context, the …

Electrochemical strategies for C–H functionalization and C–N bond formation

MD Kärkäs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional methods for carrying out carbon–hydrogen functionalization and carbon–
nitrogen bond formation are typically conducted at elevated temperatures, and rely on …

Hydroamination, Aminoboration, and Carboamination with Electrophilic Amination Reagents: Umpolung-Enabled Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of N …

K Hirano, M Miura - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen (N) is ubiquitously found in bioactive molecules, pharmaceutical agents, and
organic functional materials. Accordingly, development of new C–N bond-forming catalysis …

Metal-catalyzed Markovnikov-type selective hydrofunctionalization of terminal alkynes

J Chen, WT Wei, Z Li, Z Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-catalyzed highly Markovnikov-type selective hydrofunctionalization of terminal alkynes
provides a straightforward and atom-economical route to access 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes …

Exploiting hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in Lewis and Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions

V Pozhydaiev, M Power, V Gandon, J Moran… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is a solvent with unique properties that has recently gained
attention for promoting a wide range of challenging chemical reactions. It was initially …