Highly selective dearomatizing radical cyclizations and cyclization cascades, triggered by
single electron transfer to amide-type carbonyls by SmI2–H2O–LiBr, provide efficient access …

Reductive cyclizations of carbonyl compounds, mediated by samarium (II) diiodide (SmI2,
Kagan's reagent), represent an invaluable platform to generate molecular complexity in a …

Cyclic ketones bearing α‐quaternary stereocenters underwent efficient kinetic resolution
using cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMO) from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Lactones …

Radical heterocyclizations triggered by electron transfer to amide‐type carbonyls, using
SmI2‐H2O, provide straightforward access to bicyclic heterocyclic scaffolds containing …

Samarium (II) iodide–water and samarium (II) iodide–water–amine complexes have been
recognized as valuable reagents for the selective generation of aminoketyl radicals from …

Amidines bearing simple alkenes undergo aminal radical cyclisation upon treatment with
SmI2. The mild, reductive electron transfer process delivers medicinally-relevant, polycyclic …

Two secondary amides (N-methylacetamide and 2-pyrrolidinone) were used as additives
with SmI2 in THF to estimate the extent of N–H bond weakening upon coordination …

The reduction of ketones by SmI2–water has long been thought to proceed through a
reversible initial electron transfer with the formation of organosamarium intermediates in a …

This is one of the few examples in which the diverse products have been synthesized just by
changing the applied potential. The synthesis of sulfonyl derivatives of p …

Radical–radical cyclisation cascades, triggered by single-electron-transfer to amide-type
carbonyls using SmI2–H2O–LiBr, result in the selective construction of quaternary carbon …