Progression of hydroamination catalyzed by late transition-metal complexes from activated to unactivated alkenes

S Ma, JF Hartwig - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalytic intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes is an atom-and step-
economical method for the synthesis of amines, which have important applications as …

Coordination Assistance: A Powerful Strategy for Metal-Catalyzed Regio-and Enantioselective Hydroalkynylation of Internal Alkenes

W Zhao, HX Lu, WW Zhang, BJ Li - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Alkenes are versatile compounds that are readily available on a large scale
from industry or through organic synthesis. The widespread occurrence of alkenes provides …

Enantioconvergent Cu-catalysed N-alkylation of aliphatic amines

JJ Chen, JH Fang, XY Du, JY Zhang, JQ Bian, FL Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Chiral amines are commonly used in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. The
strong demand for unnatural chiral amines has driven the development of catalytic …

Engineered cytochrome P450 for direct arylalkene-to-ketone oxidation via highly reactive carbocation intermediates

S Gergel, J Soler, A Klein, KH Schülke, B Hauer… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ketones are crucial intermediates in synthesis and frequent moieties in many products. The
direct regioselective synthesis of ketones from internal alkenes could simplify synthetic …

Catalytic asymmetric reductive hydroalkylation of enamides and enecarbamates to chiral aliphatic amines

JW Wang, Y Li, W Nie, Z Chang, ZA Yu, YF Zhao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To increase the reliability and success rate of drug discovery, efforts have been made to
increase the C (sp 3) fraction and avoid flat molecules. sp 3-Rich enantiopure amines are …

Cobalt‐Catalyzed Radical Hydroamination of Alkenes with N‐Fluorobenzenesulfonimides

T Qin, G Lv, Q Meng, G Zhang, T **ong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient and general radical hydroamination of alkenes using Co (salen) as catalyst, N‐
fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI) and its analogues as both nitrogen source and oxidant …

Photocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydroamination of alkenes with primary heteroaryl amines

EP Geunes, JM Meinhardt, EJ Wu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a light-driven method for the intermolecular anti-Markovnikov hydroamination of
alkenes with primary heteroaryl amines. In this protocol, electron transfer between an amine …

Cobalt‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroamination of Arylalkenes with Secondary Amines

H Miao, M Guan, T **ong, G Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic asymmetric hydroamination of alkenes with Lewis basic amines is of great interest
but remains a challenge in synthetic chemistry. Here, we developed a Co‐catalyzed …

Chirality conferral enables the observation of hyper-Raman optical activity

RR Jones, JF Kerr, H Kwon, SR Clowes, R Ji… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Chirality conferral is fundamental for understanding the origin of life, and it is of direct
importance for synthesizing new pharmaceuticals in the face of growing antibiotic …

Enantioselective propargylic amination and related tandem sequences to α-tertiary ethynylamines and azacycles

Z Zhang, Y Sun, Y Gong, DL Tang, H Luo, ZP Zhao… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Chiral α-tertiary amines and related azacycles are sought-after compounds for drug
development. Despite progress in the catalytic asymmetric construction of aza-quaternary …