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 …

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds

B Liu, AM Romine, CZ Rubel, KM Engle… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed, coordination-assisted C (sp3)–H functionalization has
revolutionized synthetic planning over the past few decades as the use of these directing …

Bidentate directing groups: an efficient tool in C–H bond functionalization chemistry for the expedient construction of C–C bonds

S Rej, Y Ano, N Chatani - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the past decades, synthetic organic chemistry discovered that directing group
assisted C–H activation is a key tool for the expedient and siteselective construction of C–C …

New strategies for the transition-metal catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic amines

A Trowbridge, SM Walton, MJ Gaunt - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal catalyzed reactions that are able to construct complex aliphatic amines from
simple, readily available feedstocks have become a cornerstone of modern synthetic …

Palladium (II)‐Catalyzed C− H Activation with Bifunctional Ligands: From Curiosity to Industrialization

K Wu, N Lam, DA Strassfeld, Z Fan, JX Qiao… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In 2001, our curiosity to understand the stereochemistry of C− H metalation with Pd
prompted our first studies in Pd (II)‐catalyzed asymmetric C− H activation (RSC Research …

Advancing the logic of chemical synthesis: C− H activation as strategic and tactical disconnections for C− C bond construction

NYS Lam, K Wu, JQ Yu - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The design of synthetic routes by retrosynthetic logic is decisively influenced by the
transformations available. Transition‐metal‐catalyzed C− H activation has emerged as a …

Palladium-catalyzed transformations of alkyl C–H bonds

J He, M Wasa, KSL Chan, Q Shao, JQ Yu - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
This Review summarizes the advancements in Pd-catalyzed C (sp3)–H activation via
various redox manifolds, including Pd (0)/Pd (II), Pd (II)/Pd (IV), and Pd (II)/Pd (0). While few …

Complementary Strategies for Directed C(sp3)−H Functionalization: A Comparison of Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Activation, Hydrogen Atom Transfer, and Carbene …

JCK Chu, T Rovis - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The functionalization of C (sp3)− H bonds streamlines chemical synthesis by allowing the
use of simple molecules and providing novel synthetic disconnections. Intensive recent …

Transient directing groups for transformative C–H activation by synergistic metal catalysis

P Gandeepan, L Ackermann - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
The development of methods for the functionalization of otherwise inert C–H bonds is one of
the major foci in molecular syntheses. Recent advances have significantly improved the …

Organocatalysis in inert C–H bond functionalization

Y Qin, L Zhu, S Luo - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
As two coexisting and fast-growing research fields in modern synthetic chemistry, the
merging of organocatalysis and C–H bond functionalization is well foreseeable, and the joint …