Although fire is now rarely used in synthetic chemistry, it was not until Robert Bunsen
invented the burner in 1855 that the energy from this heat source could be applied to a …

A CO group richer:(Hetero) arenes are vital intermediates in the manufacture of
agrochemicals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and other industrial products. In the past decades …

Solar-driven carbonylation with CO2 replacing toxic CO as a C1 source is of considerable
interest; however it remains a great challenge due to the inert CO2 molecule. Herein, we …

Sulfur dioxide has a rich and varied chemistry that can be traced back to the early 1900s.
Despite the potential utility of sulfur dioxide based reactions, delivering products such as …

Progress in organometallic catalysis began with the discovery of the Roelen reaction
(hydroformylation with carbon monoxide and hydrogen) in 1938 and the Reppe reaction …

Often used as a common solvent for chemical reations and utilized widely in industry as a
reagent, N, N‐dimethylformamide (DMF) has played an important role in organic synthesis …

A strategy based on assembling metal ions and organic carboxylate links has been applied
for the design and synthesis of a new class of porous, truncated tetrahedral and …

The use of microwave irradiation in organic synthesis has become increasingly popular
within the pharmaceutical and academic arenas, because it is a new enabling technology …

N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) is an excellent polar solvent for various classes of
compounds, the dissolution being favoured by interactions of the substrate with DMF. In the …

Recent advances in the carbonylative synthesis of heterocycles by using diverse CO
surrogates as sources of CO are summarized and discussed. The merger of carbonylative …