Recent developments in the difunctionalization of alkenes with C–N bond formation

X Chen, F **ao, WM He - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The difunctionalization of carbon–carbon double bonds, introducing two novel functional
groups onto both sides of the carbon–carbon bond in one pot, has become more and more …

Saturated boronic acids, boronates, and trifluoroborates: an update on their synthetic and medicinal chemistry

DM Volochnyuk, AO Gorlova… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses recent advances in the chemistry of saturated boronic acids,
boronates, and trifluoroborates. Applications of the title compounds in the design of boron …

Catalyst-controlled enantioselective 1, 1-arylboration of unactivated olefins

W Wang, C Ding, G Yin - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Enantioselective difunctionalization of alkenes constitutes an efficient strategy to assemble
complex chiral molecules from simple racemic or achiral starting materials. Here we present …

Base‐Modulated 1, 3‐Regio‐and Stereoselective Carboboration of Cyclohexenes

W Kong, Y Bao, L Lu, Z Han, Y Zhong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While chain‐walking stimulates wide interest in both polymerization and organic synthesis,
site‐and stereoselective control of chain‐walking on rings is still a challenging task in the …

Single-atom-sized Ni–N 4 sites anchored in three-dimensional hierarchical carbon nanostructures for the oxygen reduction reaction

Z Cai, P Du, W Liang, H Zhang, P Wu, C Cai… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The four-electron (4e−) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a basic reaction in fuel cells and
metal–air batteries, but its wide use requires the development of efficient and inexpensive …

Stereoselective construction of multifunctional C-glycosides enabled by nickel-catalyzed tandem borylation/glycosylation

X Wu, S Li, L Chen, S Ma, B Ma, L Song… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Stereochemically pure saccharides have indispensable roles in fields ranging from
medicinal chemistry to materials science and organic synthesis. However, the development …

Edge-enriched Ni-N4 atomic sites embedded enoki-mushroom-like carbon nanotubes assembling hollow fibers for CO2 conversion and flexible Zn-air battery

Y Zhou, M **e, Y Song, D Yan, Z Wang, S Zhang… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Explorations of multifunctional catalysts for electrochemical reactions, such as oxygen
electrocatalysis and CO 2 electroreduction, are key issues for energy crisis and global …

Regio-and stereoselective alkylboration of endocyclic olefins enabled by nickel catalysis

C Ding, Y Ren, C Sun, J Long, G Yin - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Whereas there is a significant interest in the rapid construction of diversely substituted
saturated heterocycles, direct and modular access is currently limited to the mono-, 2, 3-, or …

Modular and Fast Synthesis of Versatile Secondary α, α‐Dialkyl Boronates via Deoxygenative Alkylboration of Aldehydes

W Xu, P Zheng, J Zhou, Z Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary α, α‐dialkyl boronates are widely used due to their great versatility. Herein we
report an unprecedented deoxygenative alkylboration of aldehydes, a facile method to …

sp3 Bis‐Organometallic Reagents via Catalytic 1,1‐Difunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins

SZ Sun, L Talavera, P Spieß, CS Day… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A catalytic 1, 1‐difunctionalization of unactivated olefins en route to sp3 bis‐
organometallic B, B (Si)‐reagents is described. The protocol is characterized by exceptional …