Electrostatic interactions in asymmetric organocatalysis

R Maji, SC Mallojjala, SE Wheeler - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Electrostatic interactions are ubiquitous in catalytic systems and can be decisive
in determining the reactivity and stereoselectivity. However, difficulties quantifying the role of …

Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylboration of 1, 3‐Butadienylboronate with Acyl Fluorides

S Gao, J Liu, D Troya, M Chen - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report herein a Cu‐catalyzed regio‐, diastereo‐and enantioselective acylboration of 1, 3‐
butadienylboronate with acyl fluorides. Under the developed conditions, the reactions …

The role of attractive dispersion interaction in promoting the catalytic activity of asymmetric hydrogenation

L Yang, B Li, KN Houk - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As an essential van der Waals interaction, the dispersion interaction is an important weak
attractive interaction. However, the influence of the weak attractive interactions has only …

Highly Active and Sintering-Resistant Pt Clusters Supported on FeOx–Hydroxyapatite Achieved by Tailoring Strong Metal–Support Interactions

Y Liu, G Wu, R Ge, X Jiang, L Li, T Ishida… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic performance of supported metal catalysts is closely related to their structure.
While Pt-based catalysts are widely used in many catalytic reactions because of their …

Dimerization of confined Brønsted acids in enantioselective organocatalytic reactions

I Harden, F Neese, G Bistoni - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of Brønsted acid aggregates in the course of asymmetric organocatalytic
reactions is often overlooked in mechanistic studies, even though it might have a deep …

Stereo-and Enantioselective Syntheses of 1, 2-Oxaborinan-3-enes and δ-Boryl-Substituted Homoallylic Alcohols

Z Zhang, M Chen - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Stereo-and enantioselective syntheses of 1, 2-oxaborinan-3-enes and δ-boryl-substituted
homoallylic alcohols are reported. We developed a practical approach to synthesize α-boryl …

Enantio-divergent C–H borylation with two different ligands from a single chiral source

R Du, S Xu - Science China Chemistry, 2025 - Springer
Reported here is an iridium-catalyzed enantio-divergent C (sp3)-H borylation of α-gem-
dimethyl groups of trifluoromethyl ketone-derived hydrazones to construct a series of acyclic …

Stereo- and Enantioselective Syntheses of (Z)-1,3-Butadienyl-2-carbinols via Brønsted Acid Catalysis

M Chen - Organic Letters, 2025 - ACS Publications
A Brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of (Z)-1, 3-butadienyl-2-carbinols is
developed. By employing a chiral phosphoric acid as the catalyst, a variety of 1, 3-butadienyl …

Highly Stereo- and Enantioselective Syntheses of δ-Alkyl-Substituted (Z)-Homoallylic Alcohols

M Chen - Organic Letters, 2025 - ACS Publications
Highly stereo-and enantioselective synthesis of δ-alkyl-substituted (Z)-homoallylic alcohols
via asymmetric allylation is developed. In the presence of a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst …

Highly Stereoselective Syntheses of α,α-Disubstituted (E)- and (Z)-Crotylboronates

Z Zhang, J Liu, S Gao, B Su… - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report herein stereoselective syntheses of α, α-disubstituted (E)-and (Z)-crotylboronates.
Starting from α-boryl (E)-or (Z)-crotylboronate, base-mediated alkylation occurred …