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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1207–1271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.98
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Scheme 1: DTBP-mediated oxidative alkylarylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 2: Iron-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkylarylation.
Scheme 3: Possible mechanism for the iron-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 4: A metal-free strategy for synthesizing 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles.
Scheme 5: Iminoxyl radical-promoted cascade oxyalkylation/alkylarylation of alkenes.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the iminoxyl radical-promoted cascade oxyalkylation/alkylarylation of alkene...
Scheme 7: Bicyclization of 1,n-enynes with alkyl nitriles.
Scheme 8: Possible reaction mechanism for the bicyclization of 1,n-enynes with alkyl nitriles.
Scheme 9: Radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with isocyanides.
Scheme 10: Plausible mechanism for the radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with isocyanides.
Scheme 11: Electrochemical dehydrogenative cyclization of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 12: Plausible mechanism for the dehydrogenative cyclization of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 13: Photocatalyzed cyclization of N-arylacrylamide and N,N-dimethylaniline.
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the photocatalyzed cyclization of N-arylacrylamides and N,N-dimethylanilines....
Scheme 15: Electrochemical monofluoroalkylation cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with dimethyl 2-fluoromalonat...
Scheme 16: Proposed mechanism for the electrochemical radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with dimethyl 2...
Scheme 17: Photoelectrocatalytic carbocyclization of unactivated alkenes using simple malonates.
Scheme 18: Plausible mechanism for the photoelectrocatalytic carbocyclization of unactivated alkenes with simp...
Scheme 19: Bromide-catalyzed electrochemical trifluoromethylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for the electrochemical trifluoromethylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 21: Visible light-mediated trifluoromethylarylation of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 22: Plausible reaction mechanism for the visible light-mediated trifluoromethylarylation of N-arylacryl...
Scheme 23: Electrochemical difluoroethylation cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with sodium difluoroethylsulfin...
Scheme 24: Electrochemical difluoroethylation cyclization of N-methyacryloyl-N-alkylbenzamides with sodium dif...
Scheme 25: Photoredox-catalyzed radical aryldifluoromethylation of N-arylacrylamides with S-(difluoromethyl)su...
Scheme 26: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed radical aryldifluoromethylation of N-arylacrylamide...
Scheme 27: Visible-light-induced domino difluoroalkylation/cyclization of N-cyanamide alkenes.
Scheme 28: Proposed mechanism of photoredox-catalyzed radical domino difluoroalkylation/cyclization of N-cyana...
Scheme 29: Palladium-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization of alkenes.
Scheme 30: Two possible mechanisms of palladium-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization.
Scheme 31: Silver-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkyletherification of unactivated alkenes with α-bromoalkylcarbonyl...
Scheme 32: Photochemical radical cascade cyclization of dienes.
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the photochemical radical cascade 6-endo cyclization of dienes with α-carbon...
Scheme 34: Photocatalyzed radical coupling/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides and.
Scheme 35: Photocatalyzed radical-type couplings/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 36: Possible mechanism of visible-light-induced radical-type couplings/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides...
Scheme 37: Visible-light-promoted difluoroalkylated oxindoles systhesis via EDA complexes.
Scheme 38: Possible mechanism for the visible-light-promoted radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with bro...
Scheme 39: A dicumyl peroxide-initiated radical cascade reaction of N-arylacrylamide with DCM.
Scheme 40: Possible mechanism of radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with DCM.
Scheme 41: An AIBN-mediated radical cascade reaction of N-arylacrylamides with perfluoroalkyl iodides.
Scheme 42: Possible mechanism for the reaction with perfluoroalkyl iodides.
Scheme 43: Photoinduced palladium-catalyzed radical annulation of N-arylacrylamides with alkyl halides.
Scheme 44: Radical alkylation/cyclization of N-Alkyl-N-methacryloylbenzamides with alkyl halides.
Scheme 45: Possible mechanism for the alkylation/cyclization with unactivated alkyl chlorides.
Scheme 46: Visible-light-driven palladium-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with unac...
Scheme 47: NHC-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 48: Possible mechanism of NHC-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 49: Electrochemically mediated radical cyclization reaction of N-arylacrylamides with freon-type methan...
Scheme 50: Proposed mechanistic pathway of electrochemically induced radical cyclization reaction.
Scheme 51: Redox-neutral photoinduced radical cascade cylization of N-arylacrylamides with unactivated alkyl c...
Scheme 52: Proposed mechanistic hypothesis of redox-neutral radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 53: Thiol-mediated photochemical radical cascade cylization of N-arylacrylamides with aryl halides.
Scheme 54: Proposed possible mechanism of thiol-mediated photochemical radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 55: Visible-light-induced radical cascade bromocyclization of N-arylacrylamides with NBS.
Scheme 56: Possible mechanism of visible-light-induced radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 57: Decarboxylation/radical C–H functionalization by visible-light photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 58: Plausible mechanism of visible-light photoredox-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 59: Visible-light-promoted tandem radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with N-(acyloxy)phthalimides....
Scheme 60: Plausible mechanism for the tandem radical cyclization reaction.
Scheme 61: Visible-light-induced aerobic radical cascade alkylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with alde...
Scheme 62: Plausible mechanism for the aerobic radical alkylarylation of electron-deficient amides.
Scheme 63: Oxidative decarbonylative [3 + 2]/[5 + 2] annulation of N-arylacrylamide with vinyl acids.
Scheme 64: Plausible mechanism for the decarboxylative (3 + 2)/(5 + 2) annulation between N-arylacrylamides an...
Scheme 65: Rhenium-catalyzed alkylarylation of alkenes with PhI(O2CR)2.
Scheme 66: Plausible mechanism for the rhenium-catalyzed decarboxylative annulation of N-arylacrylamides with ...
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced one-pot tandem reaction of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 68: Plausible mechanism for the visible-light-initiated tandem synthesis of difluoromethylated oxindole...
Scheme 69: Copper-catalyzed redox-neutral cyanoalkylarylation of activated alkenes with cyclobutanone oxime es...
Scheme 70: Plausible mechanism for the copper-catalyzed cyanoalkylarylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 71: Photoinduced alkyl/aryl radical cascade for the synthesis of quaternary CF3-attached oxindoles.
Scheme 72: Plausible photoinduced electron-transfer (PET) mechanism.
Scheme 73: Photoinduced cerium-mediated decarboxylative alkylation cascade cyclization.
Scheme 74: Plausible reaction mechanism for the decarboxylative radical-cascade alkylation/cyclization.
Scheme 75: Metal-free oxidative tandem coupling of activated alkenes.
Scheme 76: Control experiments and possible mechanism for 1,2-carbonylarylation of alkenes with carbonyl C(sp2...
Scheme 77: Silver-catalyzed acyl-arylation of activated alkenes with α-oxocarboxylic acids.
Scheme 78: Proposed mechanism for the decarboxylative acylarylation of acrylamides.
Scheme 79: Visible-light-mediated tandem acylarylation of olefines with carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Proposed mechanism for the radical cascade cyclization with acyl radical via visible-light photored...
Scheme 81: Erythrosine B-catalyzed visible-light photoredox arylation-cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with ar...
Scheme 82: Electrochemical cobalt-catalyzed radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with arylhydrazines or po...
Scheme 83: Proposed mechanism of radical cascade cyclization via electrochemical cobalt catalysis.
Scheme 84: Copper-catalyzed oxidative tandem carbamoylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with hydrazinecar...
Scheme 85: Proposed reaction mechanism for the radical cascade cyclization by copper catalysis.
Scheme 86: Visible-light-driven radical cascade cyclization reaction of N-arylacrylamides with α-keto acids.
Scheme 87: Proposed mechanism of visible-light-driven cascade cyclization reaction.
Scheme 88: Peroxide-induced radical carbonylation of N-(2-methylallyl)benzamides with methyl formate.
Scheme 89: Proposed cyclization mechanism of peroxide-induced radical carbonylation with N-(2-methylallyl)benz...
Scheme 90: Persulfate promoted carbamoylation of N-arylacrylamides and N-arylcinnamamides.
Scheme 91: Proposed mechanism for the persulfate promoted radical cascade cyclization reaction of N-arylacryla...
Scheme 92: Photocatalyzed carboacylation with N-arylpropiolamides/N-alkyl acrylamides.
Scheme 93: Plausible mechanism for the photoinduced carboacylation of N-arylpropiolamides/N-alkyl acrylamides.
Scheme 94: Electrochemical Fe-catalyzed radical cyclization with N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 95: Plausible mechanism for the electrochemical Fe-catalysed radical cyclization of N-phenylacrylamide.
Scheme 96: Substrate scope of the selective functionalization of various α-ketoalkylsilyl peroxides with metha...
Scheme 97: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Fe-catalyzed reaction of alkylsilyl peroxides with methacrylami...
Scheme 98: EDA-complex mediated C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of TTs and N-methyl-N-phenylmethacrylamides.
Scheme 99: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of oxindoles via EDA complex.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 890–914, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.73
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Scheme 1: Ligand-controlled regiodivergent C1 insertion into arynes [19].
Scheme 2: Ligand effect in homogenous gold catalysis enabling regiodivergent π-bond-activated cyclization [20].
Scheme 3: Ligand-controlled palladium(II)-catalyzed regiodivergent carbonylation of alkynes [21].
Scheme 4: Catalyst-controlled annulations of strained cyclic allenes with π-allyl palladium complexes and pro...
Scheme 5: Ring expansion of benzosilacyclobutenes with alkynes [23].
Scheme 6: Photoinduced regiodivergent and enantioselective cross-coupling [24].
Scheme 7: Catalyst-controlled regiodivergent and enantioselective formal hydroamination of N,N-disubstituted ...
Scheme 8: Catalyst-tuned regio- and enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling [31].
Scheme 9: Catalyst-controlled annulations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes with vinyl azides [32].
Scheme 10: Solvent-driven reversible macrocycle-to-macrocycle interconversion [39].
Scheme 11: Unexpected solvent-dependent reactivity of cyclic diazo imides and mechanism [40].
Scheme 12: Palladium-catalyzed annulation of prochiral N-arylphosphonamides with aromatic iodides [41].
Scheme 13: Time-dependent enantiodivergent synthesis [42].
Scheme 14: Time-controlled palladium-catalyzed divergent synthesis of silacycles via C–H activation [43].
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism for the time-controlled palladium-catalyzed divergent synthesis of silacycles [43].
Scheme 16: Metal-free temperature-controlled regiodivergent borylative cyclizations of enynes [45].
Scheme 17: Nickel-catalyzed switchable site-selective alkene hydroalkylation by temperature regulation [46].
Scheme 18: Copper-catalyzed decarboxylative amination/hydroamination sequence [48].
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism of copper-catalyzed decarboxylative amination/hydroamination sequence [48].
Scheme 20: Enantioselective chemodivergent three-component radical tandem reactions [49].
Scheme 21: Substrate-controlled synthesis of indoles and 3H-indoles [52].
Scheme 22: Controlled mono- and double methylene insertions into nitrogen–boron bonds [53].
Scheme 23: Copper-catalyzed substrate-controlled carbonylative synthesis of α-keto amides and amides [54].
Scheme 24: Divergent sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange linkage of sulfonimidoyl fluorides and alkynes [55].
Scheme 25: Modular and divergent syntheses of protoberberine and protonitidine alkaloids [56].
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197
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Scheme 1: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-alkylation of aldehydes with alkyl bromides bearing electron-withdrawi...
Scheme 2: Amine/HAT/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using alkenes.
Scheme 3: Amine/cobalt/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones and THIQs.
Scheme 4: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes or ketones with imines. (a) Using keton...
Scheme 5: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed enantioselective α-functionalisation of aldehydes.
Scheme 6: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using amine catalysts via ...
Scheme 7: Amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of iminium ion intermediates. (a) Synthesis of quaternary stereocent...
Scheme 8: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of enones in a radical chain reaction initiated by an i...
Scheme 9: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of iminium ions with different radical precur...
Scheme 10: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed radical cascade reactions between enones and alkenes with a...
Scheme 11: Amine/photocatalysed photocycloadditions of iminium ion intermediates. (a) External photocatalyst u...
Scheme 12: Amine/photoredox-catalysed addition of acrolein (94) to iminium ions.
Scheme 13: Dual NHC/photoredox-catalysed acylation of THIQs.
Scheme 14: NHC/photocatalysed spirocyclisation via photoisomerisation of an extended Breslow intermediate.
Scheme 15: CPA/photoredox-catalysed aza-pinacol cyclisation.
Scheme 16: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Minisci-type reaction between azaarenes and α-amino radicals.
Scheme 17: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical additions to azaarenes. (a) α-Amino radical or ketyl radical addit...
Scheme 18: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reduction of azaarene-derived substrates. (a) Reduction of ketones. (b) Ex...
Scheme 19: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reactions of α-amino radicals with α-carbonyl radicals. (...
Scheme 20: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 21: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reactions with imines. (a) Decarboxylative imine generation followed by Po...
Scheme 22: Bifunctional CPA/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions.
Scheme 23: PTC/photocatalysed oxygenation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters.
Scheme 24: PTC/photoredox-catalysed perfluoroalkylation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters via a radical chai...
Scheme 25: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 26: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular RCA cyclisation of a quinolone.
Scheme 27: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 28: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions. (a) First use of...
Scheme 29: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation of allenes.
Scheme 30: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation reactions. (a) Deracemisation of sulfox...
Scheme 31: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of coumarins....
Scheme 32: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolones. (a) Intramo...
Scheme 33: Hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed formal arylation of benzofuranones.
Scheme 34: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative protonation of α,α-chlorofluoro ketones.
Scheme 35: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reductions. (a) Reduction of 1,2-diketones. (b) Reduction of ...
Scheme 36: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photocatalysed deracemisation of cyclic ureas.
Scheme 37: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of cyclic sulfonamides.
Scheme 38: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reaction between imines and indoles.
Scheme 39: Chiral cation/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling of two α-amino radicals.
Scheme 40: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed hydroetherfication of alkenols.
Scheme 41: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of pyrroloindolines.
Scheme 42: Chiral anion/photoredox-catalysed radical cation Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 43: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed cycloadditions of carbonyls. (a) Formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition of en...
Scheme 44: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a scandium Lewis acid between α-amino radicals a...
Scheme 45: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a copper Lewis acid between α-amino radicals and...
Scheme 46: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of 1,2-amino alcohols from aldehydes and nitrones using a...
Scheme 47: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of enones and alkenes.
Scheme 48: Meggers’s chiral-at-metal catalysts.
Scheme 49: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones with alkyl bromides bearing electron...
Scheme 50: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reaction using α-chloroketones and α-...
Scheme 51: Lewis acid/photocatalysed RCA of enones. (a) Using aldehydes as acyl radical precursors. (b) Other ...
Scheme 52: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysis for a photocycloaddition of enones.
Scheme 53: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of enones using DHPs as radical precursors.
Scheme 54: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed functionalisation of β-ketoesters. (a) Hydroxylation reaction catal...
Scheme 55: Bifunctional copper-photocatalysed alkylation of imines.
Scheme 56: Copper/photocatalysed alkylation of imines. (a) Bifunctional copper catalysis using α-silyl amines....
Scheme 57: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 58: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions (a) Intramolecular cycloaddition...
Scheme 59: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed rearrangement of 2,4-dieneones.
Scheme 60: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of cinnamate esters and styrenes.
Scheme 61: Nickel/photoredox-catalysed arylation of α-amino acids using aryl bromides.
Scheme 62: Nickel/photoredox catalysis. (a) Desymmetrisation of cyclic meso-anhydrides using benzyl trifluorob...
Scheme 63: Nickel/photoredox catalysis for the acyl-carbamoylation of alkenes with aldehydes using TBADT as a ...
Scheme 64: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed C–N coupling between α-chloro amides and carbazoles or ind...
Scheme 65: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed difunctionalisation of alkenes with alkynes and alkyl or a...
Scheme 66: Copper/photoredox-catalysed decarboxylative cyanation of benzyl phthalimide esters.
Scheme 67: Copper/photoredox-catalysed cyanation reactions using TMSCN. (a) Propargylic cyanation (b) Ring ope...
Scheme 68: Palladium/photoredox-catalysed allylic alkylation reactions. (a) Using alkyl DHPs as radical precur...
Scheme 69: Manganese/photoredox-catalysed epoxidation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 70: Chromium/photoredox-catalysed allylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 71: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenation of halolactones.
Scheme 72: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative cyclisation.
Scheme 73: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed reduction of cyclic imines.
Scheme 74: Enzyme/photocatalysed enantioselective reduction of electron-deficient alkenes as mixtures of (E)/(Z...
Scheme 75: Enzyme/photoredox catalysis. (a) Deacetoxylation of cyclic ketones. (b) Reduction of heteroaromatic...
Scheme 76: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of indole-3-ones from 2-arylindoles.
Scheme 77: Enzyme/HAT/photoredox catalysis for the DKR of primary amines.
Scheme 78: Bifunctional enzyme/photoredox-catalysed benzylic C–H hydroxylation of trifluoromethylated arenes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1822–1828, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.176
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Scheme 1: Concept: Alkene difuctionalization by four-component radical reaction using xanthates, alkenes, CO ...
Figure 1: Vicinal difunctionalization of alkenes by four-component radical cascade reaction using xanthogenat...
Figure 2: Proposed radical chain mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1326–1332, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.149
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Figure 1: ORTEP structure of trans-2a.
Scheme 1: Formation of bicyclic dihydrosilole 2a under high concentration conditions.
Scheme 2: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 3: Reaction 1a with Et3GeH.