Hantzsch esters: an emerging versatile class of reagents in photoredox catalyzed organic synthesis

PZ Wang, JR Chen, WJ ** of protic onium ylides with electrophiles
X Guo, W Hu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2013 - ACS Publications
Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) are one-pot processes in which three or more starting
materials form a product that incorporates the structural features of each reagent. These …

Catalytic carbene insertion into C− H bonds

MP Doyle, R Duffy, M Ratnikov, L Zhou - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
From its earliest observation as an unusual reaction only a half century ago, 1 the insertion
of a carbene into a carbonrhydrogen bond has attracted considerable interest because of its …

Formal [4+ 1] annulation reactions in the synthesis of carbocyclic and heterocyclic systems

JR Chen, XQ Hu, LQ Lu, WJ **ao - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The development of new strategies and chemical reactions continues to be a major focus of
research efforts in the modern synthetic organic community. 1 Of the various types of …

Beyond sulfide-centric catalysis: recent advances in the catalytic cyclization reactions of sulfur ylides

LQ Lu, TR Li, Q Wang, WJ **ao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Great achievements in the asymmetric cyclization reactions of sulfur ylides have been
reached by using chiral sulfides; however, this method usually suffers from the high loading …

Development of cascade reactions for the concise construction of diverse heterocyclic architectures

LQ Lu, JR Chen, WJ **ao - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Heterocyclic structural architectures occur in many bioactive natural products and synthetic
drugs, and these structural units serve as important intermediates in organic synthesis. This …

CO2 Adducts of Phosphorus Ylides: Highly Active Organocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Transformation

H Zhou, GX Wang, WZ Zhang, XB Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of phosphorus ylide (P-ylide) CO2 adducts were synthesized and first used as
organocatalysts for CO2 transformation. Detailed studies on the cycloaddition reaction of …

Catalytic asymmetric [4+ 1] annulation of sulfur ylides with copper–allenylidene intermediates

Q Wang, TR Li, LQ Lu, MM Li, K Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The first copper-catalyzed asymmetric decarboxylative [4+ 1] cycloaddition of propargylic
carbamates and sulfur ylides was successfully developed. This strategy led to a series of …

Vinyl epoxides in organic synthesis

J He, J Ling, P Chiu - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Vinyl epoxides are molecules with a rich chemistry because of the strained oxirane, already
a reactive moiety on its own, in proximity with a carbon− carbon double bond. The chemistry …

Photoredox-catalyzed and copper (II) salt-assisted radical addition/hydroxylation reaction of alkenes, sulfur ylides, and water

DM Yan, SH Xu, H Qian, PP Gao, MH Bi, WJ **ao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A visible light-driven photoredox-catalyzed and copper (II)-assisted three-component radical
addition/hydroxylation reaction of alkenes, sulfur ylides, and water is reported. This process …