Transition-metal-catalyzed C–S, C–Se, and C–Te bond formations via cross-coupling and atom-economic addition reactions. Achievements and challenges

IP Beletskaya, VP Ananikov - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the present review, we discuss recent progress in the field of C–Z bond formation
reactions (Z= S, Se, Te) catalyzed by transition metals. Two complementary methodologies …

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 …

Metal-catalyzed Markovnikov-type selective hydrofunctionalization of terminal alkynes

J Chen, WT Wei, Z Li, Z Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-catalyzed highly Markovnikov-type selective hydrofunctionalization of terminal alkynes
provides a straightforward and atom-economical route to access 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes …

Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

JC Worch, H Prydderch, S Jimaja, P Bexis… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The importance of stereochemistry to the function of molecules is generally well understood.
However, to date, control over stereochemistry and its potential to influence properties of the …

Metal-catalyzed regiodivergent organic reactions

C Nájera, IP Beletskaya, M Yus - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-catalyzed regiodivergent reactions allow control over regioselectivity in the synthesis
of a wide range of organic products. Starting from the same material, it is possible to prepare …

X‐yne click polymerization

X Fu, A Qin, BZ Tang - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alkyne‐based click polymerizations have been nurtured into a powerful synthetic technique
for the preparation of new polymers with advanced structures and versatile properties …

Recent advances in catalytic sequential reactions involving hydroelement addition to carbon–carbon multiple bonds

X Zeng - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Sequential reactions, through the incorporation of several distinct transformations into one
single sequence, are one of the most powerful synthetic tools in modern organic chemistry …

Organocatalytic carbon–sulfur bond-forming reactions

P Chauhan, S Mahajan, D Enders - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Carbon− heteroatom bond formations are very important reactions in organic synthesis and
have attracted the interest of many synthetic organic chemists, leading them to develop new …

Metal-free organocatalytic S-formylation of thiols using CO2

S Maji, A Das, MM Bhatt, SK Mandal - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
S-formylation of thiols is achieved via an enzymatic process catalysed by formate
dehydrogenase enzyme that fixes CO2 onto substrates, which plays a crucial role in …

Catalytic hydrothiolation: regio-and enantioselective coupling of thiols and dienes

XH Yang, RT Davison, VM Dong - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report a Rh-catalyzed hydrothiolation of 1, 3-dienes, including petroleum feedstocks.
Either secondary or tertiary allylic sulfides can be generated from the selective addition of a …