Transition metal-catalyzed alkene isomerization as an enabling technology in tandem, sequential and domino processes

D Fiorito, S Scaringi, C Mazet - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
One-pot reactions elaborated around transition metal-catalyzed isomerization of alkenes not
only offer the inherent advantages of atom-, step-and redox-economy but also enable the …

Synthesis of Indenone-Fused Pyran Derivatives from Aryl Enaminones and Cyclopropenones through Unsymmetrical Relay C–H Bond Activation and Double C–C/C …

C Yang, B Li, X Zhang, X Fan - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Presented herein is a novel synthesis of indenone-fused pyran derivatives via the cascade
reactions of aryl enaminones with cyclopropenones. The formation of products involves a …

Base- and Additive-Free Ir-Catalyzed ortho-Iodination of Benzoic Acids: Scope and Mechanistic Investigations

E Erbing, A Sanz-Marco, A Vázquez-Romero… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A protocol for the C–H activation/iodination of benzoic acids catalyzed by a simple iridium
complex has been developed. The method described in this paper allows the ortho-selective …

Lewis Base‐Boryl Radicals Promoted Selective Mono‐and Di‐Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroacetamides and Acetates

MC Bo, YL Phang, Q Zhao, FL Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mono and dichloro‐substituted organic molecules are shown to possess significant roles in
various fields, especially in medicinal chemistry. One approach to synthesizing these …

Iridium‐Catalyzed 1, 3‐Rearrangement of Allylic Alcohols

F Li, Y Luo, X Zhu, Y Ye, Q Yuan… - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The allylic alcohol structural motif is prevalent in many important molecules and valuable
building blocks. The rearrangement reaction is one of the most important transformations …

One-pot synthesis of 2-hydroxymethylindoles via photoredox-catalyzed ketyl–ynamide coupling/1, 3-allylic alcohol transposition

ZS Wang, YB Chen, K Wang, Z Xu, LW Ye - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient visible-light-mediated ketyl–ynamide coupling by employing ynamides bearing
alkyl sulfonyl substituents to deliver eneindolin-3-ols has been developed. Subsequent 1, 3 …

An umpolung strategy to react catalytic enols with nucleophiles

A Sanz-Marco, S Martinez-Erro, M Pauze… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The selective synthesis of α-functionalized ketones with two similar enolizable positions can
be accomplished using allylic alcohols and iridium (III) catalysts. A formal 1, 3-hydrogen shift …

Iridium-Catalyzed 1, 3-Rearrangement of Allylic Ethers

F Li, J Ren, Y Song, Q Yuan, D Yan, W Zhang - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The 1, 3-rearrangement of allylic derivatives has rarely been reported, except for allylic
alcohols. Herein, we describe an iridium-catalyzed 1, 3-rearrangement of readily available …

Base-Catalyzed [1,n]-Proton Shifts in Conjugated Polyenyl Alcohols and Ethers

N Molleti, S Martinez-Erro, A Carretero Cerdan… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The isomerization of dienyl alcohols and polyenyl alkyl ethers catalyzed by TBD (1, 5, 7-
triazabicyclo [4.4. 0] dec-5-ene) under metal-free conditions is presented. Two reaction …

General, simple, and chemoselective catalysts for the isomerization of allylic alcohols: the importance of the halide ligand

E Erbing, A Vázquez‐Romero… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Remarkably simple IrIII catalysts enable the isomerization of primary and sec‐allylic alcohols
under very mild reaction conditions. X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and mass …