Transition-metal-catalyzed C–S, C–Se, and C–Te bond formations via cross-coupling and atom-economic addition reactions. Achievements and challenges

IP Beletskaya, VP Ananikov - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the present review, we discuss recent progress in the field of C–Z bond formation
reactions (Z= S, Se, Te) catalyzed by transition metals. Two complementary methodologies …

Mechanistic studies of transition-metal-catalyzed [2+ 2+ 2] cycloaddition reactions

A Roglans, A Pla-Quintana, M Sola - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of catalytic methodologies involving the formation of C–C bonds to enable
the generation of cyclic systems constitutes a field of great relevance in synthetic organic …

Gold (I)-catalyzed activation of alkynes for the construction of molecular complexity

R Dorel, AM Echavarren - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
For centuries, gold had been considered a precious, purely decorative inert metal. It was not
until 1986 that Ito and Hayashi described the first application of gold (I) in homogeneous …

Late transition metal-catalyzed hydroamination and hydroamidation

L Huang, M Arndt, K Gooßen, H Heydt… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review examines recent developments in late transition metal-catalyzed
hydroamination and-amidation reactions. A hydroamination is a reaction in which an N− H …

Ruthenium-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction: scope, mechanism, and applications

JR Johansson, T Beke-Somfai… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The ruthenium-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) affords 1, 5-disubstituted 1, 2,
3-triazoles in one step and complements the more established copper-catalyzed reaction …

Silver-catalysed reactions of alkynes: recent advances

G Fang, X Bi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Silver is a less expensive noble metal. Superior alkynophilicity due to π-coordination with
the carbon–carbon triple bond makes silver salts ideal catalysts for alkyne-based organic …

Recent advances in the synthesis of pyrroles by multicomponent reactions

V Estévez, M Villacampa, JC Menéndez - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Pyrrole is one of the most important one-ring heterocycles. The ready availability of suitably
substituted and functionalized pyrrole derivatives is essential for the progress of many …

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 …

Road Map for the Construction of High-Valued N-Heterocycles via Denitrogenative Annulation

S Roy, SK Das, H Khatua, S Das… - Accounts of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The pursuit for the discovery of new and powerful synthetic methods to access
high-value N-heterocycles has been at the forefront of organic chemistry research for more …

Highly atroposelective synthesis of arylpyrroles by catalytic asymmetric Paal–Knorr reaction

L Zhang, J Zhang, J Ma, DJ Cheng… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A general and efficient method for accessing enantiomerically pure arylpyrroles by utilizing
the catalytic asymmetric Paal-Knorr reaction has been developed for the first time. A wide …