Asymmetric catalysis mediated by synthetic peptides, version 2.0: expansion of scope and mechanisms

AJ Metrano, AJ Chinn, CR Shugrue, EA Stone… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Low molecular weight synthetic peptides have been demonstrated to be effective catalysts
for an increasingly wide array of asymmetric transformations. In many cases, these peptide …

Catalytic Asymmetric Oxygenations with the Environmentally Benign Oxidants H2O2 and O2

KP Bryliakov - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The discovery of simple and efficient catalyst systems for the asymmetric
oxofunctionalization of hydrocarbons is a challenging task of catalytic chemistry. In this …

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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Green and Efficient: Iron-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Olefins to Carbonyls with O2

A Gonzalez-de-Castro, J Xiao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A mild and operationally simple iron-catalyzed protocol for the selective aerobic oxidation of
aromatic olefins to carbonyl compounds is described. Catalyzed by a Fe (III) species bearing …

Organocatalytic activation of hydrogen peroxide: towards green and sustainable oxidations

ET Poursaitidis, PL Gkizis, I Triandafillidi… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The advent of organocatalysis provided an additional option in every researcher's arsenal,
towards the development of elegant and sustainable protocols for various organic …

Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Arylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones via Peptide-Catalyzed Atroposelective Bromination

ME Diener, AJ Metrano, S Kusano… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report the development of a tertiary amine-containing β-turn peptide that catalyzes the
atroposelective bromination of pharmaceutically relevant 3-arylquinazolin-4 (3 H)-ones …

Asymmetric organocatalytic epoxidations: Reactions, scope, mechanisms, and applications

RL Davis, J Stiller, T Naicker, H Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral epoxides serve as versatile building blocks in the synthesis of complex organic
frameworks. The high strain imposed by the three‐membered ring system makes epoxides …

Hydrotrifluoroacetylation of Alkenes via Designer Masked Acyl Reagents

S Han, KL Samony, RN Nabi, CA Bache… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Because of its impressive ability to promote pharmaceutical activity, the introduction of
trifluoromethylacyl (CF3CO) functionality into organic compounds has become an important …

Stereoselective peptide catalysis in complex environments–from river water to cell lysates

T Schnitzer, JW Rackl, H Wennemers - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Many stereoselective peptide catalysts have been established. They consist, like nature's
catalysts, of amino acids but have significantly lower molecular weights than enzymes …

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 …