HFIP in organic synthesis

HF Motiwala, AM Armaly, JG Cacioppo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3-Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is a polar, strongly hydrogen bond-donating
solvent that has found numerous uses in organic synthesis due to its ability to stabilize ionic …

Uncommon carbene insertion reactions

MY Huang, SF Zhu - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition-metal-catalysed carbene insertion reaction is a straightforward and efficient
protocol for the construction of carbon–carbon or carbon–heteroatom bonds. Compared to …

Strain‐Release Pentafluorosulfanylation and Tetrafluoro (aryl) sulfanylation of [1.1. 1] Propellane: Reactivity and Structural Insight

Y Kraemer, C Ghiazza, AN Ragan, S Ni… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We leveraged the recent increase in synthetic accessibility of SF5Cl and Ar− SF4Cl
compounds to combine chemistry of the SF5 and SF4Ar groups with strain‐release …

Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers by Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkyne–Azide Cycloaddition

X Han, L Chen, Y Yan, Y Zhao, A Lin, S Gao… - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Diaryl ethers are important structural motifs widely found in bioactive natural products,
ligands, and catalysts. While there are a variety of methods available to generate diaryl …

A new ligand design based on london dispersion empowers chiral bismuth–rhodium paddlewheel catalysts

S Singha, M Buchsteiner, G Bistoni… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterobimetallic bismuth–rhodium paddlewheel complexes with phenylglycine ligands
carrying TIPS-groups at the meta-positions of the aromatic ring exhibit outstanding levels of …

From Serendipity to Rational Design: Heteroleptic Dirhodium Amidate Complexes for Diastereodivergent Asymmetric Cyclopropanation

FP Caló, A Zimmer, G Bistoni… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A heteroleptic dirhodium paddlewheel complex comprising three chiral carboxylate ligands
and one achiral acetamidate ligand has recently been found to be uniquely effective in …

Nickel-catalyzed enantioselective coupling of aldehydes and electron-deficient 1, 3-dienes following an inverse regiochemical course

TQ Davies, JY Kim, A Fürstner - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The nickel catalyzed reductive coupling of aldehydes with sorbate esters and related
electron-deficient 1, 3-dienes are known in the literature to occur at the π-bond proximal to …

SO2-Insertion induced enantioselective oxysulfonylation to access β-chiral sulfones with quaternary carbon stereocenters

J Zhang, X Wang, P Wang, J Fang, S Li, J Wu - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Abstract β-Chiral sulfones are structural motifs widely found in natural products and
bioactive molecules, while also serving as important intermediates for the synthesis of …

Taming of Furfurylidenes by Chiral Bismuth‐Rhodium Paddlewheel Catalysts. Preparation and Functionalization of Optically Active 1, 1‐Disubstituted (Trifluoromethyl) …

M Peeters, J Decaens, A Fürstner - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Although 2‐furyl‐carbenes (furfurylidenes) are prone to instantaneous electrocyclic
ring opening, chiral [BiRh]‐paddlewheel complexes empowered by London dispersion …

Design of Stable Chiral Aminosulfonium Ylides and Their Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis

W Bao, XJ Wang, SH Wang, SW Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The isolation and catalytic enantioselective synthesis of configurationally stable S‐
stereogenic sulfonium ylides have been significant challenges in the field of asymmetric …