Analyzing reaction rates with the distortion/interaction‐activation strain model

FM Bickelhaupt, KN Houk - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The activation strain or distortion/interaction model is a tool to analyze activation barriers that
determine reaction rates. For bimolecular reactions, the activation energies are the sum of …

o-Silylaryl Triflates: A Journey of Kobayashi Aryne Precursors

J Shi, L Li, Y Li - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Arynes are among the most active organic intermediates and have found numerous
applications in expeditious preparation of substituted arenes. In the past 20 years, chemists …

Hexadehydro-Diels–Alder reaction: Benzyne generation via cycloisomerization of tethered triynes

LL Fluegel, TR Hoye - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The hexadehydro-Diels–Alder (HDDA) reaction is the thermal cyclization of an alkyne and a
1, 3-diyne to generate a benzyne intermediate. This is then rapidly trapped, in situ, by a …

Synthesis of biaryls using aryne intermediates

JA García-López, MF Greaney - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of biaryls from benzyne intermediates offers an alternative strategy to
conventional metal-catalyzed cross-coupling approaches. The concept is as old as benzyne …

Pyridynes and indolynes as building blocks for functionalized heterocycles and natural products

AE Goetz, TK Shah, NK Garg - Chemical communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterocyclic arynes, or hetarynes, have been studied for over 100 years. However,
challenges associated with observing these reactive species, as well as develo** …

Aryne multifunctionalization with benzdiyne and benztriyne equivalents

J Shi, Y Li, Y Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most distinct characters of aryne chemistry over other synthetic methodologies is
its ability to simultaneously functionalize the vicinal two positions of a benzene ring with …

The renaissance and bright future of synthetic aryne chemistry

S Yoshida, T Hosoya - Chemistry Letters, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Recent developments in aryne chemistry are reviewed with a particular focus on synthetic
methods. This includes an overview of the precursors of arynes and their activators; the …

On-surface generation and imaging of arynes by atomic force microscopy

N Pavliček, B Schuler, S Collazos, N Moll, D Pérez… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Reactive intermediates are involved in many chemical transformations. However, their
characterization is a great challenge because of their short lifetimes and high reactivities …

Strategies toward aryne multifunctionalization via 1, 2-benzdiyne and benzyne

J He, D Qiu, Y Li - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Polysubstituted arenes are prevalent in numerous natural products, medicines,
agrochemicals, and organic functional materials. Among methods to prepare polysubstituted …

Functionalization of o-carboranes via carboryne intermediates

Z Qiu, Z **e - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Carborynes (1, 2-dehydro-o-carborane and 1, 3-dehydro-o-carborane), three-dimensional
analogues of benzyne, can be generated in situ from the precursors 1-X-2-Li-1, 2 …