Recent advances in the chemistry of ketyl radicals

Á Péter, S Agasti, O Knowles, E Pye… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ketyl radicals are valuable reactive intermediates for synthesis and are used extensively to
construct complex, functionalized products from carbonyl substrates. Single electron transfer …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Coordination-induced bond weakening

NG Boekell, RA Flowers - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coordination-induced bond weakening is a phenomenon wherein ligand X–H bond
homolysis occurs in concert with the energetically favorable oxidation of a coordinating …

Radical cascade reactions triggered by single electron transfer

MP Plesniak, HM Huang, DJ Procter - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Ynamide Smiles rearrangement triggered by visible-light-mediated regioselective ketyl–ynamide coupling: rapid access to functionalized indoles and isoquinolines

ZS Wang, YB Chen, HW Zhang, Z Sun… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past decades, significant advances have been made on radical Smiles
rearrangement. However, the eventually formed radical intermediates in these reactions are …

Radical carbonyl umpolung arylation via dual nickel catalysis

HM Huang, P Bellotti, JE Erchinger… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The formation of carbon–carbon bonds lies at the heart of synthetic organic chemistry and is
widely applied to construct complex drugs, polymers, and materials. Despite its importance …

Reductive Cross‐Coupling of α‐Oxy Halides Enabled by Thermal Catalysis, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, or Mechanochemistry

C Zhu, SC Lee, H Chen, H Yue… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report a reductive cross‐coupling reaction of α‐oxy halides, simply generated
from aldehydes, with a series of C (sp2)‐and C (sp)‐electrophiles. A wide range of aryl and …

Visible‐Light Photocatalysis of the Ketyl Radical Coupling Reaction

Q Xia, J Dong, H Song, Q Wang - Chemistry–A European …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ketyl radical coupling reactions for the construction of diversely functionalized alcohols have
been continuously developed for many decades. Based on the recently widespread …

Catalytic Reductive N‐Alkylations Using CO2 and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Recent Progress and Developments

JR Cabrero‐Antonino, R Adam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
N‐Alkylamines are key intermediates in the synthesis of fine chemicals, dyes, and natural
products, and hence are highly valuable building blocks in organic chemistry. Consequently …

Making Full Use of TMSCF3: Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylation/Silylation of Amides

Y Wang, SJ Li, F Jiang, Y Lan… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
As one of the most powerful trifluoromethylation reagents,(trifluoromethyl) trimethylsilane
(TMSCF3) has been widely used for the synthesis of fluorine-containing molecules …