Alcohols as Substrates in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Arylation, Alkylation, and Related Reactions

A Cook, SG Newman - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many
methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated …

Enable biomass-derived alcohols mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation

X Liu, L Huang, Y Ma, G She, P Zhou, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A single-atom catalyst with generally regarded inert Zn–N4 motifs derived from ZIF-8 is
unexpectedly efficient for the activation of alcohols, enabling alcohol-mediated alkylation …

Recent Developments of Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Nitriles and Alcohols

X Cai, X Wei, M Huang - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐coupling of nitriles and alcohols offers an environmentally friendly and atom‐
economical method for the synthesis of various valuable compounds. These compounds …

Copper-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Aryl Acetonitriles with Benzyl Alcohols

M Danopoulou, LP Zorba, AP Karantoni… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient, in situ formed CuCl2/TMEDA catalytic system (TMEDA= N, N, N′, N′-
tetramethylethylene-diamine) for the cross-coupling reaction of aryl acetonitriles with benzyl …

Copper-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H alkylation of fluorene with primary and secondary alcohols using a borrowing hydrogen method

R Saha, SK Maharana, NC Jana, B Bagh - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the limited success of copper-catalyzed alkylations,(NNS) CuCl proved to be an
effective catalyst for the sp3 C–H alkylation of fluorene with alcohols. Various primary …

Iron-Catalyzed sp3 C–H Alkylation of Fluorene with Primary and Secondary Alcohols: A Borrowing Hydrogen Approach

R Saha, BC Hembram, S Panda… - The Journal of Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The utilization of earth-abundant, cheap, and nontoxic transition metals in important catalytic
transformations is essential for sustainable development, and iron has gained significant …

Ni2P Nanoparticles Supported on N, P Co-Doped Carbon as Catalyst for α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Alcohols

T Su, J Wang, C Cai - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
The nickel phosphides have garnered increasing attention as an excellent catalytic site in
the fields of electrocatalysis and hydrotreating, but their application in organic synthesis …

Iron-and base-catalyzed C (α)-alkylation and one-pot sequential alkylation–hydroxylation of oxindoles with secondary alcohols

R Saha, BC Hembram, S Panda, NC Jana… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The utilization of economical and environmentally benign transition metals in crucial
catalytic processes is pivotal for sustainable advancement in synthetic organic chemistry …

Nickel Complexes Bearing Quinoline Derived NNS Donor Ligands as Catalytic Activators for N‐Alkylation of Anilines with Alcohols

D Tanwar, S Mahala, D Ahluwalia… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we have reported a new series of NNS‐donor ligands coordinated Ni (II) complexes
and utilized them as catalytic activator to synthesize N‐alkylated amines and 1, 2 …

3d-Metal Catalyzed C–C Bond Formation Through α-Alkylation of Ester, Amide, and Nitriles with Alcohol via Dehydrogenative Coupling

K Sarkar, A Das, B Maji - Dehydrogenation Reactions with 3d Metals, 2023 - Springer
The borrowing hydrogenation (BH) and acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling (ADC)
methods emerged as sustainable tools for forging carbon–carbon bonds at remarkably …