Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed carbene insertion to C–H bonds

Y He, Z Huang, K Wu, J Ma, YG Zhou… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
C–H functionalization has been emerging as a powerful method to establish carbon–carbon
and carbon–heteroatom bonds. Many efforts have been devoted to transition-metal …

Divergent gold catalysis: unlocking molecular diversity through catalyst control

CC Chintawar, AK Yadav, A Kumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The catalyst-directed divergent synthesis, commonly termed as “divergent catalysis”, has
emerged as a promising technique as it allows chartering of structurally distinct products …

Palladium‐Catalyzed Fluorinative Bifunctionalization of Aziridines and Azetidines with gem‐Difluorocyclopropanes

D Li, C Shen, Z Si, L Liu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An unprecedented Pd‐catalyzed fluorinative bifunctionalization of aziridines and azetidines
was successfully developed via regioselective C− C and C− F bond cleavage of gem …

Gold-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H bond functionalization

J Xie, C Pan, A Abdukader, C Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
C–H bonds are ubiquitous in organic molecules. Homogenous gold-catalyzed direct
functionalization of unsaturated C–H bonds has emerged as a powerful method in our …

Heterogeneous Rhodium Single-Atom-Site Catalyst Enables Chemoselective Carbene N–H Bond Insertion

Y Chen, R Zhang, Z Chen, J Liao, X Song… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed carbene insertion reactions of a nitrogen–hydrogen bond have
emerged as robust and versatile methods for the construction of C–N bonds. While …

Regiospecific and enantioselective arylvinylcarbene insertion of a C–H bond of aniline derivatives enabled by a Rh (I)-diene catalyst

DX Zhu, H Xia, JG Liu, LW Chung… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric insertion of an arylvinylcarbenoid into the C–H bond for direct enantioselective
C (sp2)-H functionalization of aniline derivatives catalyzed by a rhodium (I)-diene complex …

Chemodivergent C(sp3)–H and C(sp2)–H cyanomethylation using engineered carbene transferases

J Zhang, AO Maggiolo, E Alfonzo, R Mao, NJ Porter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The ubiquity of C–H bonds presents an opportunity to efficiently elaborate and build
complexity in organic molecules. Methods for selective functionalization, however, must …

Enantioselective para‐C(sp2)−H Functionalization of Alkyl Benzene Derivatives via Cooperative Catalysis of Gold/Chiral Brønsted Acid**

XS Liu, Z Tang, ZY Si, Z Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An asymmetric para‐C (sp2)− H bond functionalization of alkyl benzene derivatives was
successfully developed via cooperative catalysis of gold and chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) …

C–H Functionalization Reactions of Unprotected N-Heterocycles by Gold-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer

S Jana, C Empel, C Pei, P Aseeva, TV Nguyen… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The C–H functionalization reaction of N-heterocycles with an unprotected N–H group is one
of the most step-economic strategies to introduce functional groups without the need for …

Overcoming O–H Insertion to Para-Selective C–H Functionalization of Free Phenols: Rh(II)/Xantphos Catalyzed Geminal Difunctionalization of Diazo Compounds

Y Yang, B Lu, G Xu, X Wang - ACS Central Science, 2022 - ACS Publications
Para-selective C–H functionalization of free phenols by metal carbenoids is rather
challenging due to the generally more favorable competing O–H insertion. Herein, with the …