Taxol (paclitaxel), the most well-known taxane diterpenoid, is the best-selling natural-source
anticancer drug ever produced and one of the most common prescriptions in the treatment of …

An important strategy for the efficient generation of diversity in molecular structures is the
utilization of common starting materials in chemodivergent transformations. The most …

This Article details the development of the iron-catalyzed conversion of olefins to radicals
and their subsequent use in the construction of C–C bonds. Optimization of a reductive …

N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

Two-electron oxidations are ubiquitous and play a key role in the synthesis and catalysis.
For transition metals and actinides, two-electron oxidation often takes place at a single-metal …

The rapid generation of molecular complexity from simple starting materials is of paramount
importance in synthetic chemistry. The unique combination of high reactivity and high …

Catalysis of silver nanoparticles, among the metal-based nanoparticles, has been of great
interest in organic synthesis and has expanded rapidly in the past ten years because of …

Since its introduction to organic synthesis in 1977 by Kagan, 1, 2 samarium (II) iodide (SmI2,
Kagan's reagent) has gained the status of one of the most versatile single-electron transfer …

In the past decades, significant advances have been made on radical Smiles
rearrangement. However, the eventually formed radical intermediates in these reactions are …

Since the first report of their isolation in 2007, magnesium (i) dimers have transitioned from
being chemical curiosities to versatile reducing agents that are used by an ever-increasing …