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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Concept of dual synergistic catalysis.
Figure 2: Classification of catalytic systems involving two catalysts.
Figure 3: General mechanism for the dual nickel/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 4: General mechanisms for C–H activation catalysis involving different reoxidation strategies.
Figure 5: Indole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 7: Oxidative Heck reaction on arenes via the dual catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 9: Oxidative Heck reaction on phenols via the dual catalysis.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on phenols via dual catalysis.
Figure 11: Carbazole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the carbazole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 13: Carbonylation of enamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for carbonylation of enamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 15: Annulation of benzamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the annulation of benzamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 17: Synthesis of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 19: General concept of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 20: The first example of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation with diazonium salts via dual catalysis.
Figure 22: Dual catalysis merging C–H activation/photoredox using diaryliodonium salts.
Figure 23: Direct arylation via the dual catalytic system reported by Xu.
Figure 24: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Balaraman.
Figure 25: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Guo.
Figure 26: C(sp3)–H bond arylation via the dual Pd/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 27: Acetanilide derivatives acylation via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 28: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation with α-ketoacids via dual catalysis.
Figure 29: Acylation of azobenzenes via the dual catalysis C–H activation/photoredox.
Figure 30: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 31: Proposed mechanism for the C2-acylation of indoles with aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 32: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 33: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 34: Proposed mechanism for perfluoroalkylation of arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 35: Sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 36: Proposed mechanism for sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 37: meta-C–H Alkylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 38: Alternative procedure for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 39: Proposed mechanism for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 40: C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 41: Proposed mechanism for C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 42: Undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross coupling via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 43: Proposed mechanism for the undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross-coupling via dual catalysis.
Figure 44: Undirected C–H arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual manganese/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 45: Proposed mechanism for the undirected arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 46: Photoinduced C–H arylation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 47: Photo-induced C–H chalcogenation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 48: Decarboxylative C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual cobalt/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 49: Proposed mechanism for the C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual catalysis.
Figure 50: General mechanisms for the “classical” (left) and Cu-free variant (right) Sonogoshira reaction.
Figure 51: First example of a dual palladium/photoredox catalysis for Sonogashira-type couplings.
Figure 52: Arylation of terminal alkynes with diazonium salts via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 53: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of terminal alkynes via dual catalysis.
Figure 54: C–H Alkylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer (HAT).
Figure 55: Proposed mechanism for the C–H alkylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 56: C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 57: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by HAT.
Figure 58: Direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 59: Proposed mechanism for the direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 60: C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 61: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 62: C–H functionalization of nucleophiles via excited ketone/nickel dual catalysis.
Figure 63: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization enabled by excited ketones.
Figure 64: Selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 65: Proposed mechanism for the selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by HAT.
Figure 66: Direct C(sp3)–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 67: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 68: C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 69: Proposed mechanism for the C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 70: Alternative procedure for the C–H hydroalkylation of ynones, ynoates, and ynamides.
Figure 71: Allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 72: Proposed mechanism for the allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 73: Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual Cr/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 74: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 75: Aldehyde C–H functionalization promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization of aldehydes promoted by HAT.
Figure 77: Direct C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 78: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 79: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 80: Proposed mechanism for the C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118
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Scheme 1: [3 + 2] cyclization catalyzed by diaryl disulfide.
Scheme 2: [3 + 2] cycloaddition catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 3: Disulfide-bridged peptide-catalyzed enantioselective cycloaddition.
Scheme 4: Disulfide-catalyzed [3 + 2] methylenecyclopentane annulations.
Scheme 5: Disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst in the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction using disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst.
Scheme 7: Disulfide-catalyzed ring expansion of vinyl spiro epoxides.
Scheme 8: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of diarylacetylene.
Scheme 9: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic photooxidative cleavage of olefins.
Scheme 10: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 12: Disulfide-catalyzed oxidation of allyl alcohols.
Scheme 13: Disulfide-catalyzed diboration of alkynes.
Scheme 14: Dehalogenative radical cyclization catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 15: Hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 16: Plausible mechanism of the hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 17: Disulfide-cocatalyzed anti-Markovnikov olefin hydration reactions.
Scheme 18: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 20: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 21: Disulfide-catalyzed conversion of maleate esters to fumarates and 5H-furanones.
Scheme 22: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of difluorotriethylsilylethylene.
Scheme 23: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 24: Proposed mechanism for the disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compound...
Scheme 25: Diphenyl disulfide-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of ophirin B.
Scheme 26: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the total synthesis of (+)-hitachimycin.
Scheme 27: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the synthesis of (−)-gloeosporone.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113
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Figure 1: Fused aza-hetero polycyclic frames and natural pyrrolizine- and isoindole-containing alkaloids.
Scheme 1: Synthetic approaches for the preparation of pyrrolo-fused aza-hetero polycyclic frames.
Scheme 2: Preparation of 1,2-substituted pyrroles 8a–f and 8i,j.
Scheme 3: Diels–Alder cycloadditions of pyrroles 8a–j and 16a–b with maleimides 7b–c.
Figure 2: Structures of 9m (a) and 10m (b) as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction crystallography ...
Scheme 4: Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cross-coupling reaction of 2-vinylpyrroles 8c,d and 8g.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 2-vinylpyrroles 8k,l and their Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cross-coupling to p...
Scheme 6: Diastereoselective Diels–Alder reaction of pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoindole 18a with 7c.
Scheme 7: Synthetic approach to the fused aza-heterocyclic pentacycle 12.
Figure 3: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry for each of the SCs (a and d), TSs (b and e) and ADs (c and f...
Figure 4: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry for each of the TSs of the Diels–Alder reactions of dienes 8b...
Figure 5: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry of the endo SCs (a) and TSs (b) for the Diels–Alder reaction ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103
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Figure 1: Selected examples of organic dyes. Mes-Acr+: 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium, DCA: 9,10-dicyanoanthra...
Scheme 1: Activation modes in photocatalysis.
Scheme 2: Main strategies for the formation of C(sp3) radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 3: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from carboxylic acids:...
Scheme 4: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from redoxactiv...
Figure 2: Common substrates for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals.
Scheme 5: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from dihydropyridines ...
Scheme 6: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals from trifluorob...
Scheme 7: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from benzylic h...
Scheme 8: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via direct HAT: the cross...
Scheme 9: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via indirect HAT: the deu...
Scheme 10: Selected precursors for the generation of aryl radicals using organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 11: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl diazoni...
Scheme 12: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from haloarenes:...
Scheme 13: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl halides...
Scheme 14: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from arylsulfonyl...
Scheme 15: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of aryl radicals from triaryl sulf...
Scheme 16: Main strategies towards acyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 17: Illustrative example for the decarboxylative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from α-keto...
Scheme 18: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from acyl silanes...
Scheme 19: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of carbamoyl radicals from 4-carba...
Scheme 20: Illustrative example of the photocatalytic HAT approach for the generation of acyl radicals from al...
Scheme 21: General reactivity of a) radical cations; b) radical anions; c) the main strategies towards aryl an...
Scheme 22: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of alkene radical cations from alk...
Scheme 23: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of an alkene radical anion from al...
Figure 3: Structure of C–X radical anions and their neutral derivatives.
Scheme 24: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reduction of imines and the generation of an α-amino C(...
Scheme 25: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of aryl radical cations from arene...
Scheme 26: NCR classifications and generation.
Scheme 27: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of iminyl radicals from O-aryl oxi...
Scheme 28: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals from α-N-oxy ac...
Scheme 29: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals via an N–H bond...
Scheme 30: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from Weinreb am...
Scheme 31: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from hydroxylam...
Scheme 32: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from N-aminopyr...
Scheme 33: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from α-amido-ox...
Scheme 34: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of aminium radicals: the N-aryltet...
Scheme 35: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 36: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 37: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of hydrazonyl radical from hydrazo...
Scheme 38: Generation of O-radicals.
Scheme 39: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from N-alkoxypyridinium salts...
Scheme 40: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from alkyl hydroperoxides: th...
Scheme 41: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of thiyl radicals from thiols: the...
Scheme 42: Main strategies and reagents for the generation of sulfonyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 43: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from arylsulf...
Scheme 44: Illustrative example of a Cl atom abstraction strategy for the photocatalytic generation of sulfamo...
Scheme 45: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from sulfinic...
Scheme 46: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Scheme 47: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the porphyrinoids and their absorption spectra: in bold are highlighted the ...
Figure 2: Photophysical and photochemical processes (Por = porphyrin). Adapted from [12,18].
Figure 3: Main dual photocatalysts and their oxidative/reductive excited state potentials, including porphyri...
Scheme 1: Photoredox alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates using porphyrins and a Ru complex. aUsing a ...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates in the presence of TPP.
Scheme 3: Arylation of heteroarenes with aryldiazonium salts using TPFPP as photocatalyst, and corresponding ...
Scheme 4: A) Scope with different aryldiazonium salts and enol acetates. B) Photocatalytic cycles and compari...
Scheme 5: Photoarylation of isopropenyl acetate A) Comparison between batch and continuous-flow approaches an...
Scheme 6: Dehalogenation induced by red light using thiaporphyrin (STPP).
Scheme 7: Applications of NiTPP as both photoreductant and photooxidant.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for obtaining tetrahydroquinolines by reductive quenching.
Scheme 9: Selenylation and thiolation of anilines.
Scheme 10: NiTPP as photoredox catalyst in oxidative and reductive quenching, in comparison with other photoca...
Scheme 11: C–O bond cleavage of 1-phenylethanol using a cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPP) under visible light.
Scheme 12: Hydration of terminal alkynes by RhIII(TSPP) under visible light irradiation.
Scheme 13: Regioselective photocatalytic hydro-defluorination of perfluoroarenes by RhIII(TSPP).
Scheme 14: Formation of 2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran by intramolecular hydro-functionalization of allylpheno...
Scheme 15: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photoca...
Scheme 16: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using MOF-525 as heterogeneous photocat...
Scheme 17: Preparation of the heterogeneous photocatalyst CNH.
Scheme 18: Photoinduced sulfonation of alkenes with sulfinic acid using CNH as photocatalyst.
Scheme 19: Sulfonic acid scope of the sulfonation reactions.
Scheme 20: Regioselective sulfonation reaction of arimistane.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of quinazolin-4-(3H)-ones.
Scheme 22: Selective photooxidation of aromatic benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes using Pt/PCN-224(Zn).
Scheme 23: Photooxidation of benzaldehydes to benzoic acids using Pt or Pd porphyrins.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic reduction of various nitroaromatics using a Ni-MOF.
Scheme 25: Photoinduced cycloadditions of CO2 with epoxides by MOF1.
Figure 4: Electronic configurations of the species of oxygen. Adapted from [66].
Scheme 26: TPP-photocatalyzed generation of 1O2 and its application in organic synthesis. Adapted from [67-69].
Scheme 27: Pericyclic reactions involving singlet oxygen and their mechanisms. Adapted from [67].
Scheme 28: First scaled up ascaridole preparation from α-terpinene.
Scheme 29: Antimalarial drug synthesis using an endoperoxidation approach.
Scheme 30: Photooxygenation of colchicine.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of (−)-pinocarvone from abundant (+)-α-pinene.
Scheme 32: Seeberger’s semi-synthesis of artemisinin.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of artemisinin using TPP and supercritical CO2.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of artemisinin using chlorophyll a.
Scheme 35: Quercitol stereoisomer preparation.
Scheme 36: Photocatalyzed preparation of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 37: Continuous endoperoxidation of conjugated dienes and subsequent rearrangements leading to oxidized ...
Scheme 38: The Opatz group total synthesis of (–)-oxycodone.
Scheme 39: Biomimetic syntheses of rhodonoids A, B, E, and F.
Scheme 40: α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric photooxidation of indanone β-keto esters by singlet oxygen using PTC as a chiral inducer...
Scheme 42: Asymmetric photooxidation of both β-keto esters and β-keto amides by singlet oxygen using PTC-2 as ...
Scheme 43: Bifunctional photo-organocatalyst used for the asymmetric oxidation of β-keto esters and β-keto ami...
Scheme 44: Mechanism of singlet oxygen oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.
Scheme 45: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using protonated porphyrins as photocatalysts. aIsol...
Scheme 46: Photochemical oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 47: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using SnPor@PAF as a photosensitizer.
Scheme 48: Syntheses of 2D-PdPor-COF and 3D-Pd-COF.
Scheme 49: Photocatalytic oxidation of A) thioanisole to methyl phenyl sulfoxide and B) various aryl sulfides,...
Scheme 50: General mechanism for oxidation of amines to imines.
Scheme 51: Oxidation of secondary amines to imines.
Scheme 52: Oxidation of secondary amines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 53: Oxidative amine coupling using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of Por-COF-1 and Por-COF-2.
Scheme 55: Photocatalytic oxidation of amines to imines by Por-COF-2.
Scheme 56: Photocyanation of primary amines.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of ᴅ,ʟ-tert-leucine hydrochloride.
Scheme 58: Photocyanation of catharanthine and 16-O-acetylvindoline using TPP.
Scheme 59: Photochemical α-functionalization of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 60: Ugi-type reaction with 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 61: Ugi-type reaction with dibenzylamines using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 62: Mannich-type reaction of tertiary amines using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 63: Oxidative Mannich reaction using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 64: Transformation of amines to α-cyanoepoxides and the proposed mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 880–887, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.79
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Scheme 1: Two diversity-oriented strategies: (a) Diversity installed during the construction of the skeleton;...
Figure 1: Structure of four 17-ethynyl-17-hydroxysteroids 1–4 (top) and how they could be used to generate di...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of spirocyclic steroid derivatives by the RCEYM reaction. Conditions: (a) NaH (2 equiv), ...
Figure 2: Structure of metathesis catalysts.
Scheme 3: One-pot RCEYM/Diels–Alder reaction strategy applied to the mestranol and lynestrenol cores. Notes: a...
Figure 3: Rationale for the observed stereochemistry: (a) NOESY correlations observed on compound 16b, showin...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 858–870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.77
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Scheme 1: Copper complexes with amidophenolate type benzoxazole ligands for alcohol oxidations.
Scheme 2: Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols and representative substrate scope.
Scheme 3: Introduction of H-bonding network in the ligand coordination sphere.
Scheme 4: Well-defined isatin copper complexes.
Scheme 5: Catalyst control in the biomimetic phenol ortho-oxidation.
Scheme 6: Structural diversity accessible by direct functionalization.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of heteroaromatics with redox-active iminosemiquinone ligands....
Scheme 8: Reversal of helical chirality upon redox stimuli and enantioselective Michael addition with a redox...
Scheme 9: Interaction of guanidine-copper catalyst with oxygen and representative coupling products. a4 mol %...
Scheme 10: Access to 1,2-oxy-aminoarenes by copper-catalyzed phenol–amine coupling.
Scheme 11: Copper-catalyzed aziridination through molecular spin catalysis with redox-active iminosemiquinone ...
Scheme 12: Nitrogen-group and carbon-group transfer in copper-catalyzed aziridination and cyclopropanation thr...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68
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Scheme 1: Intramolecular (A) and intermolecular (B) enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 2: Ene–yne and yne–ene mechanisms for intramolecular enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 3: Metallacarbene mechanism in intermolecular enyne metathesis.
Scheme 4: The Oguri strategy for accessing artemisinin analogs 1a–c through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 5: Access to the tetracyclic core of nanolobatolide (2) via tandem enyne metathesis followed by an Eu(...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-amphidinolide E (3) using an intermolecular enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of amphidinolide K (4) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 8: Trost synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N (5) [72].
Scheme 9: Enyne metathesis between the propargylic derivative and the allylic alcohol in the synthesis of the...
Scheme 10: Synthetic route to amphidinolide N (6a).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the stereoisomeric precursors of amphidinolide V (7a and 7b) through alkyne ring-closi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the anthramycin precursor 8 from ʟ-methionine by a tandem enyne metathesis–cross metat...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (−)‐clavukerin A (9) and (−)‐isoclavukerin A (10) by an enyne metathesis route startin...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (−)-isoguaiene (11) through an enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of erogorgiaene (12) by a tandem enyne metathesis/cross metathesis sequence using the sec...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (−)-galanthamine (13) from isovanilin by an enyne metathesis.
Scheme 17: Application of enyne metathesis for the synthesis of kempene diterpenes 14a–c.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the alkaloid (+)-lycoflexine (15) through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the AB subunits of manzamine A (16a) and E (16b) by enyne metathesis.
Scheme 20: Jung's synthesis of rhodexin A (17) by enyne metathesis/cross metathesis reactions.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of (−)-flueggine A (18) and (+)-virosaine B (19) from Weinreb amide by enyne metath...
Scheme 22: Access to virgidivarine (20) and virgiboidine (21) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 23: Enyne metathesis approach to (−)-zenkequinone B (22).
Scheme 24: Access to C-aryl glycoside 23 by an intermolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder cycloaddition.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro-C-aryl glycoside 24 by a tandem intramolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder reac...
Scheme 26: Pathways to (−)-exiguolide (25) by Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling and cross-metathesis [94].
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67
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Scheme 1: Pharmaceuticals possessing a silicon or boron atom.
Scheme 2: The first Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si bond formation.
Scheme 3: Conversion of benzylic phosphate 6 to the corresponding silane.
Scheme 4: Conversion of alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 5: Conversion of secondary alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 6: Conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 7: Trapping of intermediate radical through cascade reaction.
Scheme 8: Radical pathway for conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 9: Conversion of alkyl ester of N-hydroxyphthalimide to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 10: Conversion of gem-dibromides to bis-silylalkanes.
Scheme 11: Conversion of imines to α-silylated amines (A) and the reaction pathway (B).
Scheme 12: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 13: Screening of diamine ligands.
Scheme 14: Conversion of N-tert-butylsulfonylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 15: Conversion of aldimines to nonracemic α-silylated amines.
Scheme 16: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 17: Reaction pathway [A] and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols [B].
Scheme 18: Conversion of aldehydes to benzhydryl silyl ethers.
Scheme 19: Conversion of ketones to 1,2-diols (A) and conversion of imines to 1,2-amino alcohols (B).
Scheme 20: Ligand screening (A) and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols (B).
Scheme 21: Conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols.
Scheme 22: 1,4-Additions to α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 23: 1,4-Additions to unsaturated ketones to give β-silylated derivatives.
Scheme 24: Additions onto α,β-unsaturated lactones to give β-silylated lactones.
Scheme 25: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated to β-silylated lactams.
Scheme 26: Conversion of N-arylacrylamides to silylated oxindoles.
Scheme 27: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to silylated tert-butylperoxides.
Scheme 28: Catalytic cycle for Cu(I) catalyzed α,β-unsaturated compounds.
Scheme 29: Conversion of p-quinone methides to benzylic silanes.
Scheme 30: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to regio- and stereocontrolled allylic silanes.
Scheme 31: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to enantioenriched allylic silanes.
Scheme 32: Regioselective conversion of dienedioates to allylic silanes.
Scheme 33: Conversion of alkenyl-substituted azaarenes to β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 34: Conversion of conjugated benzoxazoles to enantioenriched β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 35: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl indoles to α-silylated N-alkylated indoles.
Scheme 36: Conversion of β-amidoacrylates to α-aminosilanes.
Scheme 37: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketones to enantioenriched β-silylated ketones, nitriles, and nitro d...
Scheme 38: Regio-divergent silacarboxylation of allenes.
Scheme 39: Silylation of diazocarbonyl compounds, (A) asymmetric and (B) racemic.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes.
Scheme 41: Conversion of 3-acylindoles to indolino-silanes.
Scheme 42: Proposed mechanism for the silylation of 3-acylindoles.
Scheme 43: Silyation of N-chlorosulfonamides.
Scheme 44: Conversion of acyl silanes to α-silyl alcohols.
Scheme 45: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to β-silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 46: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 47: Conversion of 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes to silylated cyclopropanes.
Scheme 48: Conversion of conjugated enynes to 1,3-bis(silyl)propenes.
Scheme 49: Proposed sequence for the Cu-catalyzed borylation of substituted alkenes.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of nonracemic allylic boronates.
Scheme 51: Cu–NHC catalyzed synthesis of α-substituted allylboronates.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of α-chiral (γ-alkoxyallyl)boronates.
Scheme 53: Cu-mediated formation of nonracemic cis- or trans- 2-substituted cyclopropylboronates.
Scheme 54: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of γ,γ-gem-difluoroallylboronates.
Scheme 55: Cu-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of internal alkenes and vinylarenes.
Scheme 56: Cu-catalyzed Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov borylation of alkenes.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed borylation/ortho-cyanation/Cope rearrangement.
Scheme 58: Borylfluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 59: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of tertiary nonracemic alcohols.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of densely functionalized and synthetically versatile 1,2- or 4,3-borocyanated 1,3-butadi...
Scheme 61: Cu-catalyzed trifunctionalization of allenes.
Scheme 62: Cu-catalyzed selective arylborylation of arenes.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric borylative coupling between styrenes and imines.
Scheme 64: Regio-divergent aminoboration of unactivated terminal alkenes.
Scheme 65: Cu-catalyzed 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 66: Cu-catalyzed protodeboronation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 67: Cu-catalyzed β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated imines.
Scheme 68: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of β-trifluoroborato carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 69: Asymmetric 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 70: Cu-catalyzed ACB and ACA reactions of α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl-N-methylimidazoles.
Scheme 71: Cu-catalyzed diborylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 72: Umpolung pathway for chiral, nonracemic tertiary alcohol synthesis (top) and proposed mechanism for...
Scheme 73: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-hydroxyboronates.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed borylation of ketones.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl halides.
Scheme 76: Cu-catalyzed borylation of allylic difluorides.
Scheme 77: Cu-catalyzed borylation of cyclic and acyclic alkyl halides.
Scheme 78: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl chlorides and bromides.
Scheme 79: Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed borylation of benzylic, allylic, and propargylic alcohols.
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Scheme 1: Two modes of reactions of alkynes by silver catalysis.
Scheme 2: Reactions of ynamides or ynol ethers with isoxazoles by transition metal catalysis.
Figure 1: Selected bioactive molecules containing the 5-amino-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide motif.
Scheme 3: Reactions of ynamide 4a with different isoxazoles 5, 7 and 8a.
Figure 2: Scope with regard to ynamide 4. All reactions were carried out with ynamide 4 (0.2 mmol), isoxazole ...
Figure 3: Scope with regard to the 5-aminoisoxazole 8 (see Figure 2). aReaction conditions: 2.0 equiv of 8e, 100 °C.
Figure 4: Molecular structure in the solid state of compound 10ad.
Scheme 4: A gram-scale experiment.
Scheme 5: Mechanistic hypotheses for Ag-catalyzed reaction of ynamide 4a with aminoisoxazole 8a.
Scheme 6: Possible reaction routes of intermediate C.
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Figure 1: General structure of fulvenes, named according to the number of carbon atoms in their ring. Whilst ...
Figure 2: Generic structures of commonly referenced heteropentafulvenes, named according to the heteroatom su...
Scheme 1: Resonance structures of (a) pentafulvene and (b) heptafulvene showing neutral (1 and 2), dipolar (1a...
Scheme 2: Resonance structures of (a) pentafulvenes and (b) heptafulvenes showing the influence of EDG and EW...
Scheme 3: Reaction of 6,6-dimethylpentafulvene with singlet state oxygen to form an enol lactone via the mult...
Scheme 4: Photosensitized oxygenation of 8-cyanoheptafulvene with singlet state oxygen to afford 1,4-epidioxi...
Figure 3: A representation of HOMO–LUMO orbitals of pentafulvene and the influence of EWG and EDG substituent...
Scheme 5: Reactions of (a) 6,6-dimethylpentafulvene participating as 2π and 4π components in cycloadditions w...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the [6 + 4] cycloaddition of tropone with dimethylfulvene via an ambimodal [...
Scheme 7: Triafulvene dimerization through the proposed 'head-to-tail' mechanism. The dipolar transition stat...
Scheme 8: Dimerization of pentafulvenes via a Diels–Alder cycloaddition pathway whereby one fulvene acts as a...
Scheme 9: Dimerization of pentafulvenes via frustrated Lewis pair chemistry as reported by Mömming et al. [116].
Scheme 10: Simplified reaction scheme for the formation of kempane from an extended-chain pentafulvene [127].
Scheme 11: The enantioselective (>99% ee), asymmetric, catalytic, intramolecular [6 + 2] cycloaddition of fulv...
Scheme 12: Intramolecular [8 + 6] cycloaddition of the heptafulvene-pentafulvene derivative [22,27].
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for (a) [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,2-diphenylmethylenecyclopropene and 1-diethylami...
Scheme 14: Diels–Alder cycloaddition of pentafulvenes derivatives participating as dienes with (i) maleimide d...
Scheme 15: Generic schemes showing pentafulvenes participating as dienophiles in Diels–Alder cycloadditions wi...
Scheme 16: Reaction of 8,8-dicyanoheptafulvene and styrene derivatives to afford [8 + 2] and [4 + 2] cycloaddu...
Scheme 17: Reaction of 6-aminofulvene and maleic anhydride, showing observed [6 + 2] cycloaddition; the [4 + 2...
Scheme 18: Schemes for Diels–Alder cycloadditions in dynamic combinatorial chemistry reported by Boul et al. R...
Scheme 19: Polymerisation and dynamer formation via Diels–Alder cycloaddition between fulvene groups in polyet...
Scheme 20: Preparation of hydrogels via Diels–Alder cycloaddition with fulvene-conjugated dextran and dichloro...
Scheme 21: Ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of norbornene derivatives derived from fulvenes and maleimid...
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Scheme 1: Chiral biphenyl diol organocatalysts 1–6.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 3.
Figure 1: (a) Single crystal X-ray structure of 3: showing intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds (green da...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 6.
Figure 2: X-ray crystal structure of (P)-(S,S)-6 at two different orientations to show (a) P atropselectiviti...
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Figure 1: Commercially available ruthenium catalysts for metathesis reactions.
Figure 2: Retrosynthesis of the ruthenium catalysts.
Scheme 1: Efficient multigram synthesis of N,N-dialkyl-2-vinylbenzylamines 4 (R1X = Me2SO4, Et2SO4 or BnCl, s...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of N-(2-ethenylbenzyl)heterocycles 5.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of N-monoalkyl-2-vinylbenzylamine 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of Hoveyda–Grubbs-type catalysts 11.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the “chloroform adduct” 9.
Figure 3: Selected X-ray data for ruthenium complexes 11a–c. All hydrogen atoms were deleted for clarity (exc...
Scheme 6: Catalytic activity of compounds 11 in the metathesis reactions.
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Figure 1: Cubic octasilsesquioxane.
Scheme 1: Reactivity of vinylsilanes in the presence of ruthenium alkylidene complexes; a) cross metathesis, ...
Figure 2: The scope and limitations of metathesis in transformations of vinyl-substituted siloxanes and silse...
Scheme 2: Application of olefin metathesis in the synthesis and modification of POSS-based materials: a) func...
Figure 3: Olefin metathesis catalysts used in transformations of silsesquioxanes.
Figure 4: Octavinyl-substituted cubic silsesquioxane (OVS) and spherosilicate.
Scheme 3: Cross metathesis of OVS with terminal olefins (stereoselectivity as discussed in the text).
Scheme 4: Cross metathesis of OVS with substituted styrenes.
Scheme 5: Modification of OVS via CM with styrenes.
Figure 5: Vinylbiphenyl chromophore-decorated cubic silsesquioxanes.
Scheme 6: Cross metathesis of OVS with carboranylstyrene.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of octakis[2-(p-carboxyphenyl)ethyl]silsesquioxane via CM and subsequent hydrogenation.
Scheme 8: Cross metathesis of monovinyl-POSS with olefins.
Scheme 9: Cross metathesis of monovinyl-POSS with highly π-conjugated substituted styrenes.
Scheme 10: Cross metathesis of monovinylgermasilsesquioxane with styrenes.
Scheme 11: Cross metathesis of DDSQ-2SiVi with olefins.
Scheme 12: Cross metathesis of DDSQ-2SiVi with substituted styrenes.
Scheme 13: Cross metathesis of (DDSQ-2GeVi) with olefins.
Scheme 14: CM of divinyl-substituted T10 and T12 with 4-bromostyrene (selected isomers are shown).
Scheme 15: Synthesis of vinylstilbene derivatives of T10 and T12 via a sequence of CM and Heck coupling.
Scheme 16: Cross metathesis of allyl-POSS with tert-butyl acrylate and (Z)-1,4-diacetoxy-but-2-ene.
Scheme 17: Cross metathesis of allyl-POSS with olefins.
Scheme 18: Acyclic diene metathesis copolymerization of DDSQ-2SiVi with diolefins.
Scheme 19: Acyclic diene metathesis copolymerization of DDSQ-2GeVi with diolefins.
Scheme 20: Ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of norbornenylethyl-POSS with norbornene.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of a polyethylene–POSS copolymer via ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of norborne...
Scheme 22: ROMP of norbornenylethyl-POSS with 1,5-cyclooctadiene.
Scheme 23: Copolymerization of POSS-functionalized norbornene with DCPD.
Scheme 24: Copolymerization of tris(norbornenylethyl)-POSS with DCPD.
Scheme 25: Copolymerization of N-(propyl-POSS)-7-oxanorbornene-5,6-dicarboximide with 3-(trifluoromethyl)pheny...
Figure 6: Homopolymers and copolymers having POSS groups attached to the main chain via flexible spacers of d...
Scheme 26: Ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of POSS-NBE with methyltetracyclododecene.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of block copolymer via ROMP by sequential monomer addition.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of a liquid crystalline polymer with POSS core in the side chain.
Scheme 29: Sequential synthesis of copolymers of polynorbornene containing POSS and PEO pendant groups.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of rodlike POSS−bottlebrush block copolymers [54].
Scheme 31: Surface-initiated ROMP producing copolymer layers on the surface of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots.
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Scheme 1: Typical syntheses of 1,2-divinylcyclopropanes and rationale hypothesis for their syntheses from cyc...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1,2-divinylcyclopropane 3a: Optimization studies. aIsolated yield. bDetermined by 1H N...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1,2-divinylcyclopropanes 3 from cyclopropenes 1 and unbiased 1,3-dienes 2: Scope. (Yie...
Scheme 4: Rh-catalyzed intramolecular cyclopropanation with dienylcyclopropene 4 (the trans/cis ratio is rela...
Scheme 5: Zn- or Rh-catalyzed reactions of cyclopropenes 1 with furan (6) and 1,4-cyclohexadiene (8) and comp...
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Scheme 1: The oxidative radical ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropane derivatives.
Scheme 2: Mn(OAc)3-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with malonates.
Scheme 3: Mn(III)-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with 1,3-dicarbonyl compoun...
Scheme 4: Heat-promoted ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with elemental chalgogens.
Scheme 5: Copper(II) acetate-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with diphenyl di...
Scheme 6: AIBN-promoted oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with benzenethiol.
Scheme 7: AIBN-mediated oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with diethyl phosphites.
Scheme 8: Organic-selenium induced radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs derivatives (cyclopropylaldeh...
Scheme 9: Copper(I)-catalyzed oxidative radical trifluoromethylation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with To...
Scheme 10: Ag(I)-mediated trifluoromethylthiolation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs with AgSCF3.
Scheme 11: oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with α-C(sp3)-–H of ethers.
Scheme 12: Oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs with aldehydes.
Scheme 13: Cu(I) or Fe(II)-catalyzed oxidative radical trifluoromethylation/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs d...
Scheme 14: Rh(II)-catalyzed oxidative radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCPs.
Scheme 15: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative radical amination/ring-opening/cyclization of MCPs derivatives.
Scheme 16: Heating-promoted radical ring-opening and cyclization of MCP derivatives (arylvinylidenecyclopropan...
Scheme 17: Bromine radical-mediated ring-opening of alkylidenecyclopropanes.
Scheme 18: Fluoroalkyl (Rf) radical-mediated ring-opening of MCPs.
Scheme 19: Visible-light-induced alkylation/ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropyl olefins with bromides.
Scheme 20: Mn(III)-mediated ring-opening and [3 + 3]-annulation of cyclopropanols and vinyl azides.
Scheme 21: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening of cyclopropanols with quinones.
Scheme 22: Ag(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening of cyclopropanols with heteroarenes.
Scheme 23: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening/trifluoromethylation of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 24: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative ring-opening and trifluoromethylation/trifluoromethylthiolation of cyclop...
Scheme 25: Ag(I)-mediated oxidative ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with Selectfluor.
Scheme 26: Photocatalyzed ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with Selectfluor.
Scheme 27: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/alkynylation of cyclopropanols with EBX.
Scheme 28: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and chlorination of cyclopropanols with aldehydes.
Scheme 29: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening/alkynylation of cyclopropanols with EBX.
Scheme 30: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/alkylation of cyclopropanols with acrylamides.
Scheme 31: Cyclopropanol ring-opening initiated tandem cyclization with acrylamides or 2-isocyanobiphenyls.
Scheme 32: Ag(II)-mediated oxidative ring-opening/fluorination of cyclopropanols with AgF2.
Scheme 33: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/fluoromethylation of cyclopropanols with sulfinate salts.
Scheme 34: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/sulfonylation of cyclopropanols with sulfinate salts.
Scheme 35: Na2S2O8-promoted ring-opening/arylation of cyclopropanols with propiolamides.
Scheme 36: The ring-opening and [3 + 2]-annulation of cyclopropanols with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 37: Cu(II)-catalyzed ring-opening/arylation of cyclopropanols with aromatic nitrogen heterocyles.
Scheme 38: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and difluoromethylthiolation of cyclopropanols with PhSO2SCF2H.
Scheme 39: Ag(I)-catalyzed ring-opening and acylation of cyclopropanols with aldehydes.
Scheme 40: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of 2-oxyranyl ketones.
Scheme 41: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of linear enones.
Scheme 42: Aerobic oxidation ring-opening of cyclopropanols for the synthesis of metabolite.
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Figure 1: Second-generation Grubbs (GII), Hoveyda (HGII), Grela (Gre-II), Blechert (Ble-II) and indenylidene-...
Figure 2: Grubbs (1a) and Hoveyda-type (1b) complexes with N-phenyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 3: C–H insertion product 2.
Figure 4: Grubbs (3a–6a) and Hoveyda-type (3b–6b) complexes with N-fluorophenyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 1: RCM of diethyl diallylmalonate (7).
Scheme 2: RCM of diethyl allylmethallylmalonate (9).
Scheme 3: RCM of diethyl dimethallylmalonate (11).
Scheme 4: CM of allylbenzene (13) with cis-1,4-diacetoxy-2-butene (14).
Scheme 5: ROMP of 1,5-cyclooctadiene (16).
Figure 5: Grubbs (18a–21a) and Hoveyda-type (18b–21b) catalysts bearing uNHCs with a hexafluoroisopropylalkox...
Figure 6: A Grubbs-type complex with an N-adamantyl, N’-mesityl NHC 22 and the Hoveyda-type complex with a ch...
Figure 7: Grubbs (24a and 25a) and Hoveyda-type (24b and 25b) complexes with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 8: Grubbs-type complexes 31–34 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 9: Grubbs-type complex 35 with an N-cyclohexyl, N’-2,6-diisopropylphenyl NHC.
Figure 10: Hoveyda-type complexes with an N-alkyl, N’-mesityl (36, 37) and an N-alkyl, N’-2,6-diisopropylpheny...
Figure 11: Indenylidene-type complexes 41–43 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 12: Grubbs-type complex 44 and its monopyridine derivative 45 containing a chiral uNHC.
Scheme 6: Alternating copolymerization of 46 with 47 and 48.
Figure 13: Pyridine-containing complexes 49–52 and Grubbs-type complex 53.
Figure 14: Hoveyda-type complexes 54–58 in the alternating ROMP of NBE (46) and COE (47).
Figure 15: Catalysts 59 and 60 in the tandem RO–RCM of 47.
Figure 16: Hoveyda-type complexes 61–69 with N-alkyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 7: Ethenolysis of methyl oleate (70).
Scheme 8: AROCM of cis-5-norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (75) with styrene.
Figure 17: Hoveyda-type catalysts 79–82 with N-tert-butyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 9: Latent ROMP of 83 with catalyst 82.
Figure 18: Indenylidene and Hoveyda-type complexes 85–92 with N-cycloalkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Scheme 10: RCM of N,N-dimethallyl-N-tosylamide (93) with catalyst 85.
Scheme 11: Self metathesis of 13 with catalyst 85.
Figure 19: Grubbs-type complexes 98–104 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 20: Grubbs-type complexes 105–115 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl ligands.
Figure 21: Complexes 116 and 117 bearing a carbohydrate-based NHC.
Figure 22: Complexes 118 and 119 bearing a hemilabile amino-tethered NHC.
Figure 23: Indenylidene-type complexes 120–126 with N-benzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Scheme 12: Diastereoselective ring-rearrangement metathesis (dRRM) of cyclopentene 131.
Figure 24: Indenylidene-type complexes 134 and 135 with N-nitrobenzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 25: Hoveyda-type complexes 136–138 with N-benzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 26: Hoveyda-type complexes 139–142 with N-benzyl, N’-Dipp NHC.
Figure 27: Indenylidene (143–146) and Hoveyda-type (147) complexes with N-heteroarylmethyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 28: Hoveyda-type complexes 148 and 149 with N-phenylpyrrole, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 29: Grubbs-type complexes with N-trifluoromethyl benzimidazolidene NHCs 150–153, 155 and N-isopropyl be...
Scheme 13: Ethenolysis of ethyl oleate 156.
Scheme 14: Ethenolysis of cis-cyclooctene (47).
Figure 30: Grubbs-type C1-symmetric (164) and C2-symmetric (165) catalysts with a backbone-substituted NHC.
Figure 31: Possible syn and anti rotational isomers of catalyst 164.
Scheme 15: ARCM of substrates 166, 168 and 170.
Figure 32: Hoveyda (172) and Grubbs-type (173,174) backbone-substituted C1-symmetric NHC complexes.
Scheme 16: ARCM of 175,177 and 179 with catalyst 174.
Figure 33: Grubbs-type C1-symmetric NHC catalysts bearing N-propyl (181, 182) or N-benzyl (183, 184) groups on...
Scheme 17: ARCM of 185 and 187 promoted by 184 to form the encumbered alkenes 186 and 188.
Figure 34: N-Alkyl, N’-isopropylphenyl NHC ruthenium complexes with syn (189, 191) and anti (190, 192) phenyl ...
Figure 35: Hoveyda-type complexes 193–198 bearing N-alkyl, N’-aryl backbone-substituted NHC ligands.
Scheme 18: ARCM of 166 and 199 promoted by 192b.
Figure 36: Enantiopure catalysts 201a and 201b with syn phenyl units on the NHC backbone.
Figure 37: Backbone-monosubstituted catalysts 202–204.
Figure 38: Grubbs (205a) and Hoveyda-type (205b) backbone-monosubstituted catalysts.
Scheme 19: AROCM of 206 with allyltrimethylsilane promoted by catalyst 205a.
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Scheme 1: Degenerative radical transfer of xanthates to olefins.
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic RAFT polymerization of xanthate 4.
Figure 1: Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the 3MLCT state of 8 in degassed DMSO solvent with (A) various co...
Figure 2: (A) ns-Transient absorption spectra of photocatalyst 8 in degassed DMSO recorded at different delay...
Figure 3: UV–vis absorption spectrum of 1a (1 mM solution in DMSO).
Scheme 3: Determination of quantum yield.
Scheme 4: Proposed reaction mechanism.
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Scheme 1: (Arylsulfinyl)allenes 1 and (arylsulfonyl)allenes 2 used in this study.
Figure 1: X-ray crystal structures of compounds 2h (CCDC 1843276), 3e (CCDC 1843277), 5c (CCDC 1580895), 7b (...
Scheme 2: Plausible reaction mechanisms of transformations of allene 2a in Brønsted acids.
Scheme 3: Selective formation of butadienes 3a–h from allenes 2a–h.
Scheme 4: Reactions of allenes 2 in the system HFIP/TfOH followed by interaction with nucleophiles leading to...
Scheme 5: Formation of thiochromene 1,1-dioxides 5a–c from allenes 2a,c,d.
Scheme 6: Formation of (arylsulfonyl)acetones 6a,b from allenes 2h,j in TfOH (100 °C, 0.5 h) followed by hydr...
Scheme 7: Reactions of (arylsulfinyl)allenes 1a,b under superelectrophilic activation.
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Scheme 1: Metathesis of norbornene derivatives.
Figure 1: Structures of retigeranic acids A (1a) and B (1b).
Scheme 2: Synthesis plan.
Scheme 3: Metathesis of norbornene derivatives 7a and 7b.
Figure 2: ORTEP of compound 13 (ellipsoids at 30% probability).
Scheme 4: Metathesis of the norbornene derivative 17.
Figure 3: Probable metathesis intermediates.
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Scheme 1: ROM of various bicyclic unsaturated β-lactams [14-16].
Scheme 2: ROM of various constrained bicyclic unsaturated systems (γ-lactones, δ-lactones, γ-lactam, isoxazol...
Figure 1: Commercial Ru-based catalysts used in the current work.
Scheme 3: ROM of lactones (±)-3 and (±)-4.
Scheme 4: ROM of lactones (±)-9.
Scheme 5: ROM of structurally constrained bicyclic lactones and lactams.
Scheme 6: ROM of bridged lactone (±)-14 and cyclooctene-fused isoxazoline (±)-16.
Scheme 7: ROM and transformations of lactam (±)-18.
Figure 2: Chelate intermediates in CM of (±)-19.
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Figure 1: Various catalysts used for metathesis reactions.
Scheme 1: SM coupling and RCM protocol to substituted indene derivative 10.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of polycycles via SM and RCM approach.
Figure 2: Various angucyclines.
Scheme 3: SM coupling and RCM protocol to the benz[a]anthracene skeleton 26.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of substituted spirocycles via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of highly functionalized bis-spirocyclic derivative 37.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of spirofluorene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling sequence.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of truxene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of substituted isoquinoline derivative via SM and RCM protocol.
Scheme 9: Synthesis to 8-aryl substituted coumarin 64 via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cyclic sulfoximine 70 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1-benzazepine derivative 75 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of naphthoxepine derivative 79 via RCM followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 13: Sequential CM and SM coupling approach to Z-stilbene derivative 85.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of substituted trans-stilbene derivatives via SM coupling and RCM.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of biaryl derivatives via sequential EM, DA followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the dibenzocyclooctadiene core of schisandrene.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of cyclophane 115 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclophane 120 and 122 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of cyclophanes via SM and RCM.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of MK-6325 (141) via RCM and SM coupling.
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Scheme 1: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 1a.
Scheme 2: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 3: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 4: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 3a.
Scheme 5: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of vinyl triflates 3.
Scheme 6: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of a sterically hindered aryl triflate 5.
Scheme 7: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 7a.
Scheme 8: Scope of the reductive carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles 7.
Scheme 9: Scope of the carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxamides 9.
Scheme 10: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 11a.
Scheme 11: Scope of the carboxylation of allylarenes 11.
Scheme 12: Scope of the carboxylation of 1,4-diene derivatives 14.
Scheme 13: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed C(sp3)–H carboxylation of allylarenes.
Scheme 14: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of 16a.
Scheme 15: Derivatization of the carboxyzincated product.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 17: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 18: Co-catalyzed four-component coupling of alkynes 16, acrylates 18, CO2, and zinc.
Scheme 19: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed four-component coupling.
Scheme 20: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation of alkynes.
Scheme 21: Visible-light-driven synthesis of γ-hydroxybutenolides from ortho-ester-substituted aryl alkynes.
Scheme 22: One-pot synthesis of coumarines and 2-quinolones via hydrocarboxylation/alkyne isomerization/cycliz...
Scheme 23: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of ortho-substituted aro...
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of alkenylboronic esters 27.
Scheme 26: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 27: Ligand effect on the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of 2-phenylpyridine 29a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed chelation-assisted C(sp2)–H bond carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 29: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-pyridylarenes 29.
Scheme 30: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 31: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 32: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-arylphenols 34.
Scheme 33: Hydrocarboxylation of styrene derivatives with CO2.
Scheme 34: Hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 35: Asymmetric hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 36: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 37: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 38: Visible-light-driven Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 39: Optimization of reaction conditions on the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne 42a and ...
Scheme 40: [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
Scheme 41: Proposed reaction pathways for the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Precedent examples of catalytic allylic C(sp3)–H additions to carbonyl electrophiles.
Figure 2: Substrate scope for acetophenone derivatives. aPreparative scale synthesis using 1 mmol of 2a.
Figure 3: Substrate scope for α-olefins.
Figure 4: A possible catalytic cycle.
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reactions of aryl/hetarylthiochalcones 1a–d with 1,4-naphthoquinone (2b).
Scheme 2: Reactions of thiochalcones 1a–d with 1,4-anthraquinones 2c and 2d.
Figure 1: ORTEP plot [29] of the molecular structure of 4k showing the major conformation of the disordered thiop...
Figure 2: Products of the reactions of thiochalcones 1a and 1b with 1,4-benzoquinone (2a) and of 1a with mena...