Photochemical and electrochemical applications of proton-coupled electron transfer in organic synthesis

PRD Murray, JH Cox, ND Chiappini, CB Roos… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present here a review of the photochemical and electrochemical applications of multi-
site proton-coupled electron transfer (MS-PCET) in organic synthesis. MS-PCETs are redox …

Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods

TSB Lou, MC Willis - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The advent of sulfur (vi)-fluoride exchange (SuFEx) processes as transformations with click-
like reactivity has invigorated research into electrophilic species featuring a sulfur–fluorine …

EnT-mediated N–S bond homolysis of a bifunctional reagent leading to aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides

JE Erchinger, R Hoogesteger, R Laskar… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) gives rise to a plethora of high-valent sulfur linkages;
however, the availability of (aliphatic) sulfonyl fluoride manifolds lag behind, owing to the …

Sulfur fluoride exchange

JA Homer, L Xu, N Kayambu, Q Zheng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Click chemistry is a conceptual strategy to rapidly synthesize and discover functional
molecules. Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) is a click reaction that has revolutionized …

Click chemistry strategies for the accelerated synthesis of functional macromolecules

Z Geng, JJ Shin, Y **, CJ Hawker - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

The importance of sulfur-containing motifs in drug design and discovery

M Mustafa, JY Winum - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Sulfur-containing functional groups are privileged motifs that occur in various
pharmacologically effective substances and several natural products. Various functionalities …

Advances in the construction of diverse SuFEx linkers

D Zeng, WP Deng, X Jiang - National Science Review, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx), a new generation of click chemistry, was first presented by
Sharpless, Dong and co-workers in 2014. Owing to the high stability and yet efficient …

Covalently Crosslinked hydrogels via step‐growth reactions: crosslinking chemistries, polymers, and clinical impact

Y Gao, K Peng, S Mitragotri - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are an important class of biomaterials with the unique property of high‐water
content in a crosslinked polymer network. In particular, chemically crosslinked hydrogels …

Photoredox catalysis-enabled sulfination of alcohols and bromides

WP Carson II, PJ Sarver, NS Goudy… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfinates are important lynchpin intermediates in pharmaceutical production; however, their
synthesis via photoredox catalysis is challenging because of their facile oxidation. We …

A practical fluorosulfonylating platform via photocatalytic imidazolium-based SO2F radical reagent

W Zhang, H Li, X Li, Z Zou, M Huang, J Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sulfonyl fluorides are key components in the fields of chemical biology, materials science
and drug discovery. In this line, the highly active SO2F radical has been employed for the …