Catalytic applications of vanadium: a mechanistic perspective

RR Langeslay, DM Kaphan, CL Marshall… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The chemistry of vanadium has seen remarkable activity in the past 50 years. In the present
review, reactions catalyzed by homogeneous and supported vanadium complexes from …

Organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation and aziridination of olefins and their synthetic applications

Y Zhu, Q Wang, RG Cornwall, Y Shi - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation and Aziridination of Olefins and Their Synthetic
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Functionalization of C(sp3)–H bonds using a transient directing group

FL Zhang, K Hong, TJ Li, H Park, JQ Yu - Science, 2016 - science.org
Proximity-driven metalation has been extensively exploited to achieve reactivity and
selectivity in carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bond activation. Despite the substantial improvement …

Ligand-enabled meta-C–H activation using a transient mediator

XC Wang, W Gong, LZ Fang, RY Zhu, S Li, KM Engle… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Achieving site selectivity in C–H functionalization reactions is a significant challenge,
especially when the target C–H bond is distant from existing functional groups …

Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization by transition-metal catalysis: a method for transformations of aromatic compounds

C Zheng, SL You - Chem, 2016 - cell.com
Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions refer to those reactions converting
aromatic compounds into enantio-enriched three-dimensional cyclic molecules in a catalytic …

Dark and Light Reactions of Carbenes─ Merging Carbene Transfer Reactions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis for the Synthesis of Hydroxamic Acid Esters

BG Cai, Q Li, C Empel, L Li, RM Koenigs, J Xuan - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report visible light and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) jointly promoted
multicomponent carbene transfer reactions. Under the optimized reaction conditions, two …

Substrate directed asymmetric reactions

S Bhadra, H Yamamoto - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Historically, reagent controlled reactions (mechanism controlled reactions) have played a
significant role in the asymmetric synthesis of complex structures. In contrast, today's …

Tungsten-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of allylic and homoallylic alcohols with hydrogen peroxide

C Wang, H Yamamoto - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
A simple, efficient, and environmentally friendly asymmetric epoxidation of primary,
secondary, tertiary allylic, and homoallylic alcohols has been accomplished. This process …

Practical and highly selective sulfur ylide-mediated asymmetric epoxidations and aziridinations using a cheap and readily available chiral sulfide: Extensive studies to …

O Illa, M Namutebi, C Saha, M Ostovar… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The chiral sulfide, isothiocineole, has been synthesized in one step from elemental sulfur, γ-
terpinene, and limonene in 61% yield. A mechanism involving radical intermediates for this …

Pd-Catalyzed C–O Bond Formation Enabling the Synthesis of Congested N,N,O-Trisubstituted Hydroxylamines

J Chen, Y Xu, W Shao, J Ji, B Wang, M Yang… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A Pd-catalyzed C–O cross-coupling of O-acyl hydroxylamines and tertiary or secondary alkyl
electrophiles was reported without the cleavage of the rather fragile N–O bond. The …