Pd-Catalyzed, ortho C–H Methylation and Fluorination of Benzaldehydes Using Orthanilic Acids as Transient Directing Groups

XY Chen, EJ Sorensen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The direct, Pd-catalyzed ortho C–H methylation and fluorination of benzaldehydes have
been accomplished using commercially available orthanilic acids as transient directing …

Pd (II)-catalyzed remote regiodivergent ortho-and meta-C–H functionalizations of phenylethylamines

S Li, H Ji, L Cai, G Li - Chemical Science, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Site selectivity control is of vital importance in the direct functionalization of inert C–H bonds.
Reported here is a novel example of remote regiodivergent ortho-and meta-C–H bond …

Asymmetric C–H functionalization of cyclopropanes using an isoleucine-NH 2 bidentate directing group

J Kim, M Sim, N Kim, S Hong - Chemical Science, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The systematic investigation of substrate-bound α-amino acid auxiliaries has resulted in
catalytic asymmetric C–H functionalization of cyclopropanes enabled by amino acid amides …

Methane CH activation by palladium complexes with chelating bis (NHC) ligands: a DFT study

D Munz, D Meyer, T Strassner - Organometallics, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Palladium bis (NHC) complexes are able to catalytically activate and to promote the
oxidation of methane. The conversion of methane to methyl trifluoroacetate catalyzed by the …

Amide Iridium Complexes As Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Reduction of N-sulfonylimine

H Wen, N Luo, Q Zhu, R Luo - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Sulfonamide moieties widely exist in natural products, biologically active substance, and
pharmaceuticals. Here, an efficient water-soluble amide iridium complexes-catalyzed …

The efficient desymmetrization of glycerol using scaffolding catalysis

ZX Giustra, KL Tan - Chemical Communications, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient desymmetrization of glycerol using scaffolding catalysis - Chemical
Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2CC33633B Royal Society of Chemistry View …

Diastereoselective Substrate-Controlled Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation: An Old Solution to a Modern Synthetic Challenge

J Wencel-Delord, F Colobert - Synlett, 2015‏ - thieme-connect.com
The synthesis of chiral compounds by means of asymmetric C–H activation is an appealing
modern strategy for the straightforward conversion of simple and nonfunctionalized …

Complementary stereochemical outcomes in proline-based self-regenerations of stereocenters

BJ Knight, EE Stache, EM Ferreira - Organic letters, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Stereoselective alkylations of proline-based amino amides are described, where high levels
of either a cis or trans configuration can be attained simply by the choice of the aminal …

Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed ortho‐Arylation of Aromatic Alcohols with a Readily Attachable and Cleavable Molecular Scaffold

Q Li, BJ Knight, EM Ferreira - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A palladium (II)‐catalyzed C− H arylation process of alcohols has been developed.
The strategy utilizes a novel quinoline‐based hemiacetal scaffold that can direct the …

An analysis of the complementary stereoselective alkylations of imidazolidinone derivatives toward α-quaternary proline-based amino amides

BJ Knight, EE Stache, EM Ferreira - Tetrahedron, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Alkylations of proline-based imidazolidinones are described based on the principle of self-
regeneration of stereocenters (SRS), affording high levels of either the cis or trans …