Copper-catalyzed radical relay in C (sp 3)–H functionalization

Z Zhang, P Chen, G Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radical-involved transition metal (TM) catalysis has greatly enabled new reactivities in
recent decades. Copper-catalyzed radical relay offers enormous potential in C (sp3)–H …

Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions

DL Golden, SE Suh, SS Stahl - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
C–H functionalization reactions are playing an increasing role in the preparation and
modification of complex organic molecules, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and …

The persistent radical effect in organic synthesis

D Leifert, A Studer - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radical–radical couplings are mostly nearly diffusion‐controlled processes. Therefore, the
selective cross‐coupling of two different radicals is challenging and not a synthetically …

Unveiling extreme photoreduction potentials of donor–acceptor cyanoarenes to access aryl radicals from aryl chlorides

J Xu, J Cao, X Wu, H Wang, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the seminal work of Zhang in 2016, donor–acceptor cyanoarene-based fluorophores,
such as 1, 2, 3, 5-tetrakis (carbazol-9-yl)-4, 6-dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), have been widely …

Copper-catalyzed radical relay for asymmetric radical transformations

F Wang, P Chen, G Liu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The direct transformation of C–H bonds into diverse functional groups
represents one of the most atom-and step-economical strategies for organic synthesis and …

Benzylic C–H esterification with limiting C–H substrate enabled by photochemical redox buffering of the Cu catalyst

DL Golden, C Zhang, SJ Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper-catalyzed radical-relay reactions provide a versatile strategy for selective C–H
functionalization; however, reactions with peroxide-based oxidants often require excess C …

Copper-Promoted Functionalization of Organic Molecules: from Biologically Relevant Cu/O2 Model Systems to Organometallic Transformations

R Trammell, K Rajabimoghadam… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Copper is one of the most abundant and less toxic transition metals. Nature takes advantage
of the bioavailability and rich redox chemistry of Cu to carry out oxygenase and oxidase …

Polar Heterobenzylic C(sp3)–H Chlorination Pathway Enabling Efficient Diversification of Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles

S Maity, MA Lopez, DM Bates, S Lin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Site-selective radical reactions of benzylic C–H bonds are now highly effective methods for
C (sp3–H) functionalization and cross-coupling. The existing methods, however, are often …

Direct C–C bond formation from alkanes using Ni-photoredox catalysis

LKG Ackerman, JI Martinez Alvarado… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A method for direct cross coupling between unactivated C (sp3)–H bonds and
chloroformates has been accomplished via nickel and photoredox catalysis. A diverse range …

A general deoxygenation approach for synthesis of ketones from aromatic carboxylic acids and alkenes

M Zhang, J Xie, C Zhu - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
The construction of an aryl ketone structural unit by means of catalytic carbon–carbon
coupling reactions represents the state-of-the-art in organic chemistry. Herein we achieved …