Alcohols as substrates in transition-metal-catalyzed arylation, alkylation, and related reactions

A Cook, SG Newman - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many
methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated …

Deciphering the chameleonic chemistry of allenols: breaking the taboo of a onetime esoteric functionality

JM Alonso, P Almendros - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The allene functionality has participated in one of the most exciting voyages in organic
chemistry, from chemical curiosities to a recurring building block in modern organic …

Chemodivergent reactions

IP Beletskaya, C Nájera, M Yus - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An important strategy for the efficient generation of diversity in molecular structures is the
utilization of common starting materials in chemodivergent transformations. The most …

An update on oxidative C–H carbonylation with CO

Y Liu, YH Chen, H Yi, A Lei - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbonyl derivatives widely exist in pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, materials, and
natural products. Develo** novel, efficient, and green carbonylation methods represent …

Asymmetric transformation of achiral gold nanoclusters with negative nonlinear dependence between chiroptical activity and enantiomeric excess

C Liu, Y Zhao, TS Zhang, CB Tao, W Fei… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The investigation of chirality at the nanoscale is important to bridge the gap between
molecular and macroscopic chirality. Atomically precise metal nanoclusters provide an ideal …

Preorganized Nitrogen Sites for Au11 Amidation: A Generalizable Strategy toward Precision Functionalization of Metal Nanoclusters

Y Zhang, SR He, Y Yang, TS Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters have received tremendous attention due to their
unique structures and properties. Although synthetic approaches to this kind of nanomaterial …

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenative carbonylation reactions using carbon monoxide and mechanistic overviews

C Zhu, J Liu, MB Li, JE Bäckvall - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon monoxide, which is an abundant and inexpensive carbonyl source, has been widely
applied to synthesize carbonyl-containing compounds, for example ketones, esters, and …

Alkyne–Alkene [2+ 2] cycloaddition based on visible light photocatalysis

S Ha, Y Lee, Y Kwak, A Mishra, E Yu, B Ryou… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract UV-activated alkyne–alkene [2+ 2] cycloaddition has served as an important tool to
access cyclobutenes. Although broadly adopted, the limitations with UV light as an energy …

Palladium-catalyzed Markovnikov hydroaminocarbonylation of 1, 1-disubstituted and 1, 1, 2-trisubstituted alkenes for formation of amides with quaternary carbon

HY Yang, YH Yao, M Chen, ZH Ren… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydroaminocarbonylation of alkenes is one of the most promising yet challenging methods
for the synthesis of amides. Herein, we reported the development of a novel and effective Pd …

Cadmium‐Doped and Pincer Ligand‐Modified Gold Nanocluster for Catalytic KA2 Reaction

JQ Fan, Y Yang, CB Tao, MB Li - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A gold nanocluster Au17Cd2 (PNP) 2 (SR) 12 (PNP= 2, 6‐bis (diphenylphosphinomethyl)
pyridine, SR= 4‐MeOPhS) consisting of an icosahedral Au13 kernel, two Au2CdS6 staple …