Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings: On the importance of the catalyst quantity descriptors, mol% and ppm

CS Horbaczewskyj, IJS Fairlamb - Organic Process Research & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Review examines parts per million (ppm) palladium concentrations in catalytic cross-
coupling reactions and their relationship with mole percentage (mol%). Most studies in …

Enantioselective construction of quaternary stereocenters via cooperative photoredox/Fe/chiral primary amine triple catalysis

LJ Li, JC Zhang, WP Li, D Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic and enantioselective construction of quaternary (all-carbon substituents)
stereocenters poses a formidable challenge in organic synthesis due to the hindrance …

Congested C(sp3)-rich architectures enabled by iron-catalysed conjunctive alkylation

TD Tan, JMI Serviano, X Luo, PC Qian, PL Holland… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Catalytic cross-coupling by transition metals has revolutionized the formation of carbon–
carbon bonds in organic synthesis. However, the challenge of forming multiple alkyl–alkyl …

Engaging alkenes in metallaphotoredox: a triple catalytic, radical sorting approach to olefin-alcohol cross-coupling

Q Cai, IM McWhinnie, NW Dow, AY Chan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metallaphotoredox cross-coupling is a well-established strategy for generating clinically
privileged aliphatic scaffolds via single-electron reactivity. Correspondingly, expanding …

Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis

C Rao, T Zhang, H Liu, H Huang - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Selective construction of two distinct alkyl–alkyl bonds across the C= C bond of simple
unactivated olefins is a persistent challenge in organic synthesis. Transition metal-catalysed …

Iron-mediated ligand-to-metal charge transfer enables 1, 2-diazidation of alkenes

M Zhang, J Zhang, Q Li, Y Shi - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Given the widespread significance of vicinal diamine units in organic synthesis,
pharmaceuticals and functional materials, as well as in privileged molecular catalysts, an …

Diradical generation via relayed proton-coupled electron transfer

Q Shi, Z Pei, J Song, SJ Li, D Wei… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Diradical generation followed by radical–radical cross-coupling is a powerful synthetic tool,
but its detailed mechanism has yet to be established. Herein, we proposed and confirmed a …

Light-promoted efficient generation of Fe (I) to initiate amination

G Song, Q Li, J Song, DZ Nong, J Dong, G Li… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are difficult to achieve because they usually require
a highly reactive, low-valent iron catalyst to undergo the oxidative addition process. Here …

General and practical route to diverse 1-(difluoro) alkyl-3-aryl bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes enabled by an Fe-catalyzed multicomponent radical cross-coupling reaction

A Rentería-Gómez, W Lee, S Yin, M Davis… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes (BCPs) are of great interest to the agrochemical, materials, and
pharmaceutical industries. In particular, synthetic methods to access 1, 3-dicarbosubsituted …

Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Benzyl Halides and Disulfides Catalyzed by Iron

J Semenya, Y Yang, E Picazo - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cross-electrophile couplings are influential reactions that typically require a terminal
reductant or photoredox conditions. We discovered an iron-catalyzed reaction that couples …