Desulfonylation via radical process: recent developments in organic synthesis

XQ Chu, D Ge, YY Cui, ZL Shen, CJ Li - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
As the “chemical chameleon”, sulfonyl-containing compounds and their variants have been
merged with various types of reactions for the efficient construction of diverse molecular …

Radical‐Promoted Distal C−H Functionalization of C(sp3) Centers with Fluorinated Moieties

E Nobile, T Castanheiro, T Besset - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their unique properties, fluorinated scaffolds are pivotal compounds in
pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials science. Over the last years, the …

C3-selective trifluoromethylthiolation and difluoromethylthiolation of pyridines and pyridine drugs via dihydropyridine intermediates

XY Zhou, M Zhang, Z Liu, JH He… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a method for C3-selective C–H tri-and difluoromethylthiolation of
pyridines. The method relies on borane-catalyzed pyridine hydroboration for generation of …

Photocatalytic α-Trifluoromethylthiolation of N-Acyl Amines

F Doche, T Poisson, T Besset - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
A photocatalytic approach for the C (sp3)–H trifluoromethylthiolation of amides under mild
reaction conditions is reported. We have developed a protocol that tolerates a large range of …

Methods for the direct synthesis of thioesters from aldehydes: a focus review

NH Jabarullah, K Jermsittiparsert… - Journal of Sulfur …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Direct C–H bond functionalization chemistry allows the pot-, atom-, and step-economical
and original construction of carbon–carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds starting from …

Thiosulfonylation of unactivated alkenes with visible-light organic photocatalysis

K Gadde, P Mampuys, A Guidetti, HYV Ching… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A metal-free method for the vicinal thiosulfonylation of unactivated alkenes with
thiosulfonates using 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium perchlorate as the photo-organocatalyst …

Hydrogenation of fluorinated molecules: an overview

T Charvillat, P Bernardelli, M Daumas… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The review aims at providing an overview on the developments made in hydrogenation
reactions of molecules having various fluorinated groups (F, CF3, CF2H, CF2Rf). Indeed, the …

Thiosulfonates as emerging reactants: synthesis and applications

P Mampuys, CR McElroy, JH Clark… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The synthetic strategies towards thiosulfonates (RSO2SR1) are comprehensively reviewed
from their original discovery to recent advances. Incorporation of the green credentials of the …

Difluoromethylthiolator: a toolbox of reagents for difluoromethylthiolation

J Wu, Q Shen - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Recently, the strategic installation of a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group site-
selectively at the specific position of the target molecule has become a routine approach and …

Atom transfer radical addition to styrenes with thiosulfonates enabled by synergetic copper/photoredox catalysis

X Zhou, Z Peng, PG Wang, Q Liu, T Jia - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
A synergetic copper/photoredox catalyzed ATRA of styrenes and thiosulfonates is
developed. Besides aryl ethylenes, the challenging α-substituted styrenes were employed to …