Applications of halogen-atom transfer (XAT) for the generation of carbon radicals in synthetic photochemistry and photocatalysis

F Juliá, T Constantin, D Leonori - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The halogen-atom transfer (XAT) is one of the most important and applied processes for the
generation of carbon radicals in synthetic chemistry. In this review, we summarize and …

Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods

TSB Lou, MC Willis - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The advent of sulfur (vi)-fluoride exchange (SuFEx) processes as transformations with click-
like reactivity has invigorated research into electrophilic species featuring a sulfur–fluorine …

EnT-mediated N–S bond homolysis of a bifunctional reagent leading to aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides

JE Erchinger, R Hoogesteger, R Laskar… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) gives rise to a plethora of high-valent sulfur linkages;
however, the availability of (aliphatic) sulfonyl fluoride manifolds lag behind, owing to the …

Fluorochemicals from fluorspar via a phosphate-enabled mechanochemical process that bypasses HF

C Patel, E André-Joyaux, JA Leitch… - Science, 2023 - science.org
All fluorochemicals—including elemental fluorine and nucleophilic, electrophilic, and radical
fluorinating reagents—are prepared from hydrogen fluoride (HF). This highly toxic and …

Radical Hydro‐Fluorosulfonylation of Unactivated Alkenes and Alkynes

P Wang, H Zhang, M Zhao, S Ji, L Lin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, radical fluorosulfonylation is emerging as an appealing approach for the synthesis
of sulfonyl fluorides, which are highly in demand in various disciplines, particularly in …

Emerging building blocks for medicinal chemistry: recent synthetic advances

OO Grygorenko, DM Volochnyuk… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Current medicinal chemistry relies heavily on the quality of building blocks, ie reagents used
to introduce chemical diversity into the target molecules. The last decade witnessed an …

Catalytic decarboxylative fluorosulfonylation enabled by energy-transfer-mediated photocatalysis

ZD Chen, X Zhou, JT Yi, HJ Diao, QL Chen, G Lu… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sulfonyl fluorides are useful building blocks in a wide array of fields. Herein, we report a
catalytic decarboxylative fluorosulfonylation approach for converting abundant aliphatic …

Recent advances in photochemical and electrochemical strategies for the synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides

Y Zheng, W Lu, T Ma, S Huang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfonyl fluorides display unique reactivity in organic synthesis and have wide applications
in drug discovery, chemical biology, and materials science. Against the backdrop of …

Photoredox-catalyzed aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins

T Zhong, JT Yi, ZD Chen, QC Zhuang, YZ Li, G Lu… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient approaches to access sulfonyl fluorides is of great significance
because of the widespread applications of these structural motifs in many areas, among …

Recent progress in the synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides for SuFEx click chemistry

T Zhong, Z Chen, J Yi, G Lu, J Weng - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the sulfur (VI) fluoride exchange reaction (SuFEx) was introduced by Sharpless and
co-workers in 2014, this new-generation click chemistry has emerged as an efficient and …