Multicomponent reactions and photo/electrochemistry join forces: atom economy meets energy efficiency

GA Coppola, S Pillitteri, EV Van der Eycken… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Visible-light photoredox catalysis has been regarded as an extremely powerful tool in
organic chemistry, bringing the spotlight back to radical processes. The versatility of …

Recent progress and emerging technologies towards a sustainable synthesis of sulfones

S Liang, K Hofman, M Friedrich, J Keller… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfones play a pivotal role in modern organic chemistry. They are highly versatile building
blocks and find various applications as drugs, agrochemicals, or functional materials …

A practical FeCl3/HCl photocatalyst for versatile aliphatic C–H functionalization

ZY Dai, SQ Zhang, X Hong, PS Wang, LZ Gong - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
The practical and diversified functionalization of ubiquitous C (sp 3)–H bonds is an
economically attractive yet chemically challenging approach to build molecular complexity …

Anion-tuning of organozincs steering cobalt-catalyzed radical relay couplings

X Liu, H Chen, D Yang, B Hu, Y Hu, S Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A multicomponent sulfonylarylation reaction via cobalt-catalyzed alkene difunctionalizations
with sulfonyl chlorides and OPiv-supported organozinc reagents was reported. Herein …

Photoredox-catalyzed α-sulfonylation of ketones from sulfur dioxide and thianthrenium salts

FS He, P Bao, Z Tang, F Yu, WP Deng, J Wu - Organic Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
A photoredox-catalyzed sulfonylation of silyl enol ethers with DABCO·(SO2) 2 and
thianthrenium salts is achieved, providing diverse β-keto sulfones in moderate to good …

Thianthrenium-enabled sulfonylation via electron donor-acceptor complex photoactivation

A Granados, MJ Cabrera-Afonso, M Escolano… - Chem catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Sulfone-containing compounds are prevalent building blocks in pharmaceutical agents and
other biomolecules, and they serve as key intermediates in the synthesis of complex …

Enantioselective Four-Component Arylsulfonylcyanation of Vinylarenes via the Insertion of SO2 Enabled by SOgen as SO2 Surrogate

L Chen, X Zhang, M Zhou, L Shen, S Kramer… - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
A copper-catalyzed four-component enantioselective arylsulfonylcyanation of vinylarenes
has been developed that enables easy access to a variety of chiral β-sulfonyl nitriles with up …

Nickel‐Catalyzed Sulfonylation of Aryl Bromides Enabled by Potassium Metabisulfite as a Uniquely Effective SO2 Surrogate

JC Hethcox, HC Johnson, J Kim… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development and mechanistic investigation of a nickel‐catalyzed sulfonylation of aryl
bromides is disclosed. The reaction proceeds in good yields for a variety of substrates and …

Phenanthroline-initiated anti-selective hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkynes with sulfonyl chlorides

CS Dong, WY Tong, P Ye, N Cheng, S Qu… - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
A simple and general method for anti-selective hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkynes
with sulfonyl chlorides in the presence of a catalytic amount of phenanthroline-based Lewis …

1-Acryloyl-2-cyanoindole: a skeleton for visible-light-induced cascade annulation

AX Huang, HL Zhu, FL Zeng, XL Chen, XQ Huang… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
1-Acryloyl-2-cyanoindoles were found to be novel and efficient skeletons in visible-light-
induced persulfate-promoted cascade cyclization reactions. With this transition-metal-free …