Arylsulfonium salts are versatile arylation reagents for the synthesis of functional molecules.
This digest focuses on the recent advances on the transition metal-mediated or-free …

Acyclic α-tertiary ethers represent a highly prevalent functionality, common to high-value
bioactive molecules, such as pharmaceuticals and natural products, and feature as crucial …

Vinyl sulfones are privileged motifs for assembling prevalent biologically active molecules
and represent “gateway functional groups” in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery …

A highly efficient visible-light-promoted metal-free aerobic hydroxyazidation of alkenes has
been developed. This protocol was operationally simple with broad substrate scope using …

We describe a catalyst-free 1, 2-trans-dihalogenation of alkynes with an unprecedented
substrate scope and exclusive regio-and stereoselectivity. This versatile dihalogenation …

A mechanochemical and solvent/catalyst‐free functionalization of olefins with hypervalent
iodine reagents has been developed, enabling the synthesis of 1, 3‐dioxygenated …

Iodohydrins and corresponding ethers were synthesized by an electrochemical process
using inexpensive and non‐toxic ammonium iodide. This transformation was applied to a …

The photoactivation of sulfonium salt EDA (electron donor-acceptor) complexes provides a
mild platform for aryl-radical-mediated halogen atom transfer activation of a wide range of …

A visible light-induced vicinal diazidation of various alkenes using stable sulfonium bis
(acetoxy) iodate (I) and sodium azide as a radical precursor is described. The …

The general synthesis, isolation and characterization of electrophilic iodine reagents of the
general formula R4N [I (O2CAr) 2] is reported. These compounds are air‐and moisture …