Iron and cobalt catalysis: new perspectives in synthetic radical chemistry

SH Kyne, G Lefèvre, C Ollivier, M Petit… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review deals with some key synthetic developments based on the use of iron or cobalt
complexes to promote radical reactivity which have been devised over the last decades. We …

New pharmaceuticals approved by FDA in 2020: Small‐molecule drugs derived from amino acids and related compounds

A Liu, J Han, A Nakano, H Konno, H Moriwaki, H Abe… - Chirality, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Amino acids (AAs) play an important role in the modern health industry as key synthetic
precursors for pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, biosensors, and drug delivery systems …

Visible-light-mediated catalyst-free synthesis of unnatural α-amino acids and peptide macrocycles

M Wang, C Wang, Y Huo, X Dang, H Xue, L Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The visible light induced, photocatalysts or photoabsorbing EDA complexes mediated
cleavage of pyridinium CN bond were reported in the past years. Here, we report an ionic …

Synthesis of unnatural α-amino acids via photoinduced decatungstate-catalyzed Giese reactions of aldehydes

X Wang, Y Chen, H Song, Y Liu, Q Wang - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids has long been a focus of chemistry research. Here, we
present an efficient, general method that furnishes γ-carbonyl α-amino acids via …

Advances in asymmetric amino acid synthesis enabled by radical chemistry

VA Larionov, NV Stoletova… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral amino acids (AAs), being the main “building” blocks of the living organisms, are also
an important class of organic compounds which broadly applied in synthetic chemistry …

Asymmetric synthesis of tailor-made amino acids using chiral Ni (II) complexes of Schiff bases. An update of the recent literature

Y Zou, J Han, AS Saghyan, AF Mkrtchyan, H Konno… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tailor-made amino acids are indispensable structural components of modern medicinal
chemistry and drug design. Consequently, stereo-controlled preparation of amino acids is …

Access to unnatural α-amino acids via visible-light-mediated decarboxylative conjugate addition to dehydroalanine

AA Shah, MJ Kelly III, JJ Perkins - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
An expedient synthesis of β-alkyl α-amino acids is reported via application of
decarboxylative photocatalysis. The method utilizes abundant, diverse, and inexpensive …

The progress of reductive coupling reaction by iron catalysis

JQ Zhao, ZP Chen - The Chemical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The transition metal catalyzed coupling reaction has revolutionized the strategies for forging
the carbon‐carbon bonds. In contrast to traditional cross‐coupling methods using pre …

Chiral Phosphoric Acid‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrazole‐Based Unnatural α‐Amino Acid Derivatives

AG Woldegiorgis, Z Han, X Lin - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An enantioselective synthesis of unnatural pyrazole‐based α‐chiral amino acid derivatives
from the asymmetric reaction of N‐aryl‐5‐aminopyrazoles with β, γ‐alkynyl‐α‐imino esters …

Stereoselective Synthesis of C,C-Glycosides from exo-Glycals Enabled by Iron-Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer

D Tardieu, M Desnoyers, C Laye, D Hazelard… - Organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We describe herein a convenient strategy for the construction of C, C-glycoside building
blocks via the intermediacy of tertiary pseudoanomeric radicals. Application of an iron …