Divergent Synthesis of Alcohols and Ketones via Cross‐Coupling of Secondary Alcohols under Manganese Catalysis

F Sun, J Huang, Z Wei, C Tang, W Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A homogeneous manganese‐catalyzed cross‐coupling of two secondary alcohols for the
divergent synthesis of γ‐disubstituted alcohols and β‐disubstituted ketones is reported …

Multi-functional Acyl Urea Compounds: A Review on Related Patents, Clinical Trials, and Synthetic Approaches

J Rohilla, R Mishra, S Varshney… - Current Organic …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Acyl ureas are a well-known class of organic compounds that have drawn a lot of attention
recently because of their array of chemical properties and possible multi-use in medicine …

Unravelling a bench-stable zinc-amide compound as highly active multitasking catalyst for radical-mediated selective alk (en) ylation of unactivated carbocycles under …

S Sahoo, S Manna, A Rit - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct functionalization of unactivated organic moieties via C–C bond formation has long
fascinated synthetic chemists. Although base-metal systems are steadily emerging in this …

Synthesis of polyethyleneimines from the manganese‐catalysed coupling of ethylene glycol and ethylenediamine

CN Brodie, AE Owen, JS Kolb, M Bühl… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethyleneimines find many applications in products such as detergents, adhesives,
cosmetics, and for processes such as tissue culture, gene therapy, and CO2 capture. The …

Triazole backbone ligand in an unprecedented efficient manganese catalyst for use in transfer hydrogenation

Q Liang, C Zhang, F Wang, Z Luo, W Yang… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Noble metal catalysts are generally expensive, and thus, abundant 3d metals recently
received significant attention as catalysts in catalytic hydrogenation. Mn catalysts are widely …

Formation of ylidenehydrazines enabled by manganese-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling

F Wang, D Ding, C Zhang, G Zhang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic dehydrogenation, which exhibits highly atom-economical and chemo-selective
properties, converts multiple green sustainable alcohols to critical molecules and is a highly …

Exploiting decarbonylation and dehydrogenation of formamides for the synthesis of ureas, polyureas, and poly (urea-urethanes)

J Luk, AS Goodfellow, ND More, M Bühl, A Kumar - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Urea derivatives, polyureas, and poly (urea-urethanes) are materials of great interest.
However, their current methods of synthesis involve toxic feedstocks–isocyanate and …

Formic Acid as Feedstock in the Phosgene-Free Dehydrogenative Coupling of Formamides and Alcohols to Polyurethanes

J Futter, M Holzer, B Rieger - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study introduces a novel polyurethane (PU) synthesis approach, aiming to eliminate the
health risks associated with conventional methods using isocyanates and phosgene …

Quaternary Medium-Entropy Alloy Metallene with Strong Charge Polarization for Highly Selective Urea Electrosynthesis from Carbon Dioxide and Nitrate

Y Zhou, M Wang, L Zhang, N Li, T Qian, C Yan, J Lu - ACS nano, 2025 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical urea synthesis via the coreduction of CO2 and NO3–is a sustainable
alternative to the traditional Bosch–Meiser process. However, the sluggish reaction kinetics …

Methyl Pyruvate Oxime as a Carbonyl Synthon: Synthesis of Ureas, Carbamates, Thiocarbamates, and Anilides

SY Kim, HN Lim - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
A new strategy for the synthesis of unsymmetrical ureas, carbamates, thiocarbamates, and
anilides was developed with methyl pyruvate oxime as the carbonyl synthon. The intrinsic …