Anti-Markovnikov intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes and alkynes: a mechanistic view

J Escorihuela, A Lledós, G Ujaque - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydroamination, the addition of an N–H bond across a C–C multiple bond, is a reaction with
a great synthetic potential. Important advances have been made in the last decades …

The Huisgen reaction: milestones of the 1, 3‐dipolar cycloaddition

M Breugst, HU Reissig - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The concept of 1, 3‐dipolar cycloadditions was presented by Rolf Huisgen 60 years
ago. Previously unknown reactive intermediates, for example azomethine ylides, were …

Simple, efficient, and universal energy decomposition analysis method based on dispersion-corrected density functional theory

T Lu, Q Chen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy decomposition analysis (EDA) is an important class of methods to explore the nature
of interaction between fragments in a chemical system. It can decompose the interaction …

o-Silylaryl Triflates: A Journey of Kobayashi Aryne Precursors

J Shi, L Li, Y Li - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Arynes are among the most active organic intermediates and have found numerous
applications in expeditious preparation of substituted arenes. In the past 20 years, chemists …

Acceleration of Diels-Alder reactions by mechanical distortion

YS Zholdassov, L Yuan, SR Garcia, RW Kwok… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Challenges in quantifying how force affects bond formation have hindered the widespread
adoption of mechanochemistry. We used parallel tip-based methods to determine reaction …

Main group redox catalysis of organopnictogens: vertical periodic trends and emerging opportunities in group 15

JM Lipshultz, G Li, AT Radosevich - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A growing number of organopnictogen redox catalytic methods have emerged—especially
within the past 10 years—that leverage the plentiful reversible two-electron redox chemistry …

Computational approach to molecular catalysis by 3d transition metals: challenges and opportunities

KD Vogiatzis, MV Polynski, JK Kirkland… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

Visible-light mediated catalytic asymmetric radical deuteration at non-benzylic positions

Q Shi, M Xu, R Chang, D Ramanathan, B Peñin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Site-and enantioselective incorporation of deuterium into organic compounds is of broad
interest in organic synthesis, especially within the pharmaceutical industry. While catalytic …

Understanding chemical reactivity using the activation strain model

P Vermeeren, SCC van der Lubbe… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding chemical reactivity through the use of state-of-the-art computational
techniques enables chemists to both predict reactivity and rationally design novel reactions …

Zinc‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Formal (3+ 2) Cycloadditions of Bicyclobutanes with Imines: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Azabicyclo [2.1. 1] hexanes

F Wu, WB Wu, Y **ao, Z Li, L Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The cycloaddition reaction involving bicyclo [1.1. 0] butanes (BCBs) offers a versatile and
efficient synthetic platform for producing C (sp3)‐rich rigid bridged ring scaffolds, which act …