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 …

CuH-catalyzed olefin functionalization: from hydroamination to carbonyl addition

RY Liu, SL Buchwald - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In organic synthesis, ligand-modified copper (I) hydride (CuH) complexes have
become well-known reagents and catalysts for selective reduction, particularly toward …

Recent advances in hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes via the first row transition metal catalysis

J Chen, J Guo, Z Lu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes provides a straightforward route to access alkyl‐or
alkenyl‐metal reagents, which have a wide range of applications in organic transformations …

Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of non-activated alkyl electrophiles via nickel hydride catalysis

S Bera, R Mao, X Hu - Nature chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Cross-coupling of two alkyl fragments is an efficient method to produce organic molecules
rich in sp 3-hybridized carbon centres, which are attractive candidate compounds in drug …

Copper-catalyzed functionalization of enynes

Q Dherbassy, S Manna, FJT Talbot… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The copper-catalyzed functionalization of enyne derivatives has recently emerged as a
powerful approach in contemporary synthesis. Enynes are versatile and readily accessible …

A radical approach to anionic chemistry: synthesis of ketones, alcohols, and amines

S Ni, NM Padial, C Kingston… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Historically accessed through two-electron, anionic chemistry, ketones, alcohols, and
amines are of foundational importance to the practice of organic synthesis. After placing this …

Asymmetric hydrofunctionalization of minimally functionalized alkenes via earth abundant transition metal catalysis

J Chen, Z Lu - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, earth-abundant transition metal catalysts have been used to make great
achievements on homogenous catalysis, including the field of enantioselective …

CuH-catalyzed enantioselective ketone allylation with 1, 3-dienes: scope, mechanism, and applications

C Li, RY Liu, LT Jesikiewicz, Y Yang, P Liu… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Chiral tertiary alcohols are important building blocks for the synthesis of pharmaceutical
agents and biologically active natural products. The addition of carbon nucleophiles to …

NiH-catalyzed proximal-selective hydroamination of unactivated alkenes

J Jeon, C Lee, H Seo, S Hong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reported herein is a modular, NiH-catalyzed system capable of proximal-selective
hydroamination of unactivated alkenes with diverse amine sources. The key to the …

α-Branched amines by catalytic 1, 1-addition of C–H bonds and aminating agents to terminal alkenes

S Maity, TJ Potter, JA Ellman - Nature catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract α-Branched amines are present in hundreds of pharmaceutical agents and clinical
candidates and are important targets for synthesis. Here, we show the convergent synthesis …